Better Living Through Chemistry Bass Tab

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Bass Tab
Queens of the Stone Age
Better Living Through Chemistry

Tune to C F Bb Eb

Note:
There are lots of subtlties to the playing of this song.
This tab isn't perfect, so mess with technique and do what sounds best.
Hammer-ons and pull-offs where I have slides often work nicely.

Verse
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9------------|
|-------------10------(0)h12\----------------------------------|
|-5-5--------------------------5-5------------------5-5/7------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7-9-10-9-7~----|
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------|
|-5-5--------------------------5-5-----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10---------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------|
|-------------10------(0)h12/------------------------5/7~------|
|-5-5---------------------------5-5----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--9/10-5/7-------|
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------|
|-5-5--------------------------5-5-----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7-9-10-9-7~----|
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------|
|-5-5--------------------------5-5-----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10--------------7/9\7-5/7\5-----------------|
|-------------10------(0)h12/----------------------------------|
|-5-5--------------------------5-5--------------5-7-8-7-5~-----|

Chorus
3x
|-------4-5-4---------|
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

1x
|-5-4-----------4-----|
|-----7-5---5-7-------|
|---------7-----------|
|---------------------|

3x
|-------4-5-4---------|
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

1x
|-5-4-----------4-----|
|-----7-5---5-7-------|
|---------7-------0---|
|---------------------|

Instrumental Section

intro
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------9/10~-7-5---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-let-ring--5-let-ring--------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--------5----7~------------------------------------------|
|--------5/7~----7----------------------------------------------|
|-5-5------------------5~---------------------------------------|

main part
This part is just improv off this basic idea. I'm just showing
the common riffs used.
|----------------------------------7h9----------|
|----7/9/10\9\7---------7/9/10\9\7--------------|
|-0-------------5h7--0--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|---------------7h9-----------------------7h9---|
|----7/9/10\9\7-----7h9----7/9/10\9\7-7h9-------|
|-0----------------------0----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus
3x
|-------4-5-4---------|
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

1x
|-5-4-----------4-----|
|-----7-5---5-7-------|
|---------7-----------|
|---------------------|

Verse

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10----------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------|
|-------------10-------12p0h12\---------------------------------|
|-5-5----------------------------5-5------------------5-5/7-----|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10-10-9--------7/9\7-5/7\5--9/10~-5/7\5------|
|-------------10-----------10-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-------------------------5-5-------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10---------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9------------|
|-------------10------12p0h12\----------------------------------|
|-5-5---------------------------5-5-------------------5-5/7-----|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10---------------7/9\7-5/7\5-----------------|
|-------------10------12p0h12\-------------------5/7~-----------|
|-5-5---------------------------5-5-------------------5/8~------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10----------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------|
|-------------10-------12p0h12\---------------------------------|
|-5-5----------------------------5-5-------------------5/7------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7/9\7-----9-10----------------7/9\7-5/7\5--7/9-----------|
|-------------10-------12p0h12\---------------------------------|
|-5-5----------------------------5-5------------------5-7-8-7-5-|

Chorus:
7x
|-------4-5-4---------|
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

1x
|-5-4-----------4-----|
|-----7-5---5-7-------|
|---------7-----------|
|---------------------|

4x
|-------4-5-4---------|
|-7-5-7-------7-5-----|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

Ending
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-0-let-ring----------|
|---------------------|