Queens of the Stone Age - The Mosquito Song
Songs for the Deaf
Tabbed by panchoG
This song doesn’t have a bassline.  However, it’s unbridled coolness compelled me to make one for it.
Verses 1 and 2 and Bridges 2 and 3 are interchangeable whenever the mood strikes you to spice it
up.  In fact, any of this is interchaneable since there’s no correct way to play a nonexistent line; feel
free to add your own spin or whatever.  If you think of something really cool let me know and I’ll
probably add it to the tab.
Standard tuning
Key:
h = hammer on	
p = pull off	
~ = let note ring
b = bend string up and down a bit indicated length
/ = slide up	
\ = slide down	
		
H = Half Note Q = Quarter Note E = Eighth Note S = Sixteenth Note

Verse 1 (I come in either at 0:00 or 0:10)
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|  (Repeat till 1st Chorus)
A|-------3-4-3----3----3|
E|-1---4-------4----3---|
   H   E E E E Q  E Q  E
Chorus (0:48)
G|---------------0h1--------------------|
D|------------------1h3-----------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1---------1h3p1-----------3|
E|------------1-1-----------4-4-4-4-4-4-|
   Q E Q E E EQ S E  E   E  Q E Q E E ES
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-----------3~~~~b1/h|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1---------|
  Q E Q E E EQ E Q E E EQ E Q E E EW
Verse 2 (1:09)
G|----------------------|
D|-----------3----------|  (Repeat till 2nd Chorus)
A|-------3-4---4--3-----|
E|-1---4------------4--3|
   H   E E E E Q  E Q  E
Chorus (1:58)

Bridge 1: First Violin Solo (Mosquito Attack 2:20)
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1/4-4-4-4-4-4\3-3-3-3-3-3/6-6-6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-8-8/13-13-13-13-13-13\12-12-12-12-12-12|
   Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q  Q  E  Q  Q  E  Q  Q  E  Q  Q
E

Fill at end of First Violin Solo (2:54)

G|----------|					                          G|-------------------|
D|----------| (Repeat as needed,   AND/OR   D|-------------------|
A|----------| slowing as you do so	    	    A|-------------------|		
E|-13p12h13-| and sinc with piano)		        E|-12\\\\\\\\\\\1~~~~|

Bridge 2: Horns Solo (Orchestrated Awesomeness 3:06)
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------3-----------|
A|--------3h4-4-3--4-----|
E|-1---3h4-----------4--3|
   H    E  E EE Q  E Q  E
Bridge3: Violin + Guitar Solos (Further Orchestrated Awesomeness 3:29)
G|-----0h1----------------------|
D|--------1h3-------------------|
A|-----------1h3p1-------3------|
E|-1--------------4--4-4-----4p3|
   H    E  E   E  Q  E E H    E
Last Verse:  I like to let the guitar play a riff by itself at 4:28, and then come back in at 4:33 playing
the Verse 1 riff, then the Verse 2, Bridge 2, and then Bridge 3, repeating that pattern until the last
chorus.

Last Chorus (5:12)
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------|
   Q E Q E E EQ E Q E E EQ E Q E E E
G|------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5~~~~b1/2|
A|-----------1-1-1-1-1-1-----------3~~~~b1/2|
E|1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-1-1---------|
  Q E Q E E EQ E Q E E EQ E Q E E EW