Tuning: Down a 1/2 Step (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb)
Notes: 'The Sky Is Fallin'' is track #5 on 'Songs For The Deaf'
Intro:
eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
Gb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
Db|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
Ab|--7~--9-4--5-4--5-2~--|--7~--9-4--5-4~--|--7~--9-4--5-4--5--7~--|
Eb|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
eb|-first time---------|-second time---------------------------||
Bb|--------------------|---------------------------------------||
Gb|-------------6--6^--|---------------------------------------||
Db|--------------------|----------2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Ab|--5-4-2~--2--4--4^--|--5-4-2~--2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Eb|--------------------|---------------------------------------||
Riff 1:
eb|----------4x-|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
Db|--2-2-2-2-2--|--------------------------4--4-4-4-4--------------|
Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--|--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5-5-5--------------5--5-5-5-5--|
Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--|
eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--9-9-9-9-9-9--||
Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--||
"For so long..."
Riff 2:
eb|----------4x-|-------------||
Bb|-------------|-------------||
Gb|-------------|-------------||
Db|--2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2--||
Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--|--2-2-2-4-2--||
Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3-3-3-3-3--||
"Close your eyes and see..."
Intro Riff w/ second ending
Riff 1:
eb|----------4x-|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|
Db|--2-2-2-2-2--|--------------------------4--4-4-4-4--------------|
Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--|--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5-5-5--------------5--5-5-5-5--|
Eb|--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--|
eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Ab|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--9-9-9-9-9-9--|
Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
"For so long..."
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/q/queens-of-the-stone-age/61967.html ]
eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Ab|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|--14-14-14-14-14-14--|--12-12-12-12-12-12--|
Eb|--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--12-12-12-12-12-12--|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|
eb|---------------------|
Bb|---------------------|
Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|--10-10-10-10-10-10--|
Eb|--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
"Now to remind..."
eb|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Bb|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Gb|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Db|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Ab|--4-4-4-4-4-4--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Eb|--2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--8-8-8-8-8-8--|
"Drained my life so low..."
eb|------------------------------------||
Bb|------------------------------------||
Gb|------------------------------------||
Db|------------------------------------||
Ab|----4-4------4-4------4-4------4-4--||
Eb|--0-2-2----0-2-2----0-2-2----0-2-2--||
"That has drained..."
"Close your eyes and see..."
THEN PLAYED AN OCTAVE HIGHER
Solo:
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------16-17--------16h17p16----16/17-17/19~--17h19p17p16-------|
Ab|--17/19~---------19~------------19----------------------------18~--|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------17-15\--7~--7h8p7-------------|
Gb|---------------------------14/16-16~---------------------8-(muted)--|
Db|-------------16-16/17/19~-------------------------------------------|
Ab|--18/19-19~---------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--16h17p16--19~-19/21~--16h17p16-----16h17p16-----19--17/19/21--16~--|
Ab|----------------------------------19---------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------19~--------------------|
eb|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------||
Gb|-------------------|----------------------------------------------18---||
Db|-------------------|--------------17~-19~--19-19-19^-19^-19^-19^-------||
Ab|--16h17p16-14/16~--|--17/19~--21~--------------------------------------||
Eb|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------||
"Close your eyes and see..."
Ending:
eb|-------------||
Bb|-------------||
Gb|-------------||
Db|--2-2-2-2-2--||
Ab|--2-2-2-4-2--||
Eb|--3-3-3-3-3--||
