• Song:

    Kerosene

  • Artist:

    Skeleton Key

  • Album:

    Obtanium

Kerosene (you can download a copy of the song at the bands official site: Skeletonkey.org)
By Skeleton Key
Tabbed by Luke (vaportraill@excite.com)

Skeleton Key is a band who most recently released an album on Mike Patton's
Ipecac Records. They were also nominated for a grammy for their first LP, Fantastic
Spikes Through Balloon

Song played with Leslie simulator at high speed with slight distortion
Standard Tuning

Main riff
     1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
---|---------2------------------------------------------------------|
-4-|-------------3-------4-------3---1------------------------------|
-/-|-----3-------------------4-------------------------------2---3--|
-4-|-1---------------------------------------------------0----------|
---|-----------------3----------------------------------------------|
---|-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2--------------|x2
                                                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~
verse 1                                                          let ring
                                                                 last time
Rest 8 measures

 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5---------------11--|
-------------------------------------------------1-/-10----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|x3

 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5-------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 1
Main Riff x2


Verse 2

Rest 2 measures

 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5---------------11--|
-------------------------------------------------1-/-10----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|x2


 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-------4-------3---1-------------------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------3-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2---------------|


Chorus 2
Main Riff x4


Bridge
Guitar rests 7 measures

Bassline
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|x2


 1   e (022000@1) +   e (022000@1) 2   e (022000@1) +   e (022000@1) 3   e (022000@1) +   e (022000@1) 4   e (022000@1) +   e-14/-16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16---| (022000@1)------------------------------------------------------------------|
-12/-14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14---|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|


 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
---------2-----------------------------------------4/5-----5/6--|
-------------3-----------4--------------------------------------|
-----------------------------4-----------5----------------------|
-1---1---------------------------------------6------------------|
-----------------3---3------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------4---4-----------2-------2------|x2

verse 3

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
6/------7/----8-|
----------------|
----------------|
----------------|
----------------|
----------------|
              let ring 1 measure

rest 2 measures

 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---4-----------5---5---------------11--|
-------------------------------------------------1-/-10----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|


 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------4---4-------4-------3---1-------------------------------|
---------3---3-----------4---------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------3-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2---------------|


Chorus 3
Main riff x3
then...

 1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
---------2-----------------------------------------4/5-----5/6--|
-------------3-------4-------3---1------------------------------|
-----3-------------------4--------------------------------------|
-1--------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------3----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------4-4-4---3---2-------2------|
                                                             let ring

Thats all of it. It a pretty easy, really cool song. Enjoy

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