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Army Ants
Stone Temple Pilots
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Stone Temple Pilots - "Army Ants"
From 'Purple' Album
tabbed by jjhand
Standard Tuning
A couple differences from the ver. 1 tab and solo are included.
Parts of song are for 2 guitars.
Intro - guitar w/ flanger (Mellotron makes other sounds)
play 2x,
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-14--14-14--14-14-14-14--14-14-|-13--13-13--13-13-13-13--13-13-|
D|-0---0---0---0--0--0--0---0--0-|--0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0-|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-17--17-17--16-16-16-16--16-16-|-15--15-15---15-15-15-15--15-15-|
D|-0----0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0-|-0---0--0----0--0--0--0---0--0--|
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
End Intro
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-14-----------|
D|-0------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Heavy Riff - play each chord the number of times indicated
8x 4x 4x 8x 8x
e|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|--7-------------|--10----9------|
D|--7----7---9----|--10----10-----|
A|--5----7---9----|--8-----10-----| play all 4x
E|-------5---7----|--------8------|
Verse Riff - with Dist, flanger and let notes ring
play 4x after 4th chord
e|------------| ----x-x-x-x----|
B|--------3-2-| ----x-x-x-x----| I dampen all strings and swipe them all
G|---0--------| ----x-x-x-x----| with alternate strumming (down-up etc)
D|---2--------| ----x-x-x-x----|
A|-0----------| ----x-x-x-x----|
E|------------| ----x-x-x-x----|
Verse Riff 2 - play 4x
e:---------------------------------|
B:--2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2-2----|
G:--2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2-2----|
D:--2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2-2----|
A:--0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0----|
E:---------------------------------|
play Heavy Riff 4x, as done before
play Verse Riff 4x, as done before
play Verse Riff 2 4x, as done before
play Heavy Riff 4x
Transition riff (2:02)
Guitar 1
e|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----
B|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----
G|-8--8-8-x--------------|-7--7-7--7--7--7--7-7-|-8--8-8-x--------------|--7--
D|-8--8-8-x-7--7--7--7-7-|-7--7-7--7--7--7--7-7-|-8--8-8-x-7--7--7--7-7-|--7--
A|-6--6-6-x-7--7--7--7-7-|-5--5-5--5--5--5--5-5-|-6--6-6-x-7--7--7--7-7-|--5--
E|----------5--5--5--5-5-|----------------------|----------5--5--5--5-5-|--5--
|
| Guitar 2 (play this part 2x)
e|------------------------|-------------------|
B|-16--1616--16-16-16-1616|-15----------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------------|-------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------|
Play Intro again
Solo - Guitar 2, Guitar 1 plays Heavy Riff 4x
e|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|-12b14-b14~-12b14r13|_b14-12h14p12-10\9--|-5h7p5\4-5p4p2p0-4p2p0h2p0--------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------3p2p0--0h2p0-|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------3-------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|---12~-12h13p12-10-12~--12h13p12-10-12~-|
G|--------0----0-*12-0-*12-|-12-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|-2b3r2b3-----------------|----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|---------10h12h13p12p10-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-10h12h13--------------13p12p10-12p11---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------14-12----|-12~-----------0-|-(0)---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------14-|----14\----\x--0-|-(0)--------5b7r5b7~~----|
A|----------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----/x-/x---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
Play first 2 bars of Transition riff 2x while solo plays
e|-----------|----------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------|-------0--0--0--0---8-------|------------|---10---------------------------|
G|-----------|----------------------------|------------|-12--10-12-10b11----------------|
D|-----------|--7b9~--b9-b9-b9-b9--b9r7---|------------|----------------12-10-----------|
A|--rest-----|----------------------------|--rest------|---------------------12-11-10\8-|
E|-----------|----------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|
Transition riff change (3:06)
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-8--8-8-x-x--------------|-7--7-7--x-x--------------|
D|-8--8-8-x-x-7--7--7--x-x-|-7--7-7--x-x-6--6--6--x-x-|
A|-6--6-6-x-x-7--7--7--x-x-|-5--5-5--x-x-6--6--6--x-x-|
E|------------5--5--5--x-x-|-------------4--4--4--x-x-|
play verse Riff 4x and verse Riff 2 4x
Ending
e:----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B:--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-|---------------------|
G:--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-|--8------------------|
D:--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-|--8------------------|
A:--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|--6------------------|
E:----------------------|---------------------|--6------------------|
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