Stone Temple Pilots

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Stone Temple Pilots

Key: G#

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	        (verse 1) (Intro Riff) 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----4--6-4-(4)---4~---------4--6-4-(4)--4~-------------------| 
G|----4--6-4-(4)---5~---------4--6-4-(4)--5~-------------------| 
D|----4--6-4-(4)---6~---------4--6-4-(4)--6~-------------------| x2 
A|-----------------6~---------------------6~-------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 

(verse 1) 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----4--6-4-(4)---4~---------4--6-4-(4)--4~-------------------| 
G|----4--6-4-(4)---5~---------4--6-4-(4)--5~-------------------| 
D|----4--6-4-(4)---6~---------4--6-4-(4)--6~-------------------| x2 
A|-----------------6~---------------------6~-------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 

(while Verse 1 is played, a 2nd Guitar is playing another riff at the end. Listen to the 
for timing) 
E|----------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------| 
A|-------------2b-------------------------| (slight bend) 
E|--0---4---2------4----------------------| 

(Chorus) 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------5-5----------------------5-5--------| 
D|-------------------------6-6----------------------6-6--------| x4 
A|---6-4-----6-4-----------3-3---6-4----6-4---------6-6--------| 
E|-------7-------7----7s6------------7------7--7-7--4-4--------| 

(verse 2 following Chorus) (Chords strummed several times each) 
E|--4-----3-----2-----1-----------------------| 
B|--4-----4-----2-----2-----------------------| 
G|--5-----3-----3-----1-----------------------| 
D|--6-----5-----4-----3-----------------------| 
A|--6-----------4-----------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 

(then back to the Chorus) 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------5-5----------------------5-5--------| 
D|-------------------------6-6----------------------6-6--------| x4 
A|---6-4-----6-4-----------3-3---6-4----6-4---------6-6--------| 
E|-------7-------7----7s6------------7------7--7-7--4-4--------| 

(the song repeats form, with the exception of the solo after Verse 2 and outro) 

(solo) 
E|----------------------6--------------------------------------------------| 
B|-4----4---------7--9---9----9b11~11r-9h7h9---7h9b11----------------------| 
G|-6b8~-6b8~----8--8--8---8---------------------------8~-------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------6h8p6-4h6--4----6-| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------6-4--| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

E|-------------------------4--6-6s9--8-6h8s4-------6-----------------------| 
B|------------------------4-4--4---------------7-9--9------------4---------| 
G|---------------------------------8----------8-8-8--8-8--6hp5---6b8-6b8---| 
D|-4h6---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----2h4-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------6-6p4-4/---------------------------------------------------| 

E|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------6h9~~~---------| (pinch harmonic) 
G|--6b8-6b8--6-7h8-7h8-7h8s4-6-4---------6b8---------------| 
D|------------------------------6s4-4h6-7------------------| 
A|---------------------------------4-----------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

(outro is the Chorus repeated four times) 

(to get a better feel for the solo, venture around the pentatonic scale in G# ) 
E|---------------------4-7---| 
B|-----------------4-7-------| 
G|-------------4-6-----------| 
D|---------4-6---------------| 
A|-----4-6-------------------| 
E|-4-7-----------------------|
	        

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