• Song:

    Medication

  • Artist:

    Queens of the stone age

  • Album:

    Lullabies To Paralyze (...

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MEDICATION
                     As recorded by Queens of the Stone Age
                   (From the 2005 Album LULLABIES TO PARALYZE)

Words and Music by Queens of the Stone Age
Arranged by the_cheeky_chimp@hotmail.com
Transcribed by the_cheeky_chimp@hotmail.com

Great song of the album to be released next month 'Lullabies to paralyze' Powertab
version of this available from www.powetabs.net enjoy. - Adam

Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C)
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C)

Intro
  Q=160
  N.C.                                                              C5 (x355xx@1)4/4
  Gtr I
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|------------10--|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|------------10--|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------8--|
|
| Gtr II
|    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---10------||-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)-----------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|

D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5   D5
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10--8-10--8-10--8-10--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
|  ~~
|-10----------------------|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----||
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||

Verse
    D5||--------------------------| (xx023x@1)||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
||--10----10----10----10----|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

D5 (xx023x@1)                 Bb5 (x133xx@1)        F5 (133xxx@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)            G#5 (133xxx@4)       C5|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------| (x355xx@1)|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10----10-------|------------13----13-------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8-|-(8)-8----10----10----10-|-(10)-10----13----13----10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8-|-(8)-8-----8-----8----10-|-(10)-10----11----11----10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10----6-|-(6)-6-----------------8-|--(8)--8-----------------8-|
|
|-10----10----10----10---|-10----10----10----10----|--10-----10----10----10----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|

1.
  D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5
 5/4
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
|-10--8-10--8-10--8-10--8-10--8-|
|
|-10----10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

D5 (xx023x@1)4/4
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---||
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10---||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------||

2.
  D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5 D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_x355xx@1">C5   D5 (xx023x@1)2/4           4/4
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-12-10-12-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-12-10-12-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-10--8-10--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|
|-10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10--||
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||

Chorus
  D5|-------------------------||--------------------------| (xx023x@1)|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
|-10----10----10----10----||--10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|

|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|
|-10----10----10----10-----||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||

D5 (xx023x@1)                 Bb5 (x133xx@1)        F5 (133xxx@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)            G#5 (133xxx@4)       C5|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------| (x355xx@1)|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10----10-------|------------13----13-------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8-|-(8)-8----10----10----10-|-(10)-10----13----13----10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8-|-(8)-8-----8-----8----10-|-(10)-10----11----11----10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10----6-|-(6)-6-----------------8-|--(8)--8-----------------8-|
|
|-10----10----10----10---|-10----10----10----10----|--10-----10----10----10----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|

D5 C5 D5 C5   D5
 2/4           4/4
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-12-10-12-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-12-10-12-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-10--8-10--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|
|-10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

Verse
  D5|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| (xx023x@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

D5 (xx023x@1)                 Bb5 (x133xx@1)        F5 (133xxx@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)            G#5 (133xxx@4)       C5|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------| (x355xx@1)|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10----10-------|------------13----13-------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8-|-(8)-8----10----10----10-|-(10)-10----13----13----10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8-|-(8)-8-----8-----8----10-|-(10)-10----11----11----10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10----6-|-(6)-6-----------------8-|--(8)--8-----------------8-|
|
|-10----10----10----10---|-10----10----10----10----|--10-----10----10----10----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|

D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5   D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5   D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-||
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-||
|-10--8-10--8-10--8-10--8-|-10--8-10--8-10--8-10--8-|-10--8-10--8-10--8-10--8-||
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||

Bridge
  D5|---------------------|---------------------| (xx023x@1)|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12---|-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12---|-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10---|-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|
|-10----10----10-10---|-10----10----10-10---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10------||
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10---||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||

Chorus
  D5|-------------------------||--------------------------| (xx023x@1)|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||o-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
|-10----10----10----10----||--10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|

3x
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|
|                          3x
|-10----10----10----10-----||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||

D5 (xx023x@1)               Bb5 (x133xx@1)               F5 (133xxx@1)       C5|--------------------------|------------------------------| (x355xx@1)|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------10-----10--------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12---8----|--(8)--8-----10-----10--10----|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12---8----|--(8)--8------8------8--10----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10---6----|--(6)--6-----------------8----|
|
|-10----10----10-----10----|-(10)-10------8---------12----|
|--------------------12b15-|-(12)-12b15--10b13------14b17-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

G#5 (133xxx@4)        C5|-----------------------------| (x355xx@1)|-----------------------------|
|----------13------13---------|
|-(10)-10--13------13---10----|
|-(10)-10--11------11---10----|
|--(8)--8----------------8----|
|
|-(12)-----13-----(13)--18b20-|
|-(14)-----15b18--(15)--------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

D5 (xx023x@1) C5 (x355xx@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5   C5 (x355xx@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5   C5 (x355xx@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5 C5 (x355xx@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5 C5 (x355xx@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5 C5 (x355xx@1)6/4
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--12--10--12--10--12--10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
|--12--10--12--10--12--10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
|--10---8--10---8--10---8-10--8-10--8-10--8-|
|
|                   >
|-(18)----(18)----(18)----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

D5 (xx023x@1)4/4
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---||
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10---||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||

Out-Verse
  D5|-------------------------|-------------------------| (xx023x@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Bb5|-------------------------|-------------------------| (x133xx@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8--|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12----8--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10----6--|
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

F5 (133xxx@1)        C5 (x355xx@1)            G#5 (133xxx@4)       C5|-------------------------|---------------------------| (x355xx@1)|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------10----10-------|------------13----13-------|
|-(8)-8----10----10----10-|-(10)-10----13----13----10-|
|-(8)-8-----8-----8----10-|-(10)-10----11----11----10-|
|-(6)-6-----------------8-|--(8)--8-----------------8-|
|
|-10----10----10----10----|--10-----10----10----10----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|

D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5   D5
|-------------------------|---------*|
|-------------------------|---------*|
|-------------------------|---------*|
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12------*|
|-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|-12------*|
|-10--8-10--8-10--8-10--8-|-10------*|
|
|-10----10----10----10----|-10------*|
|-------------------------|---------*|
|-------------------------|---------*|
|-------------------------|---------*|
|-------------------------|---------*|
|-------------------------|---------*|

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b (x24432@1) - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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