#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE LOST ART OF KEEPING A SECRET As recorded by Queens Of The Stone Age (From the 2000 Album RATED R) Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk Words and Music by Joshua Homme & Nick Oliveri Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Josh Homme - Rhythm w/dist' Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Josh Homme - Rhythm / Lead w/dist' Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Pianio arr. for Gtr' Gtr IV (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Vibrophone arr. for Gtr.' Intro Q=110(16=s16) 4/4 Gtr I PM----------------------------------------------------------------| Q e e e s s e e e s S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S |----||-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |----||o----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |----||-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |----||---9-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-9---|--9-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-9-x-|-8---8--8-8-x-8-8-8-8-x--| |----||o--7-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-7-0-|--9-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-9-x-|-8---8--8-8-x-8-8-8-8-x--| |----||-----------------------|--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---|-6---6--6-6---6-6-6-6----| | | Gtr IV notes in () are added on repeat | Q W W W |----||--12-------------------|----------------------|---(10)------------------| |----||o----------------------|-12-------------------|----11-------------------| |----||-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |----||-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |----||o----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |----||-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------| |-Riff A (includes repeat when recalled) Verse 1 PM---------| PM--------------------------------------------------| e e e s s s S E S S E E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S E E E S S |----------------------------||------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------o||------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------||------9-----------------|-----------------------| |--7--7-7-7-7-7---7b8-7-5----||--9-9-9-9---9---9-9-9---|------9---------9---x--| |--7--7-7-7-7-7-0---------7-o||--7-7-7-7-0-7-0-7-7-7-0-|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9----| |--5--5-5-5-5-5--------------||------------------------|--7-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-7----| | | W |-(9)------------------------|| |-10------------------------o|| |----------------------------|| w/Riff A x1.5 |----------------------------|| |---------------------------o|| |----------------------------|| end Riff A-| PM------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E S S E E E E S S E E E S S |------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------9---------9------| |------8-----------------|------7-----------------|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9----| |--8-8-8-8-x-8-x-8-8-8-x-|--7-7-7-7-0-7---7-7---7-|--7-7-7-7-0-7-7-7-7-0--| |--6-6-6-6---6---6-6-6---|--5-5-5-5---5-0-5-5-0-5-|--0-0------------------| PM----------------------------------------------------------| PM----| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S S S E S S S S |------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------| |------9-----------9-----|------8---------8-----|------7-----7---7b8-7-5-----| |--9-9-9-9-x-9-7-9-9-9-8-|--8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-x-|--7-7-7-7-7-x-x---------7-5-| |--7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7-6-|--6-6-6-6-0-6-6-6-6---|--5-5-5-5-------------------| PM------------------------------------------ E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |------9---------------|----------------------| |--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-0-|------9---------9-----| |--7-7-7-7-0-7-7-7-7---|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-x-| |----------------------|--7-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-7---| ---------------------------------------------------| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------x-9-|| |------------------------|------7-7---7---7---7---x-9-|| |--8-8-8-8-x-8-x-8-8-8-x-|--7-7-7-7---7---7---7---x-7-|| |--6-6-6-6---6---6-6-6---|--5-5-5-5-0-5-0-5---5-------|| | | Gtr II | < | W Q E E S S S S S S S S |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|------7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-x---|| |------------------------|------7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-x---|| |------------------------|------5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-x-0-|| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S ||------------------|--------------------------------| ||o-----------------|--------------------------------| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-16-16-16-16-16---16-16----16-x-| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-16-16-16-16-16---16-16----16-x-| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-14-14-14-14-14---14-14----14-x-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------| | | E E E E E E Q E E Q S S E +S S E ||------------------|--------------------------------| ||o-----------------|--------------------------------| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|--------------------------------| ||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|--9--9--9-----9-9--9-(9)-9--9---| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|--9--9--9-----9-9--9-(9)-9--9---| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|--7--7--7-----7-7--7-(7)-7--7---| |-Rhy Fig 1 E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E S S E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------o|| |-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-x--12-|-12-12-12-12-12-x-14-x-x-16--|| |-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-x--12-|-12-12-12-12-12-x-14-x-x-16--|| |-13-13-13-13---13-13-13-13-x--10-|-10-10-10-10-10-x-12-x-x-14-o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|| | | E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E S S E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|| |--8--8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8-8\----|--5--5--5--5--5----7------9--|| |--8--8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8-8\----|--5--5--5--5--5----7---x--9-o|| |--6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6\----|--3--3--3--3--3----5-0----7--|| end Rhy Fig 1-| Verse 2 w/Riff A x2 Gtr I PM------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S |------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| |--9-9-9-9---9---9-9-9-0-|------9-----------------|------8---------8------| |--7-7-7-7-x-7-x-7-7-7---|--9-9-9-9-x-9-x-9-9-9-x-|--8-8-8-8-8-x-8-8-8-x--| |------------------------|--7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7---|--6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6----| E E E S S S S E S S S S |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |------7---7-----7b8-7-5-----| |--7-7-7-7-x-x-5---------7-5-| |--5-5-5-5-------------------| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E S S E |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------9-9---------------|-------------------------| |--9-9-9-9---9---9-9-9-0-|------9---------9---x----| |--7-7-7-7-0-7-0-7-7-7---|--9-9-9-9-x-9-x-9-9-x-9--| |------------------------|--7-7-7-7---7---7-7---7--| E E E E E E E S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E S S E |--------------------|----------------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|----------------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|----------------------------|--------------------| |------8-----------x-|------7---7-----7b8-7-5-----|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9-| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|--7-7-7-7-x-x-5---------7-5-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7-| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|--5-5-5-5-------------------|--------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S S S |------------------|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------|----------x-------------| |--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|--7-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-| < E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E |----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|--------------------| |--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---|--------------------| |--7-7-7-7-0-7-7-7-7-0-|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-| |--0-0-----------------|--7-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-7-| Chorus $ E E E E E E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E S S |--------------------|---------------------------||--------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------||o-------------------| |--------------------|---------------------------||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---| |--------------------|--7-7-7-7-x-7-7-x-7--7-x-x-||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-x-| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|--7-7-7-7-x-7-7-x-7--7-x-x-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-| |--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-|--5-5-5-5-x-5-5-x-5--5-x-x-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| | | Gtr II | ~~ | W Q E E Q Q |--------------------|---------------------------||-- |--------------------|---------------------------||o- |--------------------|---------------------------||-- w/Rhy Fig 1 |--------------------|---------------------------||-- |--------------------|----------xS==5s====15-----||o- |--------------------|---------------------------||-- E E E S S S S E E S S |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16----16-x-| |-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16----16-x-| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-x-| |------------------------------------| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E S S E |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|--------------------------------o|| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-x--12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-14-x-x-16---|| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-x--12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-14-x-x-16---|| |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-x--10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-12-x-x-14--o|| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|| E E E E E E E S S E E E E S S E E S S |-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9---9---9-9-9---|-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-15---| |-9-9-9-9---9---9-9-9-x-|-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-15-x-| |-7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7-x-|-13-13-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-x-| |-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|--------------------------------| | | E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S |-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|--------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-x-|--8--8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8-5-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-|--8--8--8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8-5-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|--6--6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6--6-3-| |-Rhy Fig 2 To Coda E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S E E E S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---11-|-11-11-11---10-10-10-10---9--| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-11-|-11-11-11-x-10-10-10-10-x-9--| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x--9-|--9--9--9-x--8--8--8--8-x-7--| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| | | E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S E E E S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5----|--4--4--4-4-----3--3--3-3----| |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--x-|--4--4--4-4--x--3--3--3-3-x--| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3--x-|--2--2--2-2--x--1--1--1-1-x--| end Rhy Fig 2-| w/Rhy Fig 1 S S E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16----16---| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-x-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16----16-x-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-x-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|------------------------------------| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E E S S E S S E |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----12-|-12-12-12-12-12-x-14-x-16-16---|| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-x--12-|-12-12-12-12-12-x-14-x-16-16---|| |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-x--10-|-10-10-10-10-10-x-12-x-14-14---|| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|| Bridge E E E S S S S E E S S ||-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------| ||--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| ||--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| ||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| ||-----------------------------------| | | E E E S S S S E E S S ||-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| ||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| ||---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15---17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-x-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--| |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-x-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | | E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| |--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-6--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| 1. E E E S S S S E E S S e e e e e e e e |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-----|-16-16-16-16---16---16-16-16---| |-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-x-x-|-------------------------------| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-x-x-|-14-14-14-14---14---14-14-14---| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| | | E E E S S S S E E S S e e e S S S S E e S S |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-16-16-16-16-x-16-x-16-16-16-x-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-x-|-------------x----x----------x-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-x-|-14-14-14-14-x-14-x-14-14-14-x-| |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----|-------------------------------| 2. e e e e e e e E E S S E E H |-------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------------|| |-16-16-16-16---16---16---16----||--17-17-17-17-17-------------------------------|| |-------------------------------||--17-17-17-17-17-------------------------------|| |-14-14-14-14---14---14---14---o||--15-15-15-15-15-------------------------------|| |-------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|| | | e e e S S S S S S e E E S S E e a q a q |-------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------o||---------------0---------11------------12------|| |-16-16-16-16-x-16-x-16-x-16----||---------------0-14b16==(14)r--15b17==(15)r----|| |-------------x----x----x-------||--10-10-10-10----------------------------------|| |-14-14-14-14-x-14-x-14-x-14---o||--10-10-10-10----------------------------------|| |-------------------------------||---8--8--8--8----------------------------------|| Guitar Solo w/Riff A Gtr II H +E E q Q. +E q q |-12--------(12)----15-----|-13-------(13)\----------------| |-15b17=====(15)r15-18b20--|-16b18====(16)r\-11-----12-----| |--------------------------|-----------------14b16--15b17--| |--------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------| | | Gtr III | W W |--------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------|--9----------------------------| |--7-----------------------|-------------------------------| |--0-----------------------|--7----------------------------| |-Rhy Fig 3 ~~~~ Q +Q +E +E q Q. +E q q |-12------(12)--(12)------15-----|-13-------(13)\----------------| |-15b17===(15)--(15)r(15)-18b20--|-16b18====(16)r\-11-----12-----| |--------------------------------|-----------------14b16--15b17--| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| | | W W |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--8-----------------------------|--7----------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--6-----------------------------|--5----------------------------| end Rhy Fig 3-| w/Rhy Fig 3 ~~~~~ Q +Q +Q +Q H. Q |-12------(12)--(12)--(12)--|-15------------| |-15b17===(15)--(15)r=(15)--|-18b20---------| |---------------------------|---------------| |---------------------------|---------------| |---------------------------|---------------| |---------------------------|---------------| D.S. al Coda Q +Q Q +Q Q +E. S E E Q |-18------(18)---18------(18)---|-17------(17)-----------|| |-21b23===(21)r--21b23===(21)r--|-20b22===(20)r-x--------|| |-------------------------------|---------------x-x------|| |-------------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------------|------------------------|| & w/Rhy Fig 2 Gtr I E E E E E E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S |-----------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9---9---9-9-9---|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15---| |-9-9-9-9---9---9-9-9-x-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-x-| |-7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7-x-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-x-| |-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|---------------------------------| E E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S E E E S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---11-|-11-11-11---10-10-10-10---9--| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-11-|-11-11-11-x-10-10-10-10-x-9--| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x--9-|--9--9--9-x--8--8--8--8-x-7--| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| Outro E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |-9---9-9\----12-14-16-|-9-9-9\------12-14-16-| |-9---9-9\-------------|-9-9-9\---------------| |-7---7-7\----10-12-14-|-7-7-7\------10-12-14-| |-0---0-0--------------|-0-0-0----------------| | | S S E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |-------9\-------------|-----9\---------------| |-9-9-9-9\-----5--7--9-|-9---9\-------5--7--9-| |-7-7-7-7\-----5--7--9-|-7---7\-------5--7--9-| |-0-0-0-0------3--5--7-|-0-0-0---0-0--3--5--7-| E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E W |------------------------------|-------------------------|------*| |------------------------------|-------------------------|------*| |-9-9----9\-----------12-14-16-|-9-9----9\------12-14-16-|-9----*| |-9-9----9\--------------------|-9-9----9\---------------|-9----*| |-7-7----7\-----------10-12-14-|-7-7----7\------10-12-14-|-7----*| |-0-0----0---------------------|-0-0----0----------------|-0----*| | | E S s E +E S S E E E E S S q E E E E W |------------------------------|-------12----------------|------*| |-------12--(12)\--------------|-------15b17-------------|------*| |-9-9-9-12--(12)\--------------|-------------------------|------*| |-9-9-9-12--(12)\------5--7--9-|-----------------5--7--9-|------*| |-7-7-7-----------0-x--5--7--9-|-7-7-7--------0--5--7--9-|-7----*| |-0---------------0-x--3--5--7-|-0-0-0--------0--3--5--7-|-0----*|