Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline guitar tab
Title: Vasoline
Group: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Purple
Wrote by: Stone Temple Pilots
Transcribe by : Bruno Lamoureux
Heavy Distortion
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|-10-----10-10-10----10-10-10------10-10--10-10-10----------------------
|-7------7--7--7-----7--7--7-------7--7---7--7--7-----------------------
|-8------8--8--8-----8--8--8-------8--8---8--8--8-----------------------
|-6------6--6--6-----6--6--6-------6--6---6--6--6-----------------------
|-6------6--6--6-----6--6--6-------6--6---6--6--6--------1-3-3-1-3--1-3-
f=bend full step
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|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3f-1-1-1-
One time...(lyrics!)
Riff A (5 times) Riff B
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|--------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-85-
|--------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-85-
|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-63-
Riff A (10 times) Riff B
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-----------------|--------|-----
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-----------------|--------|-----
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|--------|-----
Solo !
Riff A (5 times)
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|----------------|-6-----6--6----6--6---6--6--|--------------------------
|----------------|-6-----6--6----6--6---6--6--|--------------------------
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|-12-----12-----12-----12---------------__________-----------------------
|-10-10--10-10--10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10f-10-10-10---4p0h4p0h4p0h4p0h4---
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|-3p0--------------------------------------------3p0-------------------|-
|-----2-----------------------------------------------2----------------|-
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End!
Riff A (5 times) Riff B Riff A 5 times
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Cette toune a ete trancrit par MOI alors je ne dit pas qu'elle est
a 100 % comme l'originale mais c'est pas mal pareil, entk quand vous
aller la jouer a du monde il ne verrons pas la difference, pis si il
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la voit ben tant pis ! Kessez ca peut ben faire ??? En passant je n'ai
pas Purple, je l'ai pogner au Letterman show alors ca se peut que STP
ai faite des modification.....(en passant ca ce peut que je me soit
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fourrer dans les nombres de fois que j'ai ecrit pour jouer chaque riff
, c'est pas evident de les compter, faque checker sa avec la K7 pis
toute va bien aller :) ) Faque Bon Jam !!
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--PART.BOUNDARY.902.15212.nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca.782596268.1--
From: Paul D
"Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots
First, there's a fade-in with feedback (1) which is soon doubled by a guitar
doing hammer-ons from A to Bb (2) and another guitar does upstrokes on
a really weird chord (see "bridge" section WAY below) then there's a little
descending thing (3) right before you go into the main riff...
(1) w/ feedback (2) (3)
E-|-----------------|--------------------------------||----------------|
B-|-----------------|--------------------------------||----------------|
G-|-----------------|--------------------------------||----------------|
D-|-----------------|--------------------------------||----------------|
A-|-1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1||-1-0-0----------|
E-|-----------------|--------------------------------||-------4-4-3-3-2|
Main riff:
F G F G etc...
E-|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B-|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G-|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D-|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A-|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E-|-1-3--1-3--1-3-|1-3--1-3--1-3-|1-3--1-3--1-3-|1-3--1-3--1-3-|1-3--1-3--1-3-|
E-|-----------------------||
B-|-----------------------||
G-|-----------------------||
D-|-----------------------||
A-|---------------1-1-1-1-||
E-|-1-3bend(full)-0-0-0-0-||
Here's the part for the chorus (with some lyrics to help you keep up):
Eb
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
A-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
E-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
Isn't you__ isn't me___ Search for...
Eb D Db C
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-13-13-13-13-13-12-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------|
A-|-13-13-13-13-13-12-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------|
E-|-11-11-11-11-11-10--9--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8------|
that you can't... Goin' blind...
C F
E-|-----------------------------------------||
B-|-----------------------------------------||
G-|-----------------------------------------||
D-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----||
A-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----||
E-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-1~~-||
"Bridge" section (guitar2 + bass do hammer-on from A to Bb):
E-|--------v------------------------v---------------------v-------------------|
B-|--------v8-----------------------v8--------------------v8------------------|
G-|--------v9-----------------------v9--------------------v9------------------|
D-|--------v7-----------------------v7--------------------v7------------------|
A-|--------v------------------------v---------------------v-------------------|
E-|--------v6-----------------------v6--------------------v6------------------|
You'll see the look, and you'll see the lies. You'll eat the lies
E-|---------v--|| v
B-|---------v8-|| v
G-|---------v9-|| v
D-|---------v7-|| v means upstroke
A-|---------v--|| v
E-|---------v6-|| v
And you will...
Lyrics:
One time a thing occurred to me
What's real and what's for sale
Blew a kiss and tried to take it home.
(CHORUS:
Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see.
Goin't blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the Vasoline.)
Two times and it has rendered me
Punch drunk and without bail
Think I'd be safer all alone.
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time.
(Chorus)
(Bridge:
You'll see the look
And you'll see the lies.
You'll eat the lies
And you will...)
(solo)
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time.
(chorus)
That's "Vasoline" in a nutshell. If you need the solo, email me and
be REAL nice and I'll tab it for ya'.
Corrections/comments/augmentations welcome (by email only)
Good luck!
Paul D. (s3bz@music.transy.edu)
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From: S3BZ@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU (Paul D)
TAB: "Vasoline" by STP (solo)
Okay, I've gotten enough "nice" requests for the solo to this song ever
since I posted the tab a couple of weeks ago. Honestly though, I think
that anyone with a little lead knowledge could come up with a better solo.
In my opinion, this is not the best lead work I've ever seen (like much of
DeLeo's lead stuff). DeLeo is a good riffster but not much of a solo-er.
But here it is, as best as I could make it out (it's basically in G):
||-8p7-----8p7-----8p7---|---8p7-----8p7-----8p7-|-----8p7-----8p7-----|
||-----6-6-----6-6-----6-|-6-----6-6-----6-6-----|-6-6-----6-6-----6-6-|
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bf b b b b&harm
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-6---(6)~~~~~~----|-------------------------|---------------------|
----------------4-|-4p0-4p0-4p0-------------|--4--4-4p0---0--5~~~-|
------------------|-------------0-5p0-0-----|-----------0---------|
------------------|---------------------2-2-|---------------------|
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------------------------|---------------------|| p= pull-off
------------------------|---------------------|| b= bend
4p0-4p0-4p0-------------|-4p0-4p0-4p0---------|| bf= bend full
------------0-5p0-0-----|-------------0-5/95-|| b&harm= create an
--------------------2-2-|---------------------|| artificial harmonic
------------------------|---------------------|| and bend it full
~~~= vibrato
Oh yeah, and someone sent me a suggestion that makes quite a bit of sense.
Instead of playing that fucked up chord that I had in my original tab
(during the intro and bridge) try this:
E---0---
B---3---
G---3---
D---3---
A---0---
E-------
Whoever it was said it sounds pretty much the same. (Thanks to whoever you
are.) At any rate, it's MUCH easier to play.
Later, Paul D. (s3bz@music.transy.edu)
