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AVON
As recorded by Queens Of The Stone Age
(From the 1998 Album QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE)
Transcribed by David Baker
Words by Joshua Homme Music by Queens Of The Stone Age
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Josh (Main)'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Josh (Solo)'
Intro
Q=129
B
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------9-------|---------9-------|---------9-------|---------9-------||-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|
C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||---------9-------|----------10-------||-9---9-----------|-9---10------------||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7----8----8-8-8-|
D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------12----------|-------------12----------||-10---12----------------|-12----12----------------||----8----10----10-10-10-|----10----10----10-10-10-|
B C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||---------9-------|----------10-------||-9---9-----------|-9---10------------||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7----8----8-8-8-|
D D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------12----------|-------------12----------||-10---12----------------|-12----12-------12-11-10-||----8----10----10-10-10-|----10----10----10--9--8-|
B5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-------------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------|||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|--------------------------o|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-10--o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--8---||
Verse B5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-------------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------|||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|--------------------------o|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-10--o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--8---||
Chorus B A# D G# E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
G E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
B C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
Pre-Verse D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-10-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--8-|
B5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-10-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--8-|
Verse B5 C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-------------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------|||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|--------------------------o|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-10--o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--9--8---||
Chorus B A# D G# E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
G E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
B C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
D G# E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------|-----------------||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
G E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------|-----------------||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-------------------------|-----------------|
N.C. E E E E E E Q W W W|----------------|----------|----------|------||----------------|----------|----------|------||----------------|----------|----------|------||-9-9-9-9-9------|----------|----------|------||-9-9-9-9-9------|----------|----------|------||-7-7-7-7-7------|----------|----------|------|
Outro B C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||---------9-------|----------10-------||-9---9-----------|-9---10------------||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7----8----8-8-8-|
D D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------12----------|-------------12----------||-10---12----------------|-12----12-------12-11-10-||----8----10----10-10-10-|----10----10----10--9--8-|
B C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||---------9-------|----------10-------||-9---9-----------|-9---10------------||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7----8----8-8-8-|
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| Gtr II| W W|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
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| W H. Q|------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|---------------------7s===||------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------|
B C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------9-------|---------------10---------||--9----------9-------------|--9----10-----------------||------7---------7----7-7-7-|-----7------8------8-8--8-|
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| E +E E E H E E E E +Q. E|---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------|----------/17-(17)-----14s||-14-(14)b16-12-------------|----14-12-----------------||---------------14-14-------|-14-----------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
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| Q E E +Q. E Q E E +Q. E|--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------||-16---14-14-(14)-------14s|=16----14-14-(14)-------14s=||--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------||--------------------------|----------------------------|
B C E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||--------------9---------|-------------10---------||--9----9----------------|--9---10----------------||----7-----7------7-7--7-|----7-----8------8-8--8-|
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| Q E E +Q. E Q E E +Q. E|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||-17---16-16-(16)-----16s|=19---17-17-(17)-----17s||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------|
D D5 C#5C5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||-------------12-----------|--------------12-----------||-10---12------------------|-12----12---------12-11-10-||----8----10------10-10-10-|----10----10------10--9--8-|
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| Q E E +H E E E E +H|--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|----20---------------------||-21---19-19-(19)----------|-19----19------------------||--------------------------|----------19-(19)----------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------|
B E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------9-------|---------9-------|---------9-------|---------9-------||-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*||---------9-------|---------9-------|---------9-------|---------9------*||-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------|-9---9-----------|-9---9---9------*||---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7---7-7-7-|---7---7-7------*|
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
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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
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| - 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
