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All the Same Guitar Tablature
Band: Queens of the Stone Age (www.QOTSA.com)
Written By: Josh Homme
Song: All the Same
Album: Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys
Album Date: 2003 Sound Track
Typical QotSA tuning: (down 2 full steps) C F Bb Eb G c

Main Riff (intro)
-----------------

   1st Guitar only on intro

c |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-12~--12~--12~--10h12r10--11~--11~--11/15~--13~--|   played throughout most of
Eb|-0 ~--0 ~--0 ~------------0 ~--0 ~--0 ~~~~--0 ~--|   the song.
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
------

    1st Guitar on bridge (same as Main riff)
c |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-12~--12~--12~--10h12r10--11~--11~--11/15~--13~--|   played with 2nd Guitar. 
Eb|-0 ~--0 ~--0 ~------------0 ~--0 ~--0 ~~~~--0 ~--|   played 1st and 3rd time
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|   with the 2nd Guitarist.
F |-------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------|

    2nd Guitar on bridge
c |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------|  Main riff played while
Eb|---------------------------3-3-3-3--3~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|  this is playing.
Bb|-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--3-3-3-3--3~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
F |-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--1-1-1-1--1~--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--|
C |-3-3-3-3--3~--3-3-3-3--3~--------------------------------|

    1st Guitar (variation)
c |----------------------------------------------------|
G |-12r10-10-12r10-10-12r10-10--11~--11~--11/15~--13~--|   played the 2nd time 
Eb|-----------------------------0 ~--0 ~--0 ~~~~--0 ~--|   with the 2nd Guitarist.
Bb|----------------------------------------------------|
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|


VERSE
-----

    1st Guitar on verse
c |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------|  Played while 2nd 
Eb|-------------------------------3----3~------7-------5----|  Guitar playes.  This
Bb|-----5----5~------5----5~----3---3--3~----7---7---5---5--|  part is hard to hear
F |---5---5--5~----5---5--5~--1--------1~--5-------3--------|  if you are listening
C |-3--------3~--3--------3~--------------------------------|  to the song.
    x-x-x-x      x-x-x-x      x-x-x-x      x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

    2nd Guitar on verse
c |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------|  Same as bridge, but with
Eb|---------------------------3-3-3-3--3~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|  palm mutes.
Bb|-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--3-3-3-3--3~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
F |-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--1-1-1-1--1~--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--|
C |-3-3-3-3--3~--5-5-5-5--5~--------------------------------|
    x-x-x-x      x-x-x-x      x-x-x-x      x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x


CHORUS
------

    1st & 2nd Guitar on Chorus

       "Oooohhhhh -- It's all the same --, nomatter who you are."
c |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------|  
Eb|---------------------------3-3-3-3--3~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
Bb|-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--3-3-3-3--1~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
F |-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--1-1-1-1--1~--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--|
C |-3-3-3-3--3~--3-3-3-3--3---------------------------------|


Main Riff (the interlude)
-------------------------

   1st Guitar only again.

c |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-12~--12~--12~--10h12r10--11~--11~--11/15~--13~--| Same as intro.
Eb|-0 ~--0 ~--0 ~------------0 ~--0 ~--0 ~~~~--0 ~--|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------|

Verse repeats
-------------
Chorus repeats
--------------

Outro
-----

    1st & 2nd Guitar on Outro

       "Oooohhhhh -- It's all the same --, nomatter who you are." 
c |---------------------------------------------------------|  But this time the
G |---------------------------------------------------------|  lyrics are sung in
Eb|---------------------------3-3-3-3--3~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|  the background. 
Bb|-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--3-3-3-3--1~--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|  Played the rest of
F |-5-5-5-5--5~--5-5-5-5--5~--1-1-1-1--1~--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--|  the song, overtop of
C |-3-3-3-3--3~--3-3-3-3--3---------------------------------|  the 3rd Guitar.

    3rd Guitar on Outro
c |----------------------------------------------------|
G |-17~/15~/12~-10h12r10----12r10----12r10----12r10----|  He just solo's during this
Eb|----------------------11-------11-------11-------11-|  part in the background
Bb|----------------------------------------------------|  while the main verse plays
F |----------------------------------------------------|  overtop of this.
C |----------------------------------------------------|  

    3rd Guitar (cont.)
c |------------------------------------------------------|
G |-9~/10~/12~/14~/15/17~/19~-20-20/19-19/17-17/15-15h17-|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------|
F |------------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------------|

    3rd Guitar (cont.)
c |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |-17r15r14--17r15r14-17r15r14--17r15r14-17r15r14--17r14---|  repeat this part 2x.
Eb|---------14-----------------17-----------------14-----17-|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|

    3rd Guitar (cont.)
c |------------------------------------------------------|
G |-14/12~--12~--12~--10h12r10--11~--11~--11/15~--13~----|  in time with the other
Eb|-0 ~~~~--0 ~--0 ~------------0 ~--0 ~--0 ~~~~--0 ~----|  1st Guitar playing this
Bb|------------------------------------------------------|  part.

    3rd Guitar (cont.)
c |------------------------------|
G |-12---12---12---12---14---15--|  then do the above (main riff) again, but
Eb|-15b--15b--15b--15b--17b--18b-|  this time with the variation as done by  
Bb|------------------------------|  1st Guitar earlyer. 

    3rd Guitar (cont.)
c |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |-17r15r14--17r15r14-17r15r14--17r15r14-17r15r14--17r14---|  this is were the song
Eb|---------14-----------------17-----------------14-----17-|  slowly fades out.
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|

    4th Guitar Outro filler

c |-15~---15b-r-13(vibrate)--12h13r12-|
G |-----------------------------------|   this part is played at the same time
Eb|-----------------------------------|   as the 1st Guitar's main riff, but filled 
Bb|-----------------------------------|   each time overtop of the beginning part
F |-----------------------------------|   of the main riff.
C |-----------------------------------|

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This the order it is played in.

(main riff intro) (5x)
(bridge w/ main riff) (3x)
(verse) (4x)
(chorus) (4x)
(main riff interlude) (4x)
(verse) (2x)
(chorus) (4x)
(outro) (10x)

1st Guitar - light distortion.
2nd Guitar - has a Vox amp fuzz sound.
3rd Guitar - has a organ sound and a little reverb on it. 
              And is faintly played in the background.
4th Guitar - same distortion as 1st Guitar.

~ - let ring
x - palm mute the notes above the x's.
b - bend
r - release
h - hammer

Just listen to the song to understand where all the parts come in at, like
 the 4th Guitar filler.  I tried to explain it best I could, but this is my
 1st tab.
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