Queens Of The Stone Age - The Sky Is Fallin Tab

This is a beautiful song off of Songs for the Deaf. I haven't seen one decent tab for
this song on this site, so i'll do my best.

Pre Verse: Guitar w/slight distortion (along with vocal harmony)

7~ 7/9\4 5 4 5p4/2~ 7~ 7/9\4 5 4~ 7~ 7/9\4 5 4 4h5/7 7 5p4 2~ 2 4 5~
Slide (lap steel if you have one)
19~ 15~
Guitar Continued
7~ 7/9\4 5 4 5p4/2~ 7~ 7/9\4 5 4~ 7~ 7/9\4 5 4 4h5/7 7 5p4 2~ 2 4
Slide
12~ 12(h)~ 12(h)~
12~
9~ 9~
Guitar Cont. (heavy distortion enters at this point)
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verse: Heavy Distortion

2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 x x x x x x 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 3 3 3 3 3 2x without vox
The Sky is Fallin' Run Has Left Me Crawlin' Sun All in a Moment I Noticed Day I Payed Attention
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hu man Race That We
Star ing Straight At the
Every-------Dog---- Has---- His Caused------Me------ So------- Much---- De-
4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 x x x x x x 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 3 3 3 3 3
Slide Lead
14~~~~
/14~~ 8~ 15 14 12~~~

Pre Chorus

-lay For so Long I Saw Only But Now To Remind It's a Waste of
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Slide
21~~~~~~~ 21~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wrong------- Time--------
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 second time through the the 9/7 part 2x longer
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
14~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

Close Your Eyes and See the Skies Are
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fallin'------
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2x

Pre Verse

7~ 7/9\4 5 4 5p4/2~ 7~ 7/9\4 5 4~ 7~ 7/9\4 5 4 4h5/7 7 5p4 2~ 2 4 5~
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verse: Heavy Distortion

2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 x x x x x x 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 3 3 3 3 3 2x without vox
I Wan--ted Something--- Know It's Hard--- Deflecting Throw All in a Moment I Noticed Behind On Wasted Useless
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No---------thing---- Blank I Don't Sto-----nes Are---- Ea-----sy to Hou---------rs----- Days--- Left---- Self--------ish------ None--- of a-
4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 x x x x x x 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 3 3 3 3 3
Slide Lead
14~~~~
/14~~ 8~ 15 14 12~~~

2nd Pre Chorus

-Kind For So Long I Saw Only
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Slide
21~~~~~~~ 21~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10~~~~~~~~~~
Wrong But Now------- To Re-
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
14~~~~~~~~~~~ 15~~~~~~~
-mind Not to Go Back to the
14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
12~~~~~~~~~~~ 12~~~~~~~~~~
Low That has Drained---------My Life------- So-----
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
12~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12~~~~~~ 12~~~~~~~~
Long That has...
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
12~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Drai-------ned My----------
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
0h2 2 0h2 2 0h2 2 0h2 2 0h2 2

2nd Chorus

Close Your Eyes and See the Skies Are
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fallin'------
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4x

Interlude/Solo (another guitar enters to play the lead)

8/9~ 9 11 12 9 11h12p11p9 8~ 9 11 12 14~~ 14p12p11
13~
17 15
9~ 11/12 12 12/14 16v~ 11v~ 11h12p11\9/11v~ 11h12p11
13~
12
9~ 16~ 12~ 9~ 14 12 14 11~ 11h12p11\9 11~~
9 11 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16/20~

3rd Chorus

Close Your Eyes and See the Skies Are
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fallin'------
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2x
Close Your Eyes and See the Skies Are
2h4 5p4 2 2h4 5p4 2 2h4 5p4 2 2h4 5p4 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fallin'------
2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2 2p0 2h4 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2x
the end. this is a great song. the trickiest part are the vocals, these are some of J Ho's best

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