Title: Vasoline
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Purple (1994)
Tuning: Standard: EADGBE

Heavy Distortion                                                      
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|-10-----10-10-10----10-10-10------10-10--10-10-10-----\-----------------
|-7------7--7--7-----7--7--7-------7--7---7--7--7------\-----------------
|-8------8--8--8-----8--8--8-------8--8---8--8--8------\-----------------
|-6------6--6--6-----6--6--6-------6--6---6--6--6------\-----------------
|-6------6--6--6-----6--6--6-------6--6---6--6--6------\--1-3-3-1-3--1-3-

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One time...(lyrics!)                                                 

Riff A  (5 times)     Riff B                                           
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|--------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\5-
|--------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\5-
|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6\3-

Riff A (10 times) Riff B

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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-----------------|--------|-----

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-----------------|--------|-----

|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|--------|-----

Riff A (5 times) Solo

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|----------------|-10----10-10---10-10--10-10-|-12-----12-----12---------

|----------------|-7-----7--7----7--7---7--7--|-10-10--10-10--10-10------

|----------------|-8-----8--8----8--8---8--8--|--------------------------

|----------------|-6-----6--6----6--6---6--6--|--------------------------

|----------------|-6-----6--6----6--6---6--6--|--------------------------

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|-12-----12-----12-----12---------------__________-----------------------

|-10-10--10-10--10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10f-10-10-10---4p0h4p0h4p0h4p0h4---

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|--------4p0h4p0h4p0h4p0h4-5f--4p0h4p0h4p0h4p0h4--------4p0h4p0h4p0h4p0|-

|-3p0--------------------------------------------3p0-------------------|-

|-----2-----------------------------------------------2----------------|-

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Riff A (5 times) Riff B Riff A 5 times

|----------------|------|----------------|------|------------------------

|----------------|------|----------------|--10--|------------------------

|----------------|------|----------------|--7---|------------------------

|----------------|------|----------------|--8---|------------------------

|----------------|------|----------------|--6---|------------------------

|----------------|------|----------------|--6---|------------------------

Chorus Eb E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---| A-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---| E-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---| Isn't you__ isn't me___ Search for... Eb D Db C

E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D-|-13-13-13-13-13-12-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------|

A-|-13-13-13-13-13-12-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10------|

E-|-11-11-11-11-11-10--9--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8------|

that you can't... Goin' blind...

 

C F

E-|-----------------------------------------||

B-|-----------------------------------------||

G-|-----------------------------------------||

D-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----||

A-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----||

E-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-1~~-||

 

 

 

"Bridge" section (guitar2 + bass do hammer-on from A to Bb):

E-|--------v------------------------v---------------------v-------------------|

B-|--------v8-----------------------v8--------------------v8------------------|

G-|--------v9-----------------------v9--------------------v9------------------|

D-|--------v7-----------------------v7--------------------v7------------------|

A-|--------v------------------------v---------------------v-------------------|

E-|--------v6-----------------------v6--------------------v6------------------|

You'll see the look, and you'll see the lies. You'll eat the lies

 

E-|---------v--|| v

B-|---------v8-|| v

G-|---------v9-|| v

D-|---------v7-|| v means upstroke

A-|---------v--|| v

E-|---------v6-|| v

And you will...

 

Lyrics:

One time a thing occurred to me

What's real and what's for sale

Blew a kiss and tried to take it home.

 

(CHORUS:

Isn't you, isn't me

Search for things that you can't see.

Goin't blind, out of reach

Somewhere in the Vasoline.)

 

Two times and it has rendered me

Punch drunk and without bail

Think I'd be safer all alone.

Flies in the vasoline we are

Sometimes it blows my mind

Keep getting stuck here all the time.

 

(Chorus)

 

(Bridge:

You'll see the look

And you'll see the lies.

You'll eat the lies

And you will...)

 

(solo)

 

Flies in the vasoline we are

Sometimes it blows my mind

Keep getting stuck here all the time.

 

(chorus)

 

That's "Vasoline" in a nutshell. If you need the solo, email me and

be REAL nice and I'll tab it for ya'.

Corrections/comments/augmentations welcome (by email only)

Good luck!

Paul D. (s3bz@music.transy.edu)

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Solo:

||-8p7-----8p7-----8p7---|---8p7-----8p7-----8p7-|-----8p7-----8p7-----|

||-----6-6-----6-6-----6-|-6-----6-6-----6-6-----|-6-6-----6-6-----6-6-|

||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

bf b b b b&harm

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-6---(6)~~~~~~----|-------------------------|---------------------|

----------------4-|-4p0-4p0-4p0-------------|--4--4-4p0---0--5~~~-|

------------------|-------------0-5p0-0-----|-----------0---------|

------------------|---------------------2-2-|---------------------|

------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|

------------------------|---------------------|| p= pull-off

------------------------|---------------------|| b= bend

4p0-4p0-4p0-------------|-4p0-4p0-4p0---------|| bf= bend full

------------0-5p0-0-----|-------------0-5/9\5-|| b&harm= create an

--------------------2-2-|---------------------|| artificial harmonic

------------------------|---------------------|| and bend it full

~~~= vibrato

Oh yeah, and someone sent me a suggestion that makes quite a bit of sense.

Instead of playing that fucked up chord that I had in my original tab

(during the intro and bridge) try this:

 

E---0---

B---3---

G---3---

D---3---

A---0---

E-------

1