Queens of the Stone Age: Tension Head {2:53}
 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:
 Nick Oliveri: Bass & Lead Vocals
 Josh Homme: Guitars
 Gene Trautman: Drums

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Tuning: Down 2 Whole Steps to C (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)
Notes:  'Tension Head' is track #9 on 'Rated R' 


Intro:
 C|---------------------||
 G|---------------------||
Eb|---------------------||
Bb|---------------------||
 F|-----7-6---5---------||
 C|---0-----7---6-0-5---||


Riff 1:
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12--12-14-15-17---||
Bb|---12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12--12-14-15-17---||
 F|---10-10-10-10--0-10-10-10-10--0-10-10-10-10--0-10-10-10-10--10-12-13-15---||
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Riff 2:
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----9----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-14-15-17---||
Bb|-----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12----9----12-12-12-12----12-12-12-14-15-17---||
 F|---0-10-10-10-10--0-10-10-10-10--0-7--0-10-10-10-10--0-10-10-10-12-13-15---||
 C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Pre-Chorus Riff: 
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---12-12-12-9--12-12-12-9--12-12-12-9--12-12-12/14-15-17---||
Bb|---12-12-12-9--12-12-12-9--12-12-12-9--12-12-12/14-15-17---||
 F|---10-10-10-7--10-10-10-7--10-10-10-7--10-10-10/12-13-15---||
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------||


Chorus:
Guitar 1.
 C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|--17p15----------------17p15------------17p5---------------17p15-----------17--||
Eb|--------15----17b--15--------15----17b-------15----17b--15-------15----17b-----||
Bb|-----------14-------------------14--------------14------------------14---------||
 F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Guitar 2.
 C|----------------------------------||
 G|----------------------------------||
Eb|----------------------------------||
Bb|------------9--8--------5--9--8---||
 F|-----6-7-6--9--8----6-7----9--8---||
 C|---0--------7--6--0--------7--6---||


Bridge:
Guitar 1.
 C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
 F|---6h7-7-6h7-7-6h7-----------------------------------------------------||
 C|-------------------2h3-3-2h3-3-2h3--4h5-5-4h5-5-4h5--2h3-3-2h3-3-2h3---||

Guitar 2.
 C|-----------------------------------------||
 G|---17-------17----------------17---------||
Eb|------19-------19-19p17-19p17------------||
Bb|---------17----------------------15-17---||
 F|-----------------------------------------||
 C|-----------------------------------------||


Intro Riff (x1)


Riff 1 (x1)


Riff 2 (x1)


Riff 1 (x2) 


Riff 2 (x1)


Riff 1 (x1)


Riff 1 Variation 1:
 C|-----------------------||
 G|-----------------------||
Eb|---11-11-11-12-12-12---||
Bb|---11-11-11-12-12-12---||
 F|----9--9--9-10-10-10---||
 C|-----------------------||


Riff 1 Variation 2:
 C|-----------------||
 G|-----------------||
Eb|-----------------||
Bb|-----------------||
 F|---10-12-13-12---||
 C|-----------------||


Riff 2 Variation 1: 
 C|----------------------------------||
 G|----------------------------------||
Eb|----------------------------------||
Bb|----------------------------------||
 F|--0-10-10-10--10-10h12p10-10--7---||
 C|----------------------------------||


Pre-Chorus 2:
Guitar 1.
 C|-------------------------------------------||
 G|--------------------------------------17---||
Eb|---15---12---15---12---18---15---18--------||
Bb|-------------------------------------------||
 F|-------------------------------------------||
 C|-------------------------------------------||


Riff 1 w/Variation 1:
 Everyday I wake up feeling this way 

Riff 1 w/Variation 2:
 I take it downtown with all the action going down 

Pre-Chorus Riff: (x2)
 Stike your match, strike your match, cook it up 

Chorus:
 (My life) I'm feeling so sick
 (Your life) I feel so fucking sick (My life)
 (Your life) 

Riff 1:
 On the bathroom floor 

Riff 1 w/Variation 2:
 Try to get out and get right 

Riff 2 w/Variation 1:
 Hustling little girls 

Riff 2:
 Machine little boys 
 Yeah 

Pre-Chorus Riff & Pre-Chorus Lead:
 Gotta get out, gotta get out and get right 
 Gotta get out, I gotta get out no more 
 No more, no more 

Chorus:
 (My life) I'm feeling so sick 
 (Your life) I'm feeling so sick 
 On the bathroom floor (My life) 
 I'm feeling so sick (Your life) 
 No more 

Bridge

Intro Riff (x1)

Lead:
 C|-----------------------------------||
 G|------------------------------17---||
Eb|---12--15--12--15--15--18--15------||
Bb|-----------------------------------||
 F|-----------------------------------||
 C|-----------------------------------||

Riff 1: (x2)
 Yeah! 
 (High life, low life) 

Pre-Chorus Riff: (x2)
 (High life, low life, high life, low life) 

Chorus:
 (My life) I'm feeling so sick 
 (Your life) I feel so sick 
 No more