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Queens Of The Stone Age
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Tension Head by Queens of the Stone Age from the Rated R Album
transcribed by Travis English travis@english.net (this file is my own work)
**Tuning** From Low to High: C,F,A#,D#,G,C
Intro C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|--------------------------------------------------| F |----7-6------5------------------------------------| C |-0-------7-----6--0-/-3---------------------------|
Main Riff: C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|-12-12-12-12-------12-12-12-12--------12-12-12-12-| A#|--------------------------------------------------| F |-10-10-10-10-------10-10-10-10--------10-10-10-10-| C |-------------0------------------0-----------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|-12-12-12-12--------12-12-12--14---15--17---------| A#|--------------------------------------------------| F |-10-10-10-10--------10-10-10--12---13--15---------| C |--------------0-----------------------------------|
Variation 1: C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|-12-12-12-12-------12-12-12-12--------9-----------| A#|--------------------------------------------------| F |-10-10-10-10-------10-10-10-10--------7-----------| C |-------------0------------------0-----------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|-12-12-12-12--------12-12-12--14---15--17---------| A#|--------------------------------------------------| F |-10-10-10-10--------10-10-10--12---13--15---------| C |--------------0-----------------------------------|
There are, of course, a couple other variations, but you'll get the idea. The guitar stays the same when the drums go to double time.
Chorus: Guitar 1 C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|----6-7---6---------------------------------------| A#|----6-7---6------------------3--------------------| F |----4-5---4--------4-/5--/4--3--------------------| C |-0--------------0--2-/3--/2--1--------------------|
Guitar 2 C |-10-------------9-b-r-----------------------------| G |----11-b-r--9---------10-10-b-r-------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|--------------------------------------------------| F |--------------------------------------------------| C |--------------------------------------------------|
Near the end of the song, they break into a few more chords:
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------| A#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------| F |-5--7--7-----5--7--7------5--7--------------------| C |--------------------------------------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------| F |-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------| C |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------| F |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------| C |-0--1--1-----0--1--1------0--1--------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------| F |-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------| C |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------| A#|-7--9--9-----7--9--9------7--9--------------------| F |-5--7--7-----5--7--7------5--7--------------------| C |--------------------------------------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------| F |-4--5--5-----4--5--5------4--5--------------------| C |-2--3--3-----2--3--3------2--3--------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|-7--8--8-----7--8--8------7--8--------------------| F |-7--8--8-----7--8--8------7--8--------------------| C |-5--6--6-----5--6--6------5--6--------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------| D#|--------------------------------------------------| A#|-5------------------------------------------------| F |-5------------------------------------------------| C |-3------------------------------------------------|
and back to the riff.
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