Queens of The Stone Age

Queens of The Stone Age - Tension Head guitar tab

From: "Trav"

Subject: q/queens_of_the_stone_age/tension_head.tab

Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 01:34:26 -0700

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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