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Never Say Never by Queens Of The Stone Age
Never Say Never
tuning (C,F,Bb,Eb,G,C)
<#> = harmonics
b=bend
intr (listen for toming)
-<4><4><4>--------------------|
-<4><4><4>--------------------|
-<4><4><4>--------------------|
----------666-666-666-666-666-|
----------666-666-666-666-666-|
----------444-444-444-444-444-|
main riff
---------<4>------------------|
-------<4>-<4>----------------|
-----<4>----<4>-----8-8-8-8---|
---<4>-------<4>----8-8-8-8---|
-<4>----------<4>---8-8-8-8---|
--------------------6-6-6-6---|
bridge riff
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----776746-7767--777-|
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----4677767477b64--776746776777777-|
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quiet bit
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---886--88646--886--886--88646--886---|
---886--88646--886--886--88646--886---|
---664--66424--664--664--66424--664---|
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end
-----------------<4><4><4>---|
-----------------<4><4><4>---|
-----------------<4><4><4>---|
-----------------<4><4><4>---|
-----------------<4><4><4>---|
-<4><4><4><4><4>-------------|
If time itself was his demeanor
There'd be no sunlight or a glimmer
Of sunlight landin on the street
Sunsuit girls must be discreet
Sunsuit girls must be discreet
Nursing their fathers locked inside
They masqueraded as his bride
I might like you better
If we slept together
But there's somethin
In your eyes that says
Maybe that's never
Never say never
The slump by the courthouse
With windburn skin
That man could give a fuck
About the grin on your face
As you walk by, randy as a goat
He's sleepin on papers
When he'd be warm in your coat
I might like you better
If we slept together
But there's somethin
In your eyes that says
Maybe that's never
Never say never
There's no easy way to lose your sight
On the street, on the stairs
Who's on your flight
Old couple walks by, as ugly as sin
But he's got her and she's got him
Never say never
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version 2
Tuning: E a d g b e
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic - very prominent in this song
| x Mute note
| pm Palm Mute
| b bend
| brb Bend release bend
Song order
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INTRO
VERSE
BRIDGE
VERSE
BRIDGE
MIDDLE SECTION
SOLO
VERSE
BRIDGE x2
VERSE
OUTRO
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>INTRO<
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Guitar 1
++++ ++++ ++++ +
e|-5----5----5-------|
B|--5----5----5------|
G|---5----5----5--5--|
D|----5----5----5-5--|
A|----------------5--|
E|-------------------|
(let notes ring)
Guitar 2
+
e|-------------------|
B|----------------5--|
G|----------------5--|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
(let notes ring)
Guitar 1
+ +
e|--------------------------------5------|
B|--------------------------------5------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2--------5--|
A|-2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2--------5--|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0---------|
pm pm pm pm pm pm
Guitar 2
+ +
e|--------------------------------5------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------5---------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
+
e|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------5------||
D|--2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2---5------||
A|--2---2---2---2---2--2--2---2----------||
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--------||
pm pm pm pm pm pm
Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------5~~~---||
D|----------5----------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
(Whammy bar)
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>VERSE<
_____________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 1 - This is essentially it. Vary as you will
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------12-------12----12-12----12-------12----12-12----12-------12-|
G|----------12-------12----12-12----12-------12----12-12----12-------12-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm=====| pm==| pm pm pm==| pm pm pm==|
____________________{1] ________________[2]
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|----12----12----12----||------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||---7-----7-7-7-7--||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||---7---7-7-7-7-7--||
|-12----12----12----12-||-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|----------------------||------------------||
|----------------------||------------------||
Guitar 2
x3 ________________________[1] ____[2]
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|--------------5----------|--------------------------||------||
B|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----7--------7--------7--||--7---||
G|--------5-----------5----|--------7--------7--------||--7---||
D|--5----------------------|--7--------7--------7-----||------||
A|-------------------------|--------------------------||------||
E|-------------------------|--------------------------||------||
{let ring}
Guitar 3
e|---------||
B|---------||
G|-4-4-4-4-||
D|-4-4-4-4-||
A|-2-2-2-2-||
E|---------||
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>BRIDGE<
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Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-\9-9 7--9-5-7-/9-9-7--9--9-9-99-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-9-9-7--9-5-7-7b9r7b9-7--9--9-9-7--9-5/7-9-9---------||
|---------------------------------------------7\-7\-7-||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 Guitar 3
++++++++ x7
e|----------||Start at 2nd fret harmonic; e|-------------------||
B|----------||slowly run finger up to the 10th fret, B|-------------------||
G|----------||(without lifting off of the string) D|-------------------||
D|----------||then run finger back down to 2nd fret. G|-------------------||
A|-1+2+3+4+-||It pogos back and forth like that. A|-------------------||
E|----------||Notes are not as important as timing. E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Maintain eighth note rhythm.
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>MIDDLE SECTION<
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Guitar 2
e|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|---------0-------|--------------0----------|
D|---5---5---5---5-|-----11----11---11----11-|
A|-7---7-------7---|-/12----12---------12----|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|
x2
|--------------------|-----------------||
|-----------8--------|-----------------||
|--------------------|---------0-------||
|----9----9---9----9-|---7---7---7---7-||
|-10---10-------10---|-9---9-------9---||
|--------------------|-----------------||
x2 x2 x2
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------0--------|
D|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|----9----9---9----9-|
A|-7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9---|-10---10-------10---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------0----------|-------------0----------------||
|----11----11---11----11-|----11----11---11----11/14~~\-||
|-12----12---------12----|-12----12---------12----------||
|------------------------|------------------------------||
Guitar 1
x2
e|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
B|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
G|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
D|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
A|---|---|---|---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
E|-0-|-5-|-3-|-2-||-0-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-5-|---||
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>SOLO<
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Guitar 1
e|-------|-----|-----||These are the notes I can pick out.
B|-13b15-|-----|-----||Strangle the guitar with the bends.
G|-------|-----|-----||There's some use of pinch harmonics on the
D|-------|-----|-----||13th fret bends. Accuracy isn't
A|-------|-12b-|-10b-||crucial, just make it sound dirty.
E|-------|-----|-----||
Guitar 2 - use some echo or reverb (not sure with effects),
arbitrarily hit the muted strings.
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>OUTRO<
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Guitar 1
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-4-x-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------5---5-|-----------5---5-|-----------------|-----------5---5-||
A|-------------3---|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------3---||
E|-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||
Guitar 2
++++++++
e|----------|Essentially the same idea as the chorus,
B|----------|except it's on the E string this time.
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|-1+2+3+4+-|
If time itself was his demeanor
There'd be no sunlight or a glimmer
Of sunlight landin on the street
Sunsuit girls must be discreet
Sunsuit girls must be discreet
Nursing their fathers locked inside
They masqueraded as his bride
I might like you better
If we slept together
But there's somethin
In your eyes that says
Maybe that's never
Never say never
The slump by the courthouse
With windburn skin
That man could give a fuck
About the grin on your face
As you walk by, randy as a goat
He's sleepin on papers
When he'd be warm in your coat
I might like you better
If we slept together
But there's somethin
In your eyes that says
Maybe that's never
Never say never
There's no easy way to lose your sight
On the street, on the stairs
Who's on your flight
Old couple walks by, as ugly as sin
But he's got her and she's got him
Never say never
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