Queens of the Stone Age: Better Living Through Chemistry {5:48}
 From the album: 'Rated R' (Interscope Records)
 © 2000 Interscope Records Inc.
 Written by Josh Homme (Board Stiff Music/BMI) and Nick Oliveri (Natural Light Music/BMI)
 Produced by Josh Homme and Chris Goss

Instrumentation:
 Josh Homme: Guitar & Lead Vocals
 Nick Oliveri: Bass & Backing Vocals
 Nick Lucero: Drums
 Dave Catching: Piano
 Barrett Martin: Vibes & Percussion
 Chris Goss: Backing Vocals

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Tuning: Down 2 Whole Steps to C (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)
Notes:  'Better Living Through Chemistry' is track #5 on 'Rated R'


Riff 1:
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----7-7---7--15-15--15--14-14--14--11-11---11-11--11--10-10--10--9-9--9--7-|
 F|-0-0---0-0--0-----0---0-------0--0------0-0------0---0-----0----0---0--0---|
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|---7---7-7--7--15-15--15--14-14--14--11-11---11-11--11--10-10--10---| 
 F|----0-0---0---0------0--0-------0--0------0-0------0---0-----0------| 
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

 C|--------------------| 
 G|--------------------| 
Eb|--------------------| 
Bb|---12-12-12-12h14---| 
 F|--------------------| 
 C|--------------------| 

 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|----7-7---7--15-15--15--14-14--14--11-11---11-11--11--10-10--10--9-9--9--7-| 
 F|-0-0---0-0--0-----0---0-------0--0------0-0------0---0-----0----0---0--0---| 
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---------------------------------------------12-12--12---------------------||
Bb|------7-7---7--15-15--15--14-14--14--11-11--------------------12------14---||
 F|---0-0---0-0--0-----0---0-------0--0------0-0------0-----0-0-0---0-0-0-----||
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

The blue pill opens your eyes 
Is there a better way 
A new religion prescribed 
To those without the faith 
The hero holding a knife 
And blood is not enough 
Is it too late to go back? 
Is it too late to go? 


Riff 2: (x7)
 C|---------------------||
 G|---------------------||
Eb|---------------------||
Bb|---7-5-7-9-7-5-4-5---||
 F|---------------------||
 C|---------------------||

There's no one here 
And people everywhere, you're on your own 


Riff 3:
 C|-----------------------||
 G|-----------------------||
Eb|-----------------------||
Bb|---7-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-7---||
 F|-------------------0---||
 C|-----------------------||


Riff 4: (x4)
 C|---------------------------------------------| 
 G|---------------------------------------------| 
Eb|---------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------10-10-10-10---------10-10-10-10---| 
 F|---0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0---------------| 
 C|---------------------------------------------| 

 C|-------------------------------------| 
 G|-------------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------9-9-9-9---------9-9-9-9---| 
 F|---0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-----------| 
 C|-------------------------------------| 

 C|---------------------------------------------| 
 G|---------------------------------------------| 
Eb|---------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------12-12-12-12---------12-12-12-12---| 
 F|---0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0---------------| 
 C|---------------------------------------------| 

 C|---------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------||
Eb|---------------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------14-14-14-14---------14-14-14-14---||
 F|---0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0---------------||
 C|---------------------------------------------||


Riff 5: 
 C|---------------------------------------||
 G|-------------------------------15h17---||
Eb|-------------------------12h14---------||
Bb|------------10h12--12h14---------------||
 F|---12p10h12----------------------------||
 C|---------------------------------------||


Solo: 
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|----------------------------------------------------------------13--------------||
Eb|-14b---12-14----------12--14b---12-14----------------14b---12-14---14-12--------||
Bb|-------------14-12-14----------------12-14-------14-----------------------12-14-||
 F|-------------------------------------------12-14--------------------------------||
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
(Guitar fade out)


Solo Continued:
3:18-3:21: (x2)
 C|-----------------------------------------------------|
 G|---14-14-14-17-17-17---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------17-17-17-14-14-14-12-12-14-14---|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
 F|-----------------------------------------------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------------|

3:22-3:25: (x2)
 C|-----------------------------------------------|
 G|---13----------13------------------------------|
Eb|------14-12-14----14-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-14---|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------|
 F|-----------------------------------------------|
 C|-----------------------------------------------|

3:26-3:29: (x5)
 C|-----------------------|
 G|---13------------------|
Eb|------14-12-14-12-14---|
Bb|-----------------------|
 F|-----------------------|
 C|-----------------------|

3:30-3:38:
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-19b---17-19-17-------------19b-----------------------19b--17-19-17-------------|
Bb|----------------19-17-15-17-----17-19-17----------------------------19-17-------|
 F|-----------------------------------------19-17-17-17----------------------19-19-|
 C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

3:39-3:48:
 C|---------|
 G|---------|
Eb|---14b---|
Bb|---------|
 F|---------|
 C|---------|

Riff 5 (x4)
 C|---------------------------------------||
 G|-------------------------------15h17---||
Eb|-------------------------12h14---------||
Bb|------------10h12--12h14---------------||
 F|---12p10h12----------------------------||
 C|---------------------------------------|| 

End of Solo: (x3)
 C|----------------||
 G|----------------||
Eb|-----------12---||
Bb|---14\--14------||
 F|----------------||
 C|----------------||


Riff 2: (x3)
 C|---------------------|
 G|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|
Bb|---7-5-7-9-7-5-4-5---|
 F|---------------------|
 C|---------------------| 

Riff 3: (x1)
 C|-----------------------||
 G|-----------------------||
Eb|-----------------------||
Bb|---7-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-7---||
 F|-------------------0---||
 C|-----------------------||

 
Let's see if I'm hearing this right 
You suggest I should take 
And never endings are glad 
(A never-ending supply) 
To carry out the dead 
Your idols burn in the fire 
The mob comes crawling out (take us down and out) 
I'm reclaiming my mind 
Destroying everyone 


Riff 2: (x7) 
 C|---------------------||
 G|---------------------||
Eb|---------------------||
Bb|---7-5-7-9-7-5-4-5---||
 F|---------------------||
 C|---------------------||

There's no one here 
And people everywhere, you're all alone 


Riff 3: (x1)
 C|-----------------------||
 G|-----------------------||
Eb|-----------------------||
Bb|---7-5-4-2-4-2-4-5-7---||
 F|-------------------0---||
 C|-----------------------||


Riff 2: (until ending) 
 C|---------------------||
 G|---------------------||
Eb|---------------------||
Bb|---7-5-7-9-7-5-4-5---||
 F|---------------------||
 C|---------------------||


Ending:
 C|-------||
 G|-------||
Eb|-------||
Bb|---7---||
 F|---0---||
 C|-------||