Band: Queens of the Stone Age (www.QOTSA.com)
Written By: Josh Homme and Nick Oleveri
Song: Gonna Leave You
Album: Songs for the Deaf (Interscope Records)
Tuning(low-to-high): (down 2 full steps) C F Bb Eb G c
Key: /  = slide
      h  = hammer-on
      p  = pull-off
      b  = bend
      r  = release
      *  = natural harmonic
     ( ) = ghost note
      x  = mute note
      ~  = vibrato
      ^  = let ring
      #  = stompbox on/off
Tab by: Keith Dillon [email protected]


Intro:

|----------------------14-15-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------14~---------------------------------------|
|----bass----------------------------11/12-11/12-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------11~-----4h5-4h5-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------4b(5)-|
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|----------------------14-15-----------------------------7-6~--7-4~----|
|----------------------------14~------------------------x--------------|
|------------------------------------11/12-11/12-------x---------------|
|------------------------------------------------11~-------------------|
|-(5)------(5)r4~------------------------------------------------------|
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|-7-6-7-4~------------(4)----------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


Verse:
                1.Wait by the phone
                2.I gave it a start
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|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8///11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|
|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6////9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
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                    late all alone
                  I stomped on your heart
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|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---87---7---7---7---7---7---7---7////-|
|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---65---5---5---5---5---5---5---5////-|
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                    he can't help you,                        but I 
                    this is the end                         no more 
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|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8///11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|
|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6////9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|
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  know                      I    could
  pictures                  we ain't friends
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|---8---8---8---8---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--|
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Pre-Chorus:
             1.,3.Three years too long
                  ya' know this is wrong
                  everything scars the skin               push it
                2.It's raining in my room
                  there's blood in my spoon
                  you're outta my high-chair     
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||-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---43---3---3---3---3---3---3---3////-||
||-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---21---1---1---1---1---1---1---1////-||
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 1.in                     break it off
                    2.I'm outta your womb
 3.in                     push it in                      break it off
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|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4////6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6////-|
|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2////4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4////-|
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Chorus:
          1.I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
            I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
          2.I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
	    I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
	    I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
	    I'm gonna leave                I don't need you
          3.I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
	    I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
	    I'm gonna leave             I'm gonna leave you
	    I'm gonna leave                I don't need you(go to Outro)
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||--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8///11--11--11--11--11------11--11-|
||--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6////9---9---9---9-------9-------9-|
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---43---3---3---3---3---3---3---3////-||
|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---21---1---1---1---1---1---1---1////-||
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|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4////6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6////-|
|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2////4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4////-|
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Bridge:

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||--8-8---8-8---8--11-11--11-11-------8-8---8-8---8--7-7--7-7---------||
||--6-6-5-6-6-5-6---9--9---9--9-15---6-6-5-6-6-5-6--5-5--5-5/12-----||
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=================
Play Pre-Chorus 3
=================
Play Chorus 3
=================


Outro:

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|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4////6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6////-|
|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2////4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4////-|
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|--7~-------------------------------|
|--8~-------------------------------|
|--8~-------------------------------|
|--6~-------------------------------|
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Sorry don't got the solo yet but this should keep you busy for a while. -Keith