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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                  end of 4th time
e|-------------------|    ----x-x-x-x----|
B|-------------------|    ----x-x-x-x----| I mute all strings and strum
G|-------------------|    ----x-x-x-x----| with alternate strums (dn-up etc)
D|-------5---------5-|    ----x-x-x-x----|
A|---7---------7-----|    ----x-x-x-x----|
E|-5---5-----5---5---|    ----x-x-x-x----|




Verse Riff 2 - play 4x
e:---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------|
D:--7--7-7-7-7-7-7---7--7---5--5---|
A:--7--7-7-7-7-7-7---7--7---5--5---|
E:--5--5-5-5-5-5-5---5--5---3--3---|




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|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
  pinch harmonics are shown as *
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-----------|------------|---10---------------------------|
G|-----------|--2b4~--b4-b4-b4-b4---------|------------|-12--10-12-10b11----------------|
D|-----------|----------------------------|------------|----------------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------------------|

key:
h  - hammer-on
p  - pull-off
b  - bend
r  - release bent string
__ - hold note while playing another string
/  - slide up
\  - slide down
x  - muted strings
~  - vibrato
*  - Pinch harmonic (squeal when pick and fingertip pluck string)