• Song:

    Big Empty

  • Artist:

    Stone Temple Pilots

  • Album:

    Rolling Rock 2.0

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

"Big Empty"
By: Stone Temple Pilots.

Open G tuning

E=D
A=B
D=G
g=d
b=g
e=d

Guitar One (slide)(open G tuning)
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----/8-----------------7---8---|-/7-----------3--3----------------0--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|(Fig one)                                                       (end fig)
|Guitar Two (Standard Tuning)
|--------0---0-------------------|-----------0-----0-------------------|
|--------3---3--------------3----|-----------1-----1-------------------|
|--------3---3--------0-0^3-0----|-----------3-----3-X-X-X-3-----3-----|
|---------------X-X-X-0-0-----0--|--------2----------------0-0^2-0--0--|
|--2-----------------------------|--3----------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|


|-----12---------------------------12--|------------------------------------------|
|-/12-------------------/12-----------|--11-------8--10----1110--8-------108/--|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
|
|
|---------------------------------------|-----------0------0----------------------|
|-----------3----3----------------------|-----------1------1----------------------|
|-----------3----3--X--X--X-----0-------|-----------3------3--X-X-X--3--3---3-----|
|-----------2----2------------2------0--|--------2-------------------0--0^2-0---0-|
|---2----2------------------2-----------|---3-------------------------------------|
|---0----0------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


Play W/ fig one, 3.5 times
|--------12---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---/12-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|

           Driving faster in__   my___  car___

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
           Falling farther than just what  we are

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---/9--------------------------------|
|---/9--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
          smoke a ..........


|-----------0------0-------------------------|----0----0----0----0----0--------|
|-----------3------3--------------3---3------|----1----1----1----1----1--------|
|-----------3------3--X--X--X--X--0^3-0---0--|----3----3----3----3----3--X--X--|
|-----------------------------------------0--|----2----2----2----2----2--------|
|--2-----2---------------------2-------------|----3----3----3----3----3--------|
|--0-----0-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
          Falling  faster     in      my__        car___

Chorus:

(Fig2)
(endFig)
|--3----3--3--3--0-----0--0----0---0--0--|----------------------------------------|
|--3----3--3--3--3-----3--3----3---3--3--|--1------1--1--1--1-----1--1----1--1----|
|--0----0--0--0--0-----0--0----0---0--0--|--0------0--0--0--0-----0--0----0--0----|
|--0----0--0--0--2-----2--2----2---2--2--|--2------2--2--2--2-----2--2----2--2----|
|----------------0-----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----3--3----|

play fig2 three more times.

End of chorus:
(RIFF1)
|-------------------------|-------------|
|----------------------0--|----0--------|
|----------0-----------2--|----1--------|
|--0-------0-----------0--|----0--------|
|--3----2----0--2------2--|----2--------|
|--3----3----1--1---0--0--|----0--------|

                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~~
|---------/1210---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------10/11---------------------|---/5--8--10---10/11-----8-108--|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|
|
|-----------0----0-------------------------|
|-----------1----1-------------------------|
|-----------3----3--X--X--X--3-------3-----|
|-------2--------------------0--0^2--0--0--| guitar two continues with Fig 1 4.5 times
|--3---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|



|-------10-----/1210-----------------------|
|-/12------------------12-------/11---/10--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
| -------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------|
|--/5-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
         too much walkin shoes worn thin


|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------93-3/-|-9--7/9-----------------------7/9-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
soul's worn thin                            Time to catch a ride, it

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---/12-----------------97------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
 leaves today    her name   is what it means

|------------0------0------------------------|--0-----0-----0-----0------0----------|
|------------3------3-------------3---3------|--1-----1-----1-----1------1----------|
|------------3------3--X--X--X--X-0^3-0---0--|--3-----3-----3-----3------3----X--X--|
|-----------------------------------------0--|--2-----2-----2-----2------2----------|
|---2----2-----------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-----3------3----------|
|---0----0-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
             Too much walkin shoes__worn__     thin__


BACK TO CHORUS.
Fig3                                             endfig3
|--------------------|---0---0---0--0--0--0----0-0----|
|--------------------|---0---0---0--0--0--0----0-0--0-|
|------0-------------|---1---1---1--1--1--1----1-1--0-|
|------0-------------|---0---0---0--0--0--0----0-0--0-|
|-3--2---0--2-----2--|---2---2---2--2--2--2----2-2----|
|-3--3---1--1--0--0--|---0---0---0--0--0--0----0-0----|
                                 conversations  kill

play fig3 again


|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------0---|
|---------------0--------------2---|
|--0------------0--------------0---|
|--3-------2--------0--2-------2---|
|--3-------3--------1--1---0---0---|


Guitar one
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------3/---|-8--------------8-7/8---|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
|
|guitar two
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------6--7--6----------6-|-----6--7--6----------6-|-----6--7--6----------6-|
|----5---------5------5---|---5---------5------5---|---5---------5------5---|
|--7-------------7--7-----|-7-------------7--7-----|-7-------------7--7-----|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-------------7/8--|-8/10--------------8/10--|-10/12-----------3/12--|
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
|
|
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|----------5---------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----6--7---7--6--7-|-----6--7--6----------6--|-----6--7--6----------6-|
|---5----------------|---5---------5------5----|---5---------5------5---|
|-7------------------|-7-------------7--7------|-7-------------7--7-----|
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|


|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12/14---------14-14-14-|-/15-------------2/--------------|
|-------(14)-------------|-----------------2/--------------|
|-------(14)-------------|----------12----2/--------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|
|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------0-|
|-----6--7--6----------6-|--6-6-6----7----6----6-6-6-6-6-0-|
|---5---------5------5---|--5-5-5----5----5----5-5-5-5-5-0-|
|-7-------------7--7-----|--7-7-7----7----7----7-7-7-7-7---|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|

Go back to the chorus and play fig2 four times
then head into fig3 three times and the conversations kill part.
End on the first half of fig3.
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