Tabs
"Asteroid" by Kyuss
Off of the album "Welcome to Sky Valley" (1994)
Tabbed By John Truck
All times given are in relation to
"Asteroid" on the cd "Welcome to Sky Valley".
Tuning 2 steps (4 frets) down.
High to Low: c,G,Eb,Bb,F,C
Riff 1
c ||--------------------------------------------------------||
G+G ||--------------------------------------------------------||
Eb MajorEb||--------------------------------------------------------||
Bb majorBb||--------------------------------------------------------||
FF ||----------9--------------------9-------------------9----||
C majorC ||0-12-12-8---12---12-1212-12-10---12--1212-121212-8---12-||
c ||--------------------------||
G+G ||--------------------------||
Eb MajorEb||--------------------------||
Bb majorBb||--------------------------||
FF ||10-12-12-12p10-9-(0)------||
C majorC ||---------------------10-9-||
Riff 2 x3
c ||-----------------------|----------------------------------||
G+G ||-----------------------|----------------------------------||
Eb MajorEb||-----12----11----------|----------------------------------||
Bb majorBb||-----------------12-11-|----------------------------------||
FF ||-----10----9-----------|-------------------12-10-0-9------||
C majorC ||0-00----00----00-10-9--|-0-10-12-0-10-12-0-----------10-9-||
Riff 3
c ||------------------------------------------------------||
G+G ||--17-15-14-15-17-12---17-15-14-15-14---17-15-14-15-12-||
Eb MajorEb||------------------------------------------------------||
Bb majorBb||------------------------------------------------------||
FF ||------------------------------------------------------||
C majorC ||0-------------------0----------------0----------------||
c ||-----------------------------||
G+G ||12b-12b12b12b12b-1212121212b-||
Eb MajorEb||-----------------------------||
Bb majorBb||-----------------------------||
FF ||-----------------------------||
C majorC ||-----------------------------||
c ||-------------------------------------15151515-151412-||
G+G ||--17-15-14-15-17-12---17-15-14-15-14-----------------||
Eb MajorEb||-----------------------------------------------------||
Bb majorBb||-----------------------------------------------------||
FF ||-----------------------------------------------------||
C majorC ||0-------------------0--------------------------------||
Riff 4 (alternate between these two riffs)
c ||---------------------------------||
G+G ||---------------------------------||
Eb MajorEb||---------------------------------||
Bb majorBb||---------------------------------||
FF ||------------------12-10-0-9-10---||
C majorC ||0-10-12-0-10-12-0--------------9-||
c ||---------------------------------||
G+G ||---------------------------------||
Eb MajorEb||---------------------------------||
Bb majorBb||---------------------------------||
FF ||------------------12-10-0-9------||
C majorC ||0-10-12-0-10-12-0-----------10-9-||
(gradually speed up)
Song Structure
6:54 - Riff 1 x3
7:32 - Riff 2 x2
7:57 - 9:09 Random feedback noises/harmonics
9:09 - Riff 1 x2
9:37 - Riff 3 x1
10:02 - Riff 1 x1
10:16 - Riff 2 x2
10:41 - Riff 4 x13
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