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Stones From The Sky by Neurosis

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Really fantastic song, one of Neurosis? best. The other tab online was in the wrong tuning, so I wrote
this onein the correct tunings. I use a bit of dirt with my amp, and roll the volume on my guitar down
for the clean intro. When that little pre-chorus comes up, just put your volume on
full to get a nice crunch. For the heavier parts use a good OD like the RAT or Boss HM-2. And, for the
part at the end I suggest a phaser or flanger, even a wah. That will give you the weird
noise effect. Scott?s parts should be 100% correct as they are relatively easy, but some of
Steve?s chords for the pre-chorus may be wrong. Feel free to post changes or suggestions in the
 comments if you find something better.
Enjoy!

Guitar 1 is AADGBe (drop the Chord diagramE MajorE string down to Chord diagramA augmentedA). Scott uses a .058 so it doesn?t get floppy
Guitar 2 is AADGAd (drop the Chord diagramE MajorE to A; Chord diagramBB to A; and e to d). Steve uses an Ebow in the beginning
part of the song, then switches to a pick.

Tabbed by DK

Intro: played clean on the recording, but live Scott adds some distortion
Guitar 1


Chord diagramE MajorE||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramBB||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||-2-----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD||-0-----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramBB||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||-2-----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD||-0-----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-3-----3--3--3--3--|--3----3--3--3--3--|--3----3--3--3--3--|--3----3--3--3--3--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


Play this until 2:14


Guitar 2: To get the ambient sound, use an Ebow with heavy delay, and then slide from note to
note while doing volume swells. Steve lingers pretty long on each note but you can freestyle it.
I play something like this


Chord diagramD MajorD||-------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||-------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||-------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---------5/12------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------------------|
Riff A: use a bit of distortion and a touch of delay. Let the notes ring out.

Guitars 1 and 2

||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4?"5-5-4-4---------| play 3 times
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2---------------2-------|
||----------------------------------------------------|


||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-----------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4?"4-4-4-4-2-----play once, transition into Riff Chord diagramBB at 2:38---|
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff B: turn off the delay but keep the same light distortion


Guitar 1:

Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--2-----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--0-----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--0-----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--2-----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--0--|--2----2--2--2--2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--0-----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0----0--0--0--0--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--3-----3--3--3--3--|--3----3--3--3--3--|--3----3--3--3--3--|--3----3--3--3--3--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


Guitar 2: let ring. These are probably wrong but they sound good enough

Chord diagramD MajorD||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------0--|--0--0--0--0--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------8--|--8--8--8--7--------|
Chord diagramG+G||--7----------------|--7----------------|--7-------------7--|--7--7--7--7--------| until 3:47
Chord diagramD MajorD||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------0--|--0--0--0--0--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--0----------------|--0----------------|--0-------------0--|--0--0--0--0--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

Back to Riff A:

||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||*---------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4?"5-5-4-4---------| play 3 times
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2---------------2-------|
||----------------------------------------------------|


||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||*-----------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-------------------------------------------------|
||*--------5-5-5-5-5------------4-4-4?"4-4-4-4-2-------------------------------------------------|
||---3-3-3--------------3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play once, transition into Riff Chord diagramC majorC at 4:14

Riff C: use heavy distortion. I use a ProCo RAT and it sounds pretty damn close

Guitars 1 and 2


Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--5--5--5--5--5--7--|--5--5--5--5--5--7--|--5--5--5--5--5--7--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|


Repeat this until 6:30


Riff D: played by Scott, comes in at 5:43. Tremolo pick the notes, listen to the song for the
exact timing

Guitar 1:


Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--15--------------|------------17----|--15-------------|--------17----15----|--14------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramBB||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramG+G||--15--------------|--17--------------|--15--------14---|| then repeat until 6:29
Chord diagramD MajorD||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||------------------|------------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||------------------|------------------|-----------------||


Riff E: Comes in at 6:28ish. Use a flanger or some kind of modulation effect here

Guitar 2:

Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

Repeat until 7:58


Back to Riff Chord diagramC majorC and D:

Guitar 1:


Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--15--------------|------------17----|--15-------------|--------17----15----|--14------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramBB||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramG+G||--15-------------|--17-------------|--15--------14---|| repeat until 8:45, then stop
Chord diagramD MajorD||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


Riff C: Guitars 1 and 2


Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

Chord diagramE MajorE||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||--5--5--5--5--5--7--|--5--5--5--5--5--7--|--5--5--5--5--5--7--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|


Play this with flange until the song ends!


Song structure
--------------

0:06 - Intro
2:14 - Riff Chord diagramA augmentedA
2:38 - Riff Chord diagramBB
3:47 - Riff Chord diagramA augmentedA
4:14 - Riff Chord diagramC majorC
5:43 - Riff Chord diagramD MajorD
6:28 ?" Riff Chord diagramE MajorE
7:58 ?" Riff Chord diagramD MajorD and Riff Chord diagramC majorC

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