Stone Temple Pilots - About a Fool
Bonus track on STP (2010 album) foreign releases
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by jjhand
This song is very smooth jazz/ bossa nova inspired, so its not like their
hard rocking hits from the first couple albums. The chords used will take
a while to get used to (not many major chords). Please rate/comment!
Look on youtube for this song if you can't find it. Its an outtake
from the "Shangri-La Dee Da" sessions I believe.
Intro - Acoustic A/G F#m6 D6/Fe|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|B|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|-------------|G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2-----------|D|-2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-2-----------|A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------|E|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|---1---1---1---1-|-------------|
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| Lead Gtre|---------------12|-----------------|------------------|------------|B|--------14\12----|--------14\12--14\---------14\12--14\12/14~------|G|-------------14--|-------------14--|-10~----------14--|------------|D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------|A|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------|E|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------|
Verse Part 1 - play 2x
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4e|------------------------|-------------------------|B|-5----5--4-----4----4---|-5----5--4-----4-----4---|G|-6----6--4-----4----4---|-6----6--4-----4-----4---|D|-6----6--4-----4----4---|-6----6--4-----4-----4---|A|-0----0--0-----0----0---|-0----0--0-----0-----0---|E|------------------------|-------------------------| Amaj7 B/A
1 "Someone standing alone on a hill"
2 "I think you're sinking can't swim or set still"
Verse Pt. 2 G#m7 C#9e|----------------------------|-4----4----4--4------4-4--|B|-4-----4----4--4-------4-4--|-4----4----4--4------4-4--|G|-4-----4----4--4-------4-4--|-4----4----4--4------4-4--|D|-4-----4----4--4-------4-4--|-3----3----3--3--3---3-3--|A|-6-----6----6--6-------6-6--|-4----4----4--4--4---4-4--|E|----4-------------4---------|--------------------------| "Still he's waiting there alone He's"
F#m E/G# A A/C# C#m C#sus2 C#dim C#sus2(b5) e|---------------------|-0----0----------------|-0----0----------------|B|-----------5----5----|-5----5--4--4-4---4-4--|-5----5--4--4-4---4-4--|G|-2----4----6----6----|-6----6--6--6-6---6-6--|-6----6--6--6-6---6-6--|D|-4----6----7----7----|-6----6--6--6-6---6-6--|-5----5--5--5-5---5-5--|A|-4----7----0----4----|-----------------------|-----------------------|E|-2----4--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| "drowning on his own"
PreChorus G#maj7 Adim7 Bbm7 Eb9e|----------------------|-------6----6--6--6-6----|B|----------------------|-------6----6--6--6-6----|G|-5----5----------5----|-6--6--6----6--6--6-6----|D|-5----5----------4----|-6--6--6----5--5--5-5--x-| go belowA|-6----6----------6----|-8--8--8----6--6--6-6--x-|E|-4----4----5--5--5----|-6--6--6-----------------|
1 "The fool who fell in love left his heart right in the sink
2 "The fool who fell in love let his heart wash down the drain
Prechorus Line 2 Cm7 F Bbm7 Ebe|-3--3--3-----1----1----|-1----1----6--6--6-6----|B|-4--4--4-----1----1----|-2----2----8--8--8-8----|G|-3--3--3-----2----2----|-1----1----8--8--8-8----|D|-5--5--5---x-3----3----|-3----3----8--8--8-8----|A|-3--3--3---x-3----3----|-1----1----6--6--6-6----|E|-------------1----1----|------------------------|1 "She tore it all to pieces when he left it there"2 "She threw away the pieces when he left it there"
Repeat last bar 2x to these lyrics (Bbm7 -> Eb):
"Talkin' to myself
Fallin' from the shelf"
Chorus - play 2x
E6 e|-----------------------|-----------------------|-0----0----0--0--0-0---|B|-5----5----5--5--5-5---|-5----5----5--5--5-5---|-5----5----5--5--5-5---|G|-6----6----6--6--6-6---|-6----6----6--6--6-6---|-6----6----6--6--6-6---|D|-6----6----6--6--6-6---|-6----6----6--6--6-6---|-5----5----5--5--5-5---|A|-7----7----7--7--7-7---|-7----7----7--7--7-7---|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| "Still I wonder why I ever let myself take my"
e|-----------------------|B|-5----5----5--5--5-5---|G|-6----6----6--6--6-6---|D|-7----7----7--7--7-7---|A|-0----0----0--0--0-0---|E|-----------------------| "own advice"
Play First bar of Intro, then go to verse 2
Verse 2 - Same as Verse 1, but Electric Guitar Adds:
e|-9--------7------------|B|-9--------7------------| play 4xG|-----------------------|D|-----------------------|A|-----------------------|E|-----------------------|
"Still he's waiting, a man on a hill
I think he's drifting, to float on the wind"
e|-7-----7-------------|-------6-------------|B|----7----------------|----6----------------|G|----------8----------|-6--------7----------|D|---------------------|---------------------|A|---------------------|---------------------|E|---------------------|---------------------| "Must be a fool to think he could"
"Bring him back to her"
Lead Part before Chorus 2:
e|-11b12r11b12r11b12r11----------|B|-------------------------------|G|-8-b9-r8-b9-r8-b9-r8-----------|D|-------------------------------|A|-------------------------------|E|-------------------------------| *bend with trem bar if possible
Play PreChorus Again
Play Chorus Again
Play Intro to End song
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
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