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First It Giveth Tabs by Queens Of The Stone Age

First It Giveth tab by Queens Of The Stone Age

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This song was tabbed by Jeff Hubbard. I absolutely love Queens of the
Stone Age. I couldnt find any tabs for this song, so i tabbed it up
myself.

This one is off their Songs for the Deaf album.


Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
(a second guitar is in E standard tuning)

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
x = muted string
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

first verse

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second guitar starts playing in E tuning

(guitar 1, C tuning)
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(2nd guitar, E tuning)
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chorus riff

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acoustic riff

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|-5-5-5-5-5-3/5-5---6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---|
|-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1---|

interlude (I like this part, nice and peaceful:)

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second verse

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2nd guitar chimes in
(1st guitar, C tuning)
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(2nd guitar, E tuning)
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bridge riff

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outro riff

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acoustic outro

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order:

bass intro
first verse
chorus riff x 4
acoustic riff x 2
interlude
second verse
chorus riff x 4
bridge riff x 2
outro riff x 2
acoustic outro


And there ya have it Ladies and Gents!! This is a great song to listen to
if you are a runner. Its really trance-like.

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