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Bass Tab
Queens of the Stone Age
Better Living Through Chemistry
Tune to C F Bb Eb
Note:
There are lots of subtlties to the playing of this song.
This tab isn't perfect, so mess around and do what sounds best
to you.
Hammer-ons and pull-offs where I have slides often work nicely.
Verse
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9------------
|-------------10------(0)h12\----------------------------------
|-5-5--------------------------5-5------------------5-5/7------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7-9-10-9-7~----
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------
|-5-5--------------------------5-5-----------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10---------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------
|-------------10------(0)h12/------------------------5/7~------
|-5-5---------------------------5-5----------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--9/10-5/7-------
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------
|-5-5--------------------------5-5-----------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7-9-10-9-7~----
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------
|-5-5--------------------------5-5-----------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5-----------------
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------
|-5-5--------------------------5-5--------------5-7-8-7-5~-----
Chorus
3x
|-------4-5-4---------
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----
|---------------------
|---------------------
1x
|-5-4-----------4-----
|-----7-5---5-7-------
|---------7-----------
|---------------------
3x
|-------4-5-4---------
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----
|---------------------
|---------------------
1x
|-5-4-----------4-----
|-----7-5---5-7-------
|---------7-------0---
|---------------------
Instrumental Section
intro
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------9/10~-7-5---------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-5-let-ring--5-let-ring--------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----7--------5----7~-----------------------------------------
|--------5/7~----7---------------------------------------------
|-5-5------------------5~--------------------------------------
main part
This part is just improv off this basic idea. I'm just showing
the common riffs used.
|----------------------------------7h9----------
|----7/9/10\9\7---------7/9/10\9\7--------------
|-0-------------5h7--0--------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|---------------7h9-----------------------7h9---
|----7/9/10\9\7-----7h9----7/9/10\9\7-7h9-------
|-0----------------------0----------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
Chorus
3x
|-------4-5-4---------
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----
|---------------------
|---------------------
1x
|-5-4-----------4-----
|-----7-5---5-7-------
|---------7-----------
|---------------------
Verse
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10----------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------
|-------------10-------12p0h12\---------------------------------
|-5-5----------------------------5-5------------------5-5/7-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10-10-9--------7/9\7-5/7\5--9/10~-5/7\5------
|-------------10-----------10-----------------------------------
|-5-5-------------------------5-5-------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10---------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9------------
|-------------10------12p0h12\----------------------------------
|-5-5---------------------------5-5-------------------5-5/7-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10---------------7/9\7-5/7\5-----------------
|-------------10------12p0h12\-------------------5/7~-----------
|-5-5---------------------------5-5-------------------5/8~------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10----------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------
|-------------10-------12p0h12\---------------------------------
|-5-5----------------------------5-5-------------------5/7------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|------7/9\7-----9-10----------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------
|-------------10-------12p0h12\---------------------------------
|-5-5----------------------------5-5------------------5-7-8-7-5-
Chorus:
7x
|-------4-5-4---------
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----
|---------------------
|---------------------
1x
|-5-4-----------4-----
|-----7-5---5-7-------
|---------7-----------
|---------------------
4x
|-------4-5-4---------
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----
|---------------------
|---------------------
Ending
|---------------------
|---------------------
|-0-let-ring----------
|---------------------