Tumble In The Rough Tab by Stone Temple Pilots

Tumble In The Rough tab by Stone Temple Pilots

Guitar Tab

Standard Tuning. Really fun song to play...enjoy!

Intro and Main Riff:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5-|
e|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|


(0:07) Verse:

Dean varies the strumming pattern throughout the song:

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

e|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
B|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
G|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|

Sometimes instead of just playing all the strings muted Dean slides up and down the neck
the low E like at:

(0:12)

e|-------x----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------x----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------x----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8----------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8----------------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-x-6-6-6----/12\--/12\--/15\--------------------------|

(0:21) Verse: “I cant....”

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5-|
e|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|

(0:35) “I’m Looking...”

e|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
B|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
G|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|

(0:42) Sometimes - also at (1:03) - Dean plays a variation as follows:

e|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------|
B|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-5b6r5------------------------------|
G|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-5b6r5------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------|

(0:49) Chorus: ‘I made excuses for a million lies...’

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-7-8-9--10-101010-1010-1010-1010------|
A|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-7-8-9--10-101010-1010-1010-1010------|
E|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-5-6-7--8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-------|

(0:56) “So what?....”

e|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
B|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
G|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|

(1:10) Verse: “I cant....”

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5-|
e|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|

(1:24) “I’m Looking...”

e|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
B|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
G|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|

(1:38) “I made excuses....”

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-7-8-9--10-101010-1010-1010-1010------|
A|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-7-8-9--10-101010-1010-1010-1010------|
E|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-5-6-7--8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-------|

(1:45) “So what?....”

e|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
B|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
G|-------x-------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-x-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------------|


(2:00) Pre-solo:

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------5v----------------------------------------|
G|------------------5v----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-6-1-1-5-0-0-(6-8-8-6-0)--------------------------------|

Play this 4 times, you can play either the bit in brackets or the part on the B and G strings.

(2:13) Solo:

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-------6--------8-------6------5--------------------------|
G|-7b9-----8b10-----10b12---8b10---7b9------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:20)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-s10b11r10-10b11r10-8-10-10b11r10p8-10b11r10-10-8-10b11r10-8-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:24)

e|-----------------------------------------13-------13--------|
B|-----------------------11-------13----15----13h15-----------|
G|-----------10-12p10h12----12s14----14-----------------------|
D|-8h10s8s12--------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat the lick until (2:55)

e|-------13-------13-------13-------13-------13-------13------|
B|-13h15----13h15----13h15----13h15----13h15----13h15---------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------13-------13-------13-------13-------13-------13------|
B|-13h15----13h15----13h15----13h15----13h15----13h15---------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:41) Dean introduces an effect pedal

(2:56) Outro Solo:

e|-13----13-13-------15-13------------------------------------|
B|-15b17----17r15p13-15-13-15b16-13-15b16-13------------------|
G|-------------------15-13-15b16-13-15b16-13------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-13---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13----16----------15-13-13-15-13---------------------------|
G|-15b17----17r15p13-15-13-13-15-13---------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-13----------------16-16-13-16-16-13------------------------|
B|-16b18r16b18r16p13-15-15-13-15-15-13------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Then play the intro riff a few times to finish off. Thats pretty much It!

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