WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Queens Of The Stone Age - You Can't Quit Me Baby Bass | Ver. 3
My Favourite QOTSA song, but not it’s not been tabbed very well so here's my
interpretation (You will most likely have to listen for timing) -
Verse Riff - This is played near enough entirely through the song, Nick Oliveri and
Michael Shuman play the riffs in slightly different positions on the Fretboard like so -
Nick
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F|-0-0-12--10-12-10----10—-10h12--|
C|------------------12------------|
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F|-0-0-12--10-12-10----10—--12----|
C|------------------12------------|
Michael
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|-----7--5-7-5----5—-5h7---------|
F|-0-0----------7-----------------|
C|--------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|-----7--5-7-5----5--7-----------|
F|-0-0----------7-----------------|
C|--------------------------------|
However in this tab I'm mainly focus on Nick's way of playing the song.
[Note - Some live variations include just simple hammer-ons and pull-offs but not moving
too far away from the general groove of the bass line.]
For the lines - 'This life is a trip when you're psycho in love' and 'I want you to
notice when I'm not around' the bass goes something like this -
D#|------------------------------------|
A#|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
F|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|
Then it resumes to the normal riff repetition.
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F|-0-0-12--10-12-10----10—-10h12--|
C|------------------12------------|
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F|-0-0-12--10-12-10----10—--12----|
C|------------------12------------|
After the guitar solo/bridge part and when josh sings ‘You’re solid Gold I’ll see you in
hell’ and when he goes ‘ahhh ahhh’, I think the bass mixes between –
D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
F|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
F|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
And a variation of the main riff which I think goes like this
D#|---------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------|
F|-------14--12-14-12-----12-12h14-|
C|-10-10--------------14-----------|
Then back to the main riff
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F|-0-0-12--10-12-10----10—-10h12--|
C|------------------12------------|
D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|
F|-0-0-12--10-12-10----10—--12----|
C|------------------12------------|
When it comes to the Outro on the album the bass lines pace increases then it is just
general “noodling”.
Sound –
Usually the sound for the bass is achieved with an overdriven valve amp, but if you
don’t have the space to overdrive your valve amp a distortion or fuzz pedal should do.
with Seymour Duncan quarter pounder pickups and flatwound strings. Amp wise usually a
Ampeg SVT with 8x10 cabinets. While Shuman uses a 50’s style Precision bass and an Acoustic 360.