Tabs
Stone Temple Pilots~ Big Empty tabs
Author: anonymous
Most of this is right, but its difficult to tell for sure, due to heavy
distortion throughout most of the song. The 
F/AF/A Major chord could possibly
be wrong, but it sounds alright w/ it
1st guitar (slide guitar)
E, A, D, G, B, e
2nd guitar (mid- ranged electric guitar
w/ heavy distortion)
E, A, D, 
G+G ,B e
Chords Used:
G+G Maj 
E MajorE Maj F/AF/A Maj
[--3--] [--0--] [--0--]
[--3--] [--0--] [--1--]
[--0--] [--1--] [--2--]
[--0--] [--2--] [--3--]
[--2--] [--2--] [--0--]
[--3--] [--0--] [--1--] ^
/|\
Use your thumb
[--0--] [--0--] [--1--]
[--1--] [--0--] [--2--]
[--3--] [--2--] [--2--]
[--2--] [--0--] [--3--]
[--3--] [--2--] [--3--]
[--x--] [--0--] [--1--]
C majorC 7 E7Sus4 
FF Maj
[--0--] [--0--] [--0--]
[--0--] [--0--] [--3--]
[--2--] [--1--] [--0--]
[--2--] [--2--] [--2--]
[--2--] [--0--] [--3--]
[--0--] [--0--] [--x--]
E-Sus 4 E MajorE 7 C-Add 9 9
__Key__________________________________
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
x stop vibration of marked string
~ vibrato
Intro (1st Guitar)
(w/ 
E7E7 and 
C7C7 chords in the background)
e[-----------------------------------------------
B[--0/--8~---7--8--7---\3-3--0-3-0-/12--15----x--
G[-----------------------------------------------
D[-----------------------------------------------
A[-----------------------------------------------
E[-----------------------------------------------
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--10-/12--15--11 ~--8--10x-11 \10--8--
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--------------------10--]
--8--11p10- -10-/12-----]
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Verse 1 (2nd guitar)
C7C7 E7E7
Riff 1 (1st Guitar)
Wait to the middle of the 1st verse, then play:
[--0-- let ring------]
[--1---/5~ ----------]
[--0---let ring -----]
[--------------------]
[--------------------]
[--------------------]
Chorus 1 (2nd guitar)
G+G Maj F/AF/A Maj C majorC add 9
I personally like letting the high e string ring throughout the chords being played
Also, (if this makes it easier) don't let go of the 1st fret of the 
BB string
Then for the (conversations kills...) part:
G+G Maj FF Maj E MajorE 7 sus 4 E7E7
Riff 2
[--10/12-\10--7 ~ ~-3--/5--6----3--5\--3--5--3---
[------------------------------------------------
[------------------------------------------------
[------------------------------------------------
[------------------------------------------------
[------------------------------------------------
/7--10-/12-\10-5 ~ ~---3/6 ~ --3/5 ~ -----------]
-------------------------------------3/5--------]
------------------------------------------------]
------------------------------------------------]
------------------------------------------------]
Riff 3 (1st guitar)
Wait a little bit after verse 2 starts in,
then play
[--3-\0------------------------3 p0-------------]
[----------3-h5-5 ~ ~---------------0--3-h5/-7 ~]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
Verse 2
repeat verse 1
Chorus 2
Play chorus 1 w/ the other chord transition
that came after it
Right before you enter the bridge, play G+G Major, and FF Major. Then when you get
to E MajorE 7-Suspended 4 ,pull-off 2nd fret (G+G string) to the 1st fret and hold out E7E7
Bridge
2nd guitar
I'm not entirly sure about this part because
the bass throws me off, but I think its close
[-------------------------------------------
[------2-3-2----------2-3-2------2----2-
[----2-------2----------------2------------
[--2-----------2----2-----------2----2----
[-----------------3-------------------------
[-------------------------------------------
---------------------]
-3--5--3--2----------]
---------------2-----] Then repeat
-----------------2---]
--------------------]
---------------------]
1st Guitar
Using some type of fx (like a flanger maybe-?)
[--0/3 ~ ~ ~ ~3-\2--/3b ~ r~2 -/3-/5b ~ r~--
[-------------------------------------------
[-------------------------------------------
[-------------------------------------------
[-------------------------------------------
[-------------------------------------------
3-/5-/7b ~r ~5-/7-/9b ~r ~7-/9-/10b ~r ~--
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
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---------10----10b---10b---10b-10r-]
--8--10----10-----10----10-----10--]
-----------------------------------]
-----------------------------------]
-----------------------------------]
-----------------------------------]
For this part, try not to bend the BB string. To do this, use your pinky finger
for the E MajorE string, and then your ring finger for the BB string.
Chorus 3
Repeat chorus 1
For the, “conversations kills...†part, play:
G+G Maj FF Maj E-Sus 4 E MajorE Maj
The ending is a bit different than the rest:
G+G Maj, FF Maj, E-Sus 4, E MajorE Maj (pull-off
E7, hammer-on E MajorE 7-Sus 4)
Other versions of Big Empty
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