Queens of The Stone Age - First It Giveth guitar tab
this is one of the best QOTSA songs i can think of. one of the
rythm's is tuned to C, the main rythm, so basically you can't
play the whole thing without a C tuned guitar
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second guitar comes in and plays the same only tuned to E
chorus
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bridge (this part is played with a flamico guitar, which is a type of acoustic)
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lead lick after bridge ('i would beg' part, also the flaminco playing it i think)
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back to the verse part, same for the most part aside from an occasional hammer on
during the second chorus, after he sings 'First it Giveth...' four times, you do this
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this is the tail in, where he is just singing 'Away'
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and now the outro
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and there you have. damn, it took me a while to finish this thing.
it is really close if not exact, so enjoy
