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MEXICOLA
As recorded by Queens Of The Stone Age
(From the 1998 Album QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE)
Words and Music by Joshua Homme
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Josh (Guitar, Heavy Distortion)'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Josh (Guitar Solo, Heavy Distortion)'
Intro
Q=110
N.C.
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
H Wx8
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E Eb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q 8x||------------------|--------------------------||||o-----------------|-----------7-------(7)---o||||------9---8-----9-|---8-------9b11.5==(9)r---||||------9---8-----9-|---8----------------------||||o-----7---6-----7-|---6---------------------o||||--0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0-0-0----------------||
Pre-Verse G Gtr I E E E. S E Q E E E E. S S S Q +S +S|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--------------------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-7-------(7)----(7)-||-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-9b11.5r=(9)b11-(9)-||-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------||-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--------------------|
E E E E. S S S Q E E E E. S E Q E|-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-||-9-9-9--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-||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-|
$ G E E E. S E Q E E E E. S S S Q +S +S|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--------------------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3-7-------(7)----(7)-||-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-9b11.5r=(9)b11-(9)-||-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------||-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--------------------|
E E E E. S S S Q E E E E. S E E S S S S|-------------------|---------------------------||-------------------|---------------------------||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9-9--------------||-9-9-9--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-------10-10--||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-10h12--------|
Verse G E E E. S E Q E E E E. S S S E S S E|------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------|-----------------------------||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12-------------||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12---7b9-7-5---||-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-|-10-10-10--10-10-0---------7-||------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E E. S S S Q E E E E. S E E S S S S|-------------------|---------------------------||-------------------|---------------------------||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9-9--------------||-9-9-9--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-------10-10--||-------------------|--------------10h12--------|
G E E E. S E Q E E E E. S E E E E|------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-||------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E. S S S Q E E E E. S E E S S S S|-------------------|--------------------------||-------------------|--------------------------||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9-9-------------||-9-9-9--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-------10-10-||-------------------|--------------10h12-------|
G E E E. S E Q E E E E. S E E E E|------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-||------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E. S S S Q E E E E. S S S E S S E|-------------------|------------------------||-------------------|------------------------||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9-------------||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9---7b9-7-5---||-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-|-7-7-7--7-7-0---------7-||-------------------|------------------------|
G E E E. S E Q E E E E. S E E E E|------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-||-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-|-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-||------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E. S S S Q E E E E. S E E E E|-------------------|------------------||-------------------|------------------||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-||-9-9-9--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-||-------------------|----------0-0-0-0-|
Pre-Chorus G Gtr I E E E. S E Q E E E E. S E Q S S||--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|||o-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|||--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-|||--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|||o-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|||--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
To Coda E E E E. S S S Q E E E E. S E E. S E 4x|-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|-------------------o|||-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--|||-9-9-9--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-o|||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--||
Chorus F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|-----14---------------|-----14---------------||----------------------|----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||------------12--12-12-|------------12--12-12-||------------10--10-10-|------------10--10-10-||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0-----------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|-----14---------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12--||------------12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12--||------------10--10-10-|------9-----10--10-10--||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0------------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|-----14---------------|-----14---------------||----------------------|----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||------------12--12-12-|------------12--12-12-||------------10--10-10-|------------10--10-10-||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0-----------|
D.S. al Coda F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E Q.|-----14---------------|-------------------||----------------------|-------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12\----||------------12--12-12-|-----11-----12\----||------------10--10-10-|------9-----10\----||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0--------|
Bridge & E F# Eb E Eb 2/4 4/4 Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q 4x|-------||------------------|--------------------------|||-------||o-----------------|-----------7-------(7)---o|||-9-----||------9---8-----9-|---8-------9b11.5==(9)r---|||-9-----||------9---8-----9-|---8----------------------|||-7-----||o-----7---6-----7-|---6---------------------o|||-0-----||--0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0-0-0----------------||
E EbE Eb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------7-------(7)---||-----9---8S9---9-|---8-------9b11.5==(9)r--||-----9---8S9---9-|---8---------------------||-----7---6S7---7-|---6---------------------||-0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0-0-0---------------|
E EbE Eb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q|-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|-----------7-------(7)----||-----9---8S9---9-|---8-------9b11.5==(9)r---||-----9---8S9---9-|---8----------------------||-----7---6S7---7-|---6----------------------||-0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0-0-0----------------|
E Eb E Eb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------7-------(7)---||-----9---8-----9-|---8-------9b11.5==(9)r--||-----9---8-----9-|---8---------------------||-----7---6-----7-|---6---------------------||-0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0-0-0---------------|
E EbE Eb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q|-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|-----------7-------(7)----||-----9---8S9---9-|---8-------9b11.5==(9)r---||-----9---8S9---9-|---8----------------------||-----7---6S7---7-|---6----------------------||-0-0---0---0-0---|-0---0-0-0----------------|
Chorus F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E||------14---------------|-----14---------------|||o----------------------|----------------------|||------11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-|||-------------12--12-12-|------------12--12-12-|||o------------10--10-10-|------------10--10-10-|||--0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0-----------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|-----14---------------|-----14----------------|||----------------------|----------------------o|||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12--|||------------12--12-12-|------------12--12-12--|||------------10--10-10-|------------10--10-10-o|||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0------------||
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|---------14-----------------------------|---------14-----------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------11----------------12-----12-12-|---------11----------------12-----12-12-||---------------------------12-----12-12-|---------------------------12-----12-12-||---------------------------10-----10-10-|---------------------------10-----10-10-||-0--0-----------0-----0-----------------|-0--0-----------0-----0-----------------|
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| Gtr II| E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-------------------------------12S===16-|-------------------------------12S===16-||---14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12-14-----------|---14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12-14-----------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|----------------------------------|----------14--------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||----------11------------12--12-12-|----------11-------------12--12-12----||----------11------------12--12-12-|-------------------------12--12-12----||-----------9------------10--10-10-|-------------------------10--10-10----||--0-----0-----0----0--------------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
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| S S Q S E S E. S E S S Q S S S S E. S E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-15-12-15-------------------------|-----------------------------15-15----||-------------12-14----------------|-14-12-14----12-12-14-12-14-----------||---------------------14-14--14-14-|--------------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|----------14-----------------------|----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||----------11-------------12--12-12-|-------------11----------------12-------12-12-||-------------------------12--12-12-|-------------11----------------12-------12-12-||-------------------------10--10-10-|--------------9----------------10-------10-10-||--0-----0-----0-----0--------------|--0-----0-----------0-----0-------------------|
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| S S Q S S S S E. S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|-------15----15-15-------18--18-18-|----------------------------------------------||-15-17-------------17p15-----------|-17p15-17p15----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------15p12-14p12-15p12-14p12-12-------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|--------------14-----------------------|-------------14---------------------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||--------------11-------------12--12-12-|-------------11-------------12-------12-12------||-----------------------------12--12-12-|----------------------------12-------12-12------||-----------------------------10--10-10-|----------------------------10-------10-10------||---0-----0--------0-----0--------------|--0-----0--------0-----0------------------------|
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| S S S S E S S S S E. S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||-/15-14p12-14p12-----------------------|-------12-15-14-------------14p12-14p12-14p12---||-----------------14p12-14p12-14--14-14-|-12-14----------14p12-14p12---------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|-----14---------------|-----14---------------||----------------------|----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||------------12--12-12-|------------12--12-12-||------------10--10-10-|------------10--10-10-||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0-----------|
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| E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||------9-----10--10-10-|------9-----10--10-10-||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0-----------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|-----14---------------|-----14----------------||----------------------|-----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12--||------------12--12-12-|------------12--12-12--||------------10--10-10-|------------10--10-10--||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0------------|
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| E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12--||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12--||------9-----10--10-10-|------9-----10--10-10--||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0------------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|-----14---------------|-----14---------------||----------------------|----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||------------12--12-12-|------------12--12-12-||------------10--10-10-|------------10--10-10-||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0-----------|
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| E E E E E E. S E E E E E E E. S E|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--12-12-||------9-----10--10-10-|------9-----10--10-10-||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0-----------|
F# G F# G E E E E E E. S E E E E E E Q +E|-----14---------------|-----14----------------*||----------------------|-----------------------*||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--(12)\--*||------------12--12-12-|------------12--(12)\--*||------------10--10-10-|------------10--(10)\--*||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0------------*|
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| E E E E E E. S E E E E E E Q +E|----------------------|-----------------------*||----------------------|-----------------------*||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--(12)\--*||-----11-----12--12-12-|-----11-----12--(12)\--*||------9-----10--10-10-|------9-----10--(10)\--*||-0-0----0-0-----------|-0-0----0-0------------*|
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
