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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY
As recorded by Queens Of The Stone Age
(From the 2000 Album RATED R)
Words and Music by Joshua Homme & Nick Olivieri
Gtr I (C F A# D# G C) - 'gtr I'
Intro
Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------|------7-----7-------7----15--|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|------------|-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-11------11----11----11----10--|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-------------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S E E S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10----10-----9---9-----9----|--7-------7-----7-----7----15--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-11------11----11----11----|-10----10----12--12----12h14--|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0--------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------11----11----11----15--|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-11------11----11----11----10--|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-------------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S E E S S
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10----10-----9---9-----9h=10-|--------7-----7-----7----15--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------12----12----12----|------9-----------12-----|
|-11------11----11----11----|-------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8-8-(8)-8-10-10-(10)-10-|
Verse
$
E E E S S E E E S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|------7-----7-------7----15--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-----------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-11------11----11----11----10--|-10----10-----9---9-----9h=10-|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)----|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------7-----7-----7----15--|
|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-----------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E S S E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|-11------11----11----11----|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S E E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10----10----12--12----12h14-|-------11----11----11----15--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-------|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-11------11----11----11----10--|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-------------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S E E S S
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10----10-----9---9-----9h=10-|--------7-----7-----7----15--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------12----12----12----|------9-----------12-----|
|-11------11----11----11----|-------------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-8-8-(8)-8-10-10-(10)-10-|
Chorus
To Coda
A5G5A5Bb5A5G5F#G5 A5G5F#E5F#E5F#G5
E E E E E E E E 7x E E E E E E E E W Wx13
||--------------------||-----------------|----------|---------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|----------|---------|
||--9-7-9-10-9-7-6-7--||-9-7-6-4-6-4-6-7-|----------|---------|
||--7-5-7--8-7-5-4-5--||-7-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-|----------|---------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|-0--------|---------|
||--------------------||-----------------|----------|---------|
Guitar Solo
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------10-10-10-10---------10-10-10-10-|---------9-9-9-9---------9-9-9-9-|
||o-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------|
||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------12-12-12-12---------12-12-12-12-|
|-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|---------14-14-14-14---------14-14-14-14---||
|-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0--------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
4.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------15h17-o||
||----------------------------12h14----------||
||------------10h12---12h14------------------||
||o-0-10h12---------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-14b14.5==14-14-14-14r14-14-14-14-12-14----------12-12-|
|----------------------------------------14-12-14-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-14b14.5==14-14-14-14r14-14-14-14-12-14-12----------12--|
|-------------------------------------------14-12-14-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
>
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q H
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------13----------13-|-------13-13---------|
|-14b14.5==14-14-14-14r14-14-14-14-12-14----14-12-14----|-12-14---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
<
Wx3 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------|----------13-13-13-------------------------------|
|------------|-14-14-14----------12-12-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-|
|------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------13-13-13-------------------------------|
|-14-14-14----------12-12-12-11-11-11-12-12-12-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-13----------13-----------------------------------|
|----14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13----------13----------------------------------|
|----14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-13----------------13----------------13-----------|
|----14-12-14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14----14-12-14--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------13----------------13----------------------|
|-12-14----14-12-14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b15.5==15-15-15-15r15-15-15-15-13-15-13--------------|
|-------------------------------------------14-12-14-12--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b15.5==15-15-15-15r15-15-15-15-13-15----------------|
|----------------------------------------14-------------|
|-------------------------------------------14-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b15.5==15-15-15-15r15-15-15-15-13-15-13--------------|
|-------------------------------------------14-12--------|
|-------------------------------------------------12h14--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----------12-14b14.5==14-14-14-14r14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|----14-12-14-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
||--12-14b14.5==14-14-14-14-14-14r14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---||
||----------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------15h17-|
||----------------------------12h14---------|
||------------10h12---12h14-----------------|
||o-0-10h12---------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------15h17-o||
|---------------------------12h14----------||
|-----------10h12---12h14------------------||
|-0-10h12---------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
Q E E H Q E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------12----|-----------12----|
|-14\----14-------|-14\----14-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
6/4
Q E E H W +H
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------12----|-----------------|
|-14\----14-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0--------(0)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|
A5G5A5Bb5A5G5F#G5 A5G5F#E5F#E5F#G5
4/4
E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E
||--------------------||-----------------|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--9-7-9-10-9-7-6-7--||-9-7-6-4-6-4-6-7-|
||--7-5-7--8-7-5-4-5--||-7-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-|
||o------------------o||-----------------|
||--------------------||-----------------|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----11----11------11----15--|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E E E E S S E E S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-11------11----11----11----10--|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-------------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S E E S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10----10-----9---9-----9----|--------7-----7-----7----15--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-|-0-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-15----15----14--14----14----11--|
|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|
|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E S S E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------12----12----12--------|-------------12--12----12----|
|-11------11----11----11----10--|-10----10--------------------|
|-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-|-(0)-0-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Outro
&
A5G5A5Bb5A5G5F#G5
E E E E E E E E 4x W
||--------------------||------*|
||o------------------o||------*|
||--9-7-9-10-9-7-6-7--||------*|
||--7-5-7--8-7-5-4-5--||------*|
||o------------------o||-0----*|
||--------------------||------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
