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Only Dying Tab by Stone Temple Pilots

Only Dying tab by Stone Temple Pilots

Guitar Tab

  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: Am

🎸 Intro:

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------5---------------5---|-8-------------------------------|
G|-----5---7-------7---5---7-------|-9--------------9---10---10/12---|
D|-----5---------------------------|-10------------10----------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|------------------|
B|-8-------------------------------|------------------| last bar
G|-7-------------------------------|-5----------------| only
D|-9-------------------------------|-5----------------| 2 beats
A|-7-------------------------------|-7----------------|
E|---------------------------------|-5----------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------5---------------5---|-8-------------------------------|
G|-----5---7-------7---5---7-------|-9--------------9---10---10/12---|
D|-----5---------------------------|-10------------10----------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|-8-------------------------------|
G|-7-------------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------------|
A|-7-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


Pre🎸 Verse:
    with distortion
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------8-----------8-----------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|---------------------------------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10------10------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|/8---------------7-----------7---|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-8-----------8-------------------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|-----9-------7-------------------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-------------9-------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8---8-------7-------------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|


🎸 Verse 1:

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5-----------------5-|-5---5-------5---------------x-x-|
D|-5---5-------4-----------------5-|-5---5-------4---------------x-x-|
A|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|-0---0-------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-5---5---x-x-5-------------x-x-5-|-5---5-------5-------------------|
D|-5---5---x-x-4-------------x-x-5-|-5---5-------4-------------------|
A|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|-0---0-------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5-----------------5-|-5---5-------5-------------------|
D|-5---5-------4-----------------5-|-5---5-------4-------------------|
A|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|-0---0-------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5-----------------5-|-5---5-------5-------5-----------|
D|-5---5-------4-----------------5-|-5---5-------4-----------7-------|
A|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|-0---0-------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Pre🎸 Chorus:

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------4-------|-5h7-----7---5-------------------|
D|-----7-----7---------6-------6---|-5h7-----7---5-------7---5h7~----|
A|-6-----------6---7---------------|-----0-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------4-------|-5h7-----7---5-------7b9-5~~-----|
D|-----7-----7---------6-------6---|-5h7-----7---5---7-5-------------|
A|-6-----------6---7---------------|-----0-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------4-------|---------5---------------5-------|
D|-----7-------7-------6-------6---|-----5-------5-------4-------4---|
A|-6---------------7---------------|-6---------------5---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|-----3-------3~------------------|
B|-------------3-------------------|-----3-------3~------------------|
G|---------1-------------------1---|-----4-------4~------------------|
D|-----0-------------------0-------|-2---2-------2~------------------|
A|-1-------------------1-----------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------12\-----|


🎸 Chorus:
   at 1:39
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------8-----------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|---------9---------------7-------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10------10------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8---------------7---------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------8-----------8-----------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|---------9---------------7-------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10------10------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8---------------7---------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------8-----------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|---------9---------------7-------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10--------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8---------------7---------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------8-------------------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|------9------7-------------------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10------9-------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8-----------7-------------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|


🎸 Verse 2:

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5-----------------5-|-5---5-------5-----------x-x-x-x-|
D|-5---5-------4-----------------5-|-5---5-------4-----------x-x-x-x-|
A|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|-0---0-------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5-------------------|-5---5-------5-----------------5-|
D|-5---5-------4-------------7-----|-5---5-------4-----------------5-|
A|-0---0-------0---------------0-0-|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5-----------------5-|-5---5-------5-----------x-x-x-x-|
D|-5---5-------4-----------------5-|-5---5-------4-----------x-x-x-x-|
A|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|-0---0-------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
G|-5---5-------5-----------------5-|-5---5-------5-----------5-------|
D|-5---5-------4-----------------5-|-5---5-------4-------------7-----|
A|-0---0-------0-----------------0-|-0---0-------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Pre🎸 Chorus 2:

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------4-------|-5h7-----7---5-------------------|
D|-----7-----7---------6-------6---|-5h7-----7---5-------7---5h7~----|
A|-6-----------6---7---------------|-----0-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------4-------|-5h7-----7---5-------7b9~~---5---|
D|-----7-----7---------6-------6---|-5h7-----7---5---7-5-------------|
A|-6-----------6---7---------------|-----0-0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5---------------4-------|---------5---------------5-------|
D|-----7-------7-------6-------6---|-----5-------5-------4-------4---|
A|-6---------------7---------------|-6---------------5---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|-----3-------3~------------------|
B|-------------3-------------------|-----3-------3~------------------|
G|---------1-------------------1---|-----4-------4~------------------|
D|-----0-------------------0-------|-----2-------2~------------------|
A|-1-------------------1-----------|-------------------------5-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


🎸 Bridge:
   starts at 3:02
e|---------3----------6-----6------|---------------------------------|
B|---------3----------6-----6------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5----------5-----5------|---------2-----------------------|
D|-5-------5---5---3-----3---------|-----1-------1-------------------|
A|-3-------3---3-------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-1---------------0---------------|

    2 beats           4 beats
e|------------------|-----------------------------|
B|------------------|-1---------------------------|
G|-----0---0--------|-0---------------------------|
D|-----2---2--------|-2---------------------------|
A|-0---0---0--------|-0---------------------------|
E|------------------|-----------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|-------------------------0---0---|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------1---1---|
G|-2---2---2-------0---0---0-------|-0-----------------------0---0---|
D|-3---3---3-------0---0---0-------|-2-----------------------2---2---|
A|-3---3---3-------2---2---2-------|-0-----------------------0---0---|
E|-1---1---1-------3---3---3-------|---------------------------------|

e|-0-------------------------------|
B|-1-------------------------------|
G|-0-------------------------------|
D|-2-------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


🎸 Bridge 2:

e|-5-------------------------0-----|-------0-------------------------|
B|-5-----------4---------------0---|-------------4-------------6-----|
G|-5-----------4-----------------8-|-4/5---------4----------/7---7---|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|-7---5---------------------------|
B|-5-----------4-------------------|-5-----------7-------------------|
G|-5-----------4-------------------|-5-----------8-------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------9-------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5-----------4-------------4-----|-----5-------4------4------4-4-4-|
G|-5-----------4---------------4-4-|-4/5---------4------4------4-4-4-|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


🎸 Solo:
   sounds like he's using a slide on one finger and fretting notes with others
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------5-----------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----5-------5-7-6---------------|-5/7---------------x---x-12/14---|
A|-6---------------7---------0-3p0-|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----13----13-13--------15b17r-13-15-13-15\13-------|
G|--------14-------14~--------------------------14-12-|
D|-14\------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------8--|-8/10-----------10-8-------------|
G|-14__/17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\--------|---------------------9-7-9/12~~~-|
D|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------10------------------------|
B|-15-13-15\13--15-13-15\13-----------------------13---|
G|------------------------------11~~~~~~~~~~~~-/14-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-12------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------15------13--------------|-17\15---13--12~~~~~-------------|
G|-------------------------13------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------12\----|


Final 🎸 Chorus:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------8-----------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|---------9---------------7-------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10------10------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8---------------7---------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------8---------7h8-10~-------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|---------9-----------------------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10------10------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8---------------7----------7----|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------8-----------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|---------9---------------7-------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10--------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8---------------7---------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------8-------------------|
G|---------5-----------5-----------|------9------7-------------------|
D|-----5-------5-----------5-------|-----10------9-------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-8-----------7-------------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|



🎸 Outro:

e|-5-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-5---5-------4-------------------|-5-----------4-------------6---6-|
G|-5-------5---4-------------------|-5-----------4----------/7---7---|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|-7---5---------------------------|
B|-5-----------4-------------------|-5-----------7-------------------|
G|-5-----------4-------------------|-5-----------8-------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------9-------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|------------------------12N------|---------------------------------|
B|-5-----------4----------12N------|-5-----------4\------0-------0---|
G|-5-----------4-------------------|-5-----------4\----------1/2-----|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|-----5---------------------------|-----0---------------------------|
B|-5-------5---4-------------------|-5-----------4---------------6---|
G|-5-----------4-------------------|-5-----------4----------/7-------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

fades out

************************************

| x   Dead note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| PM  Palm mute
| N   Natural Harmonic

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