• Song:

    The Sky Is Fallin

  • Artist:

    Queens of the stone age

Tuning: Down a 1/2 Step (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb)
Notes:  'The Sky Is Fallin'' is track #5 on 'Songs For The Deaf'


Intro:
 eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Bb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Gb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Db|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
 Ab|--7~--9-4--5-4--5-2~--|--7~--9-4--5-4~--|--7~--9-4--5-4--5--7~--|
 Eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|

 eb|-first time---------|-second time---------------------------||
 Bb|--------------------|---------------------------------------||
 Gb|-------------6--6^--|---------------------------------------||
 Db|--------------------|----------2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
 Ab|--5-4-2~--2--4--4^--|--5-4-2~--2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
 Eb|--------------------|---------------------------------------||


Riff 1:
 eb|----------4x-|--------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Db|--2-2-2-2-2--|--------------------------4--4-4-4-4--------------|
 Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--|--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5-5-5--------------5--5-5-5-5--|
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--|

 eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
 Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--9-9-9-9-9-9--||
 Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--||
   "For so long..."


Riff 2:
 eb|----------4x-|-------------||
 Bb|-------------|-------------||
 Gb|-------------|-------------||
 Db|--2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2--||
 Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--|--2-2-2-4-2--||
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3-3-3-3-3--||
    "Close your eyes and see..."



Intro Riff w/ second ending


Riff 1:
 eb|----------4x-|--------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 Db|--2-2-2-2-2--|--------------------------4--4-4-4-4--------------|
 Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--|--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5-5-5--------------5--5-5-5-5--|
 Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--|

 eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--9-9-9-9-9-9--|
 Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
    "For so long..."

 eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Bb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Gb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Db|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 Ab|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|--14-14-14-14-14-14--|--12-12-12-12-12-12--|
 Eb|--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--12-12-12-12-12-12--|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|

 eb|---------------------|
 Bb|---------------------|
 Gb|---------------------|
 Db|---------------------|
 Ab|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|
 Eb|--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
    "Now to remind..."

 eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Ab|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
 Eb|--2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--8-8-8-8-8-8--|
   "Drained my life so low..."

 eb|------------------------------------||
 Bb|------------------------------------||
 Gb|------------------------------------||
 Db|------------------------------------||
 Ab|----4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4--||
 Eb|--0-2-2----0-2-2----0-2-2----0-2-2--||
   "That has drained..."


"Close your eyes and see..."
THEN PLAYED AN OCTAVE HIGHER


Solo:
 eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Db|----------16-17--------16h17p16----16/17-17/19~--17h19p17p16-------|
 Ab|--17/19~---------19~------------19----------------------------18~--|
 Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

 eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|--------------------------------------17-15\--7~--7h8p7-------------|
 Gb|---------------------------14/16-16~---------------------8-(muted)--|
 Db|-------------16-16/17/19~-------------------------------------------|
 Ab|--18/19-19~---------------------------------------------------------|
 Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Db|--16h17p16--19~-19/21~--16h17p16-----16h17p16-----19--17/19/21--16~--|
 Ab|----------------------------------19---------------------------------|
 Eb|----------------------------------------------19~--------------------|

 eb|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------||
 Bb|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------||
 Gb|-------------------|----------------------------------------------18---||
 Db|-------------------|--------------17~-19~--19-19-19^-19^-19^-19^-------||
 Ab|--16h17p16-14/16~--|--17/19~--21~--------------------------------------||
 Eb|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------||
      "Close your eyes and see..."


Ending:
 eb|-------------||
 Bb|-------------||
 Gb|-------------||
 Db|--2-2-2-2-2--||
 Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--||
 Eb|--3-3-3-3-3--||
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