Tabs
Tension Head
by Queens of the Stone Age
from the Rated R Album
transcribed by Travis English [email protected]
(this file is my own work)
**Tuning**
>From Low to High: C,F,A#,D#,G,C
Intro
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|--------------------------------------------------|
FF |----7-6------5------------------------------------|
C majorC |-0-------7-----6--0-/-3---------------------------|
Main Riff:
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-12-12-12-12-------12-12-12-12--------12-12-12-12-|
A#A#|--------------------------------------------------|
FF |-10-10-10-10-------10-10-10-10--------10-10-10-10-|
C majorC |-------------0------------------0-----------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-12-12-12-12--------12-12-12--14---15--17---------|
A#A#|--------------------------------------------------|
FF |-10-10-10-10--------10-10-10--12---13--15---------|
C majorC |--------------0-----------------------------------|
Variation 1:
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-12-12-12-12-------12-12-12-12--------9-----------|
A#A#|--------------------------------------------------|
FF |-10-10-10-10-------10-10-10-10--------7-----------|
C majorC |-------------0------------------0-----------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-12-12-12-12--------12-12-12--14---15--17---------|
A#A#|--------------------------------------------------|
FF |-10-10-10-10--------10-10-10--12---13--15---------|
C majorC |--------------0-----------------------------------|
There are, of course, a couple other variations, but
you'll get the idea. The guitar stays the same when
the drums go to double time.
Chorus:
Guitar 1
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|----6-7---6---------------------------------------|
A#A#|----6-7---6------------------3--------------------|
FF |----4-5---4--------4-/5--/4--3--------------------|
C majorC |-0--------------0--2-/3--/2--1--------------------|
Guitar 2
C majorC |-10-------------9-b-r-----------------------------|
G+G |----11-b-r--9---------10-10-b-r-------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|--------------------------------------------------|
FF |--------------------------------------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
Near the end of the song, they break into a few more chords:
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------|
A#A#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------|
FF |-5--7--7-----5--7--7------5--7--------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------|
FF |-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------|
C majorC |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
FF |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
C majorC |-0--1--1-----0--1--1------0--1--------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------|
FF |-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------|
C majorC |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------|
A#A#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------|
FF |-5--7--7-----5--7--7------5--7--------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------|
FF |-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------|
C majorC |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-7--8--8-----7--8--8------7--8--------------------|
FF |-7--8--8-----7--8--8------7--8--------------------|
C majorC |-5--6--6-----5--6--6------5--6--------------------|
C majorC |--------------------------------------------------|
G+G |--------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#A#|-5------------------------------------------------|
FF |-5------------------------------------------------|
C majorC |-3------------------------------------------------|
and back to the riff.
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