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REGULAR JOHN
As recorded by Queens Of The Stone Age
(From the 1998 Album QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE)
Words and Music by Josh Homme
E5 (022xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
0 7 9 x x x x 10 12 x x x 10 12 x x x x x 7 9 x x x
Gtr I (C F A# D# G C) - 'rhythm'
Gtr II (C F A# D# G C) - 'lead'
Intro
Q=75
E5 (022xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1)4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
< < < <
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
W E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) 3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------14--------||
|---------------------------------||o-15----------------14----------------o||
|---------------------------------||-----------12--------------------------||
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o-------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------------||
E5 (022xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
< < < <
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E|----------------------------14-------| (022100@1)|-15----------------14----------------|
|----------12-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
E5 (022xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
$
E5 (022xxx@1) Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-19-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||-------------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------||
||o-19-19-19-22-22-22---19-19-19-19-21-21-21---19-o||
||---0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-19-19-19-22-22-22---19-19-19-19-21-21-21-21---|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
E5 (022xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Verse 1, 2
E5 (022xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus 1
To Coda
A5B5C5 D5 (xx023x@1) G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S E (022100@1)4x S S S S S S S S S S S ES (022100@1)E|--------------------------||----------------------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------o||----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12--||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------9-9-9-|
|---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12-o||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12---7-7-7-|
|-0-5-7--8--8-10-10-10-10--||-----------------------------10-0-------|
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1)S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II
~~~
S S S S S S S S T T S S E. S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-14-12-14p12----12-14----12-14-|
|-------10-12-14----------------14----------------|
|-10-12-------------------------------------------|
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(typG52E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1)S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / / /
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S E. S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==14pb15.5r==12-------12s9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------14----10s7--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2
D.S. al Coda &
E5 (022xxx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
Gtr I
W +W S S S S S S S S S S S ES (022100@1)E|----------|------------||----------------------------------------| (022100@1)|----------|------------||----------------------------------------|
|----------|------------||----------------------------------------|
|-9--------|-(9)--------||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------9-9-9--|
|-7--------|-(7)--------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12---7-7-7--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||----------------------------10-0--------|
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1)S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II
~~~
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S E. +E
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12----------------------|
|-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r=================|
|----------------------------------------------12-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------14----(14)-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(typG52E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1)S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / / /
~~~
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S E. S S
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12---------------------|
|-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r================|
|----------------------------------------------12------------|
|-------------------------------------------------14----12s9-|
|-------------------------------------------------------10s7-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 (022xxx@1) W +W +W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
<
W +H H +W +W
|----------|--------------|-------------|---------|
|----------|--------12----|-(12)--------|-(12)----|
|----------|--------------|-------------|---------|
|-9--------|-(9)----------|-------------|---------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------|-------------|---------|
|-0--------|-(0)----------|-------------|---------|
Bridge
Gtr I
PM----------| PM---------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||o--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7-|
||------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e||------------------------------------------| (022000@1)||o-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---|
||------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|--9-9----9--9-9----9--9-9----9--9-9--9-10-o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|
| e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e|-------------------------------------------|| (022000@1)|-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12----o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
PM----------| PM---------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||o--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7-|
||------------------------------------------|
|
| e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e (022000@1) e||------------------------------------------| (022000@1)||o-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---|
||------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
-------------------------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|--9--9---9--9--9---9--9--9---9--9--9-9-10-o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|
| < < < <
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
| E. S E. S E. S E. S 4x
|-------------------------------14----------||
|-15------------------14-------------------o||
|-----------12------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
Verse 3
E5 (022xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1) Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||-||------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o----------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||-||------------------------------------||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||-||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Chorus 3
A5B5C5 D5 (xx023x@1) G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
S E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)S E (022100@1) S S S S S S S S S S S ES (022100@1)E|-------------------------||---------------------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------||---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------------|
|---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------9-9-9-|
|---7-9-10-10-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12---7-7-7-|
|-0-5-7--8--8-10-10-10-10-||----------------------------10-0-------|
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1) S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------12----12-14-|
|----------------12-14-12-14p12----12-14----14-------|
|-------10-12-14----------------14-------------------|
|-10-12----------------------------------------------|
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S ES (022100@1)E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
~~
+S S S S S S S S S S S Q +S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------15----------15----------15----------15----------15------------------|
|-(14)b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14b16==(14)r14-12-----(12)-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(type 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1)S E (022100@1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / /
~~~
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S E. +E
||--12-------12-------12-------12-------12-----------------------||
||o-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==12-------------o||
||---------------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------14----(14)--||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------------------------||
G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5(typG52E5(tE5e 2)
S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1)S S S W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / o / / / / /
~~~
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S E. S S W
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12---------------------|------*|
|-15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==15pb17r==12------------|------*|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------*|
|-------------------------------------------------14----12s9-|-9----*|
|-------------------------------------------------------10s7-|-7----*|
|------------------------------------------------------------|-0----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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
