How To Handle A Rope Chords & Tabs
Artist : Queens of the Stone Age
Album : Queens of the Stone Age
Song : How to Handle a Rope
Tabbed by Greg C
This is tabbed in standard tuning and is not exactly how QOTSA play it as they tune
guitars in a way that I cant figure out. It sounds quite accurate though
Intro - x6 (listen to song for how you play this)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|
Pre-verse (Same as intro) x4
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|
Verse (Again same as before) x8
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|
Chorus x2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse x2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queens_of_the_stone_age/how_to_handle_a_rope_tab_ver_4.html ]
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|
Verse x8
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|
Chorus x2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Outro x4
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8-----------|
D|-5-5-5-5--3---8--8-8--10--8----|
A|-3-3-3-3--1---6--6-6-----------|
E|-------------------------------|
Outro x8 (Agian listen to song for rhythem)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-7-7-8-8-9--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-5-5-7-7-8-8-9--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-3-3-5-5-6-6-7--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
E|------------------------------------------|
Solo in C minor pentatonic scale. You try and figure it out, coz I won't.
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