'Song For The Deaf' by Queens Of The Stone Age - Guitar Tutorial

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Author/Artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Title: Song for the Deaf
Album: Songs for the Deaf
Transcribed by: Nick
Regular QOTSA Tuning, down 2 steps:  low to high (C,F,Bb,Eb,G,C)

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------------|--------------------------------11vv--11p10p9|-------------------|
------------|--0---12p11-0---12p11-0---12p11--------------|-------------------|
 Bass Intro   G1 joins in with the main riff         10x

--------5------------7------------3------------3------------------------------|
--------5------------7------------3------------3------------------------------|
--------6------------8------------4------------4------------------------------|
--7--7---------9--9---------5--5---------5--5---------------------------------|
--7--7---------9--9---------5--5---------5--5---------------------------------|
--5--5---------7--7---------3--3---------3--3---------------------------------|
 1st Chorus something like this                   2x

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 Back to main riff 2x

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-16p15p13-15p13-15---16p15p13-15p13-15--16p15p13-15p13-15---16p15p13-15p13----|
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 Interlude  G1

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-15---17p16p15-17p15-17---17p16p15-17p15-17--17p16p15-17p15-17---17p16p15-----|
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-17p15-17|---5p4p3-5p3-5---5p4p3-5p3-5---5p4p3-5p3-5---5p4p3-5p3-5----4p3p1---|
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      2x   G2 doubles G1 with this 2x

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-3p1-3---4p3p1-3p1-3---4p3p1-3p1-3---4p3p1-3p1-3|-------------------|---------|
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                                             2x   Main riff again 4x

--/20vvv--17-20------16--18--22vvv--------------------------------------------|
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 Short guitar solo:(I'm not sure its right or even a guitar) 2x

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-----11p10p9-----------------11p10p9-----------------------------|------------|
--0----------0--12p11p10-0-----------0--12p11p10-----------------|------------|
 G2 does something like this; hard to hear but there for sure  4x

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 Back to main riff 4x   Chorus 4x  You're on your own for the leads

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-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---2-2-2-2-2-------2-----2-2---2-----|
-0------------0--0---0------0-0-0----0--0---0-0-0-0-0-------0-*---0-0---0-----|
 Bridge is just this                                          Mark talks

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-2-2-----2|----------------------|----------12vv-12p10--------------------|---|
-2-2-----2|----------------------|----------------------------------------|---|
-0-0-----0|----------------------|-0--12p11-------------------------------|---|
 here          Interlude again 4x  Back to main riff but with a change 16x

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 Chorus  4x   ends on      then lots of feed back,scrapes etc, etc.
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