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Tabbed by Denial Guitar (DenialGtr@hotmail.com)
Intro
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| G|8-10--------------|8-10--------------|8-10-------------8|------------------| D|-----10-11-10-11-8|-----10-11-10~----|-----10-11-10-11--|11-10-8--8-10-11~-| (x2) A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

D#5 C#5 D#5 C#5
Main riff (all x2)
e|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|--------------------| B|----------------------|----------------------|----------------|--------------------| G|----------------------|----------------------|5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6|10-10-10-10--6-6-6-6| D|8-6-8-6-8--8-6-8-6-8--|8-6-8-6-8--8-6-8-6-8--|5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6|10-10-10-10--6-6-6-6| A|8-6-8-6-8--8-6-8-6-8--|8-6-8-6-8--8-6-8-6-8--|3-3-3-3--4-4-4-4|-8--8--8--8--4-4-4-4| E|6-4-6-4-6--6-4-6-4-6--|6-4-6-4-6--6-4-6-4-6--|----------------|--------------------|

Verse 1 (the same as main riff but this lasts twice)
The sky is fallin', human race that we are
Has left me crawlin', staring straight at the sun
All in a moment, I notice every dog has his day
I paid attention, cost me so much to
Pre-chorus 1
G#5 G5 F#5 Bb5
hate for so long I saw only wrong
G#5 G5 F#5 Bb5 Bb5
but now to remind it's a waste of time
Chorus
e|------------------------|----------------------| B|------------------------|----------------------| G|------------------------|----------------------| D|8-6-8-10-8--8-6-8-10-8--|6-4-6-8-6--6-4-6-8-6--| (x2) A|8-6-8-10-8--8-6-8-10-8--|6-4-6-8-6--6-4-6-8-6--| E|6-4-6--8-6--6-4-6--8-6--|4-2-4-6-4--4-2-4-6-4--|

x________(x2)__________x x________(x2)________x
Close your eyes and see the sky is fallin'
(repeat intro only x1 the main riff again)
Verse 2 (the same as 1)
I wanted something, nothing blank I don't know
It's hard deflecting, stones are easy to throw
All in a moment I noticed hours days left behind
One wasted useless, selfless none of a
Pre-chorus 2
G#5 G5 F#5 Bb5
kind for so long I saw only wrong but
G#5 G5 F#5 Bb5
now to remind not to go back to the low
F5 F#5 B5
that has drained my life so long (x3)
F5
that has drained...
(Repeat chorus x2)
Solo
e|-------------------|-------------|---------------9~-11---|------------------------| B|-------------------|9~-----------|-----7-9~-9-11-------11|-----------------------9| G|8~-10-11-8~-8-10-11|--11p10p8p7~-|8-10-------------------|10-10h12p10-8-10h11p10--| D|-------------------|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------| A|-------------------|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------| E|-------------------|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

D#5 F5 D#5 F5
e|------------------------------------|----------------|-------------|-------10---| B|11---------------------9--11-9-11-12|-------------9~-|-----------9-|11(x9)------| G|---10h11p10-8-10h11p10--------------|10~-10h11p10----|8--10--11----|------------| D|------------------------------------|----------------|-------------|------------| A|------------------------------------|----------------|-------------|------------| E|------------------------------------|----------------|-------------|------------|

D#5 F5 D#5 F5
(Repeat chorus x2)

Source: http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/queens_of_the_stone_age/songs_for_the_deaf/the_sky_is_fallin.txt

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