• Song:

    Song For The Dead

  • Artist:

    Queens of the stone age

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Song: Song For The Dead
Album: Songs for the Deaf
Tabbed by:  Mike van Driel MikevDriel@hotmail.com

Tuning(low-to-high): (down 2 full steps) C-F-Bb-Eb-G-c

Key: /  = slide
      h  = hammer-on
      p  = pull-off
      b  = bend
      r  = release
      *  = natural harmonic
     ( ) = ghost note
      x  = mute note
      ~  = vibrato
      ^  = let ring
      #  = stompbox on/off


Intro:

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Verse:
        1.It's   late     enough to go    drivin'
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                    and      see what's  mine
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          life's the  study     of       dying
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          how to       do it              right
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           if you're a holy                roller
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           if you're   bent   in the      loose
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|---------------------------------------------------------12--12-------|
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          if you're   hangin'         around
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           I'm        holding the          noose
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Bridge:
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Verse:
        2.Come a      little bit          closer
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           and   get                untied
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           in the     hearse       rollin over
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           just a     track in the        line                 *** it
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Bridge:
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Guitar Solo:

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REST

Verse:
         3.Come on    let's go            drivin'
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           come on let's take a little ride
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           life's   the   study   of      dyin
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           how    to   do    it           right
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REST
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This wasn't my tab but I saw some mistakes in it, 
well this 100% good!
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