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First It Giveth Guitar Tablature
Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Songs for the Deaf
Tuning: C-F-Bb-Eb-Ab-C
Tabbed by: Mike van Driel

note:
in this song are two guitars and they play a different thing in the verse, 
you have to listen good to it in the song.
so guitar 1 plays the main part in the verse
later on guitar 2 comes in with an other part.


Intro Bas

Then the Guitar come's in:

Pick behind the nut
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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------

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-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---------------
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Verse 1:
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-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6---------------------------------------
----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--

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-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---------------------------
--------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------

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-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6---------------------------------------
----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--

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-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6---------------------------------------
----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------

Then a second guitar comes in:

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--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------
--------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5------

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--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------
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Then: Guitar 1

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----------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10
-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6--------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------

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-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6---------------------------------------
----------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------

second guitar plays:

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-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-14
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--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------
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Chorus: Look fore the rhythm
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-7-7-5h7-5h7-7-7-7-7----10-10-10-10-8h10-8h10-10-10------------------------
-7-7-5h7-5h7-7-7-7-7----10-10-10-10-8h10-8h10-10-10------------------------
-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-----8--8--8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-------------------------
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-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------
-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------
-6-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------------

Listen for the rhythm

Interlude (Acoustic):
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-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-----------------10-10-10-10-10----------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8----6-6-6-6-6-6--10-10-10-10-10----------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8----7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10----------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6----7-7-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8--8-----------------------
--------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--8--8-----------------------

then: (Lead)

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---/10~--8h10--8~------------------/10~--8h10--8--/14~---------------------
--------------------/9--10p9/7---------------------------------------------
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Pick behind the nut
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---x-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Then back to Verse

Then you hear this when one line is over (listen in the song): 

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---6h7-0-h6-------------------------------------------------------------------
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Then back to Chorus:

Chorus: Look fore the rhythm
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-7-7-7-7-5h7-5h7-7-7----10-10-10-10-8h10-8h10-10-10------------------------
-7-7-7-7-5h7-5h7-7-7----10-10-10-10-8h10-8h10-10-10------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5----8--8--8--8--8-8--8-8--8--8-------------------------
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-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------
-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------
-6-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------------

then:
i'm not sure about the last chord, but it goes higher at the end.
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-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14----------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-14-14-14-14-12----------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12----------------------------------
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-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------
--6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------------------------------------

Outro:

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-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------
--6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------------------------------------

Acoustic

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-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-----------------------------------------------------
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that's all, 

this is a great tab!!

Enjoy it!!

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