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No One Knows Tutorial

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Guitars -- standard tuning! (though the original is different)

Will, James, and Mackey: dudes, let's make sure you know a C minor scale for the Chorus, which is the following:

  Bass - C minor scale

    ascending           descending
G|--------------3-5--|--5-3---------------|
D|--------3-5-6------|------6-5-3---------|
A|--3-5-6------------|------------6-5-3---| 
E|-------------------|--------------------|


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  Guitar - C minor scale (lower octave - James)

    ascending           descending
E|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------3-5--|--5-3---------------|
D|--------3-5-6------|------6-5-3---------|
A|--3-5-6------------|------------6-5-3---| 
E|-------------------|--------------------|

  Guitar - C minor scale (upper octave - Will)

    ascending           descending
E|--------------6-8--|--8-6---------------|
B|--------6-8-9------|------9-8-6---------|
G|--5-7-8------------|------------8-7-5---|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------| 
E|-------------------|--------------------|

Drums

Nidhish, focus on the choruses!

Bass

Mackey, I want you to play octaves and some "fills," which I will show you as we go.

Here is a basic Verse idea:


   VERSE               (x7)
G|----5---5---5---5-----|--------------|
D|--------------------o-|---------1----|
A|--3---3---3---3-----o-|-------1------|
E|----------------------|---1-3--------|

   PRE CHORUS
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-------------------|

   CHORUS
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|----------3---5-3--|-------------------|
A|--3-5-6-5---6------|-------------------| (x2)
E|-------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
      
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|--6-5-3-2-3-5-6-5--|-------------------| (x1)
E|-------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|----------3---5-3--|-------------------|
A|--3-5-6-5---6------|-------------------| (x1)
E|-------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

Guitar

Standard tuning

Try the following tab to get things rolling.

No One Knows tab


more coming soon

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age

Intro :
 
  Riff 1
E-|-------------------------|
B-|-------------------------|
G-|-------------------------|
D-|--10---10---10---10------|
A-|--10---10---10---10------|
E-|---8----8----8----8------|
 
  Riff 2
E-|--------------------------|------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|------------------------|
G-|--10-10p8------10-10p8----|-10-10p8-----10-10p8----|
D-|----------10-----------10-|---------10----------10-|
A-|--------------------------|------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|------------------------|
 
  Riff 3
E-|--------------------------|------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|---------------let ring-|
G-|--10-10p8------10-10s12-10|-10-10p8---------10-----|
D-|----------10--------------|---------10-8----10-----|
A-|--------------------------|------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|------------------------|
 
between the verses riff 2 is played again
 
 
Verse :
 
 
    ___ repeat 5 times ____ 
   |Cm                      | G               B                Cm
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------
D-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
A-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
E-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
      We get some rules ...                             no one knows
 

   
 
 Chorus :

   CHORUS
E|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|----------3---5-3--|-------------------|
A|--3-5-6-5---6------|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| (x2)
E|-------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

E|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|      
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------| (x1)
A|--6-5-3-2-3-5-6-5--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

E|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|----------3---5-3--|-------------------|
A|--3-5-6-5---6------|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| (x1)
E|-------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

 

  Bridge :
(play the whole thing 2 times)
 
   Cm                                                
E-|--------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------|
G-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E-|--------------------------------|
                
   Cm           G  G# B  G  F  G
E-|-----------------------------------|   ----
B-|-----------------------------------|   ----
G-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|   ----
D-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--6--9--5--3--5-|   -10- 
A-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--6--9--5--3--5-|   -10-   <---
E-|------------------3--4--7--3--1--3-|   --8-       |
                     |              |                |
                     \______________/                |
                      second time you                |
                      play the bridge,               |
                      repeat this part               |
                      4 times ending with -----------

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