Queens Of The Stone Age – Fortress (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Chords

This tab is meant to be played by one guitar.

[Intro]
Repeat as much as you want. You can also play this on a second guitar throughout the whole song.
e|-------------------------|
B|-----0-----0--0--0-------|
G|-----4~----4--4--4b5-----|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

[Intro + Bassline]
It's optional to play the 0's on B but it gives a more full sound when there's only one guitar.
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0--0--0--0---------0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0-------0--0-----0-----0-----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------5-----4-----0--|
E|--3-----------------3p2p0--------------5/7--------------7/5-----------------------|

[Verse]
This is originally played by an electric guitar in the song but also sounds cool on acoustic.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------2-----x--3-----2--------|
G|--0-----x--0--0---------------------------------4-----x--4--4----------2-----x--2-----2--------|
D|--0-----x--0--0----------2-----x--2--2----------4-----x--4--4----------2-----x--2-----2--------|
A|--x-----x--x--x----------2-----x--2--2-----0h2--2-----x--2--2-----2p0--0-----x--0-----0-----0--|
E|--3-----x--3--3-----3p0--0-----x--0--0---------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus] Play these chords for the chorus:

       G     Em    B     A
E|-----3-----0-----------------|
B|-----0-----0-----4-----2-----|
G|-----0-----x-----4-----2-----|
D|-----0-----2-----4-----2-----|
A|-----2-----2-----2-----0-----|
E|-----3-----0-----------------|
You can also alternate between Asus4 and A.

[Verse]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------2-----x--3-----2--------|
G|--0-----x--0--0---------------------------------4-----x--4--4----------2-----x--2-----2--------|
D|--0-----x--0--0----------2-----x--2--2----------4-----x--4--4----------2-----x--2-----2--------|
A|--x-----x--x--x----------2-----x--2--2-----0h2--2-----x--2--2-----2p0--0-----x--0-----0-----0--|
E|--3-----x--3--3-----3p0--0-----x--0--0---------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]

       G     Em    B     A
E|-----3-----0-----------------|
B|-----0-----0-----4-----2-----|
G|-----0-----x-----4-----2-----|
D|-----0-----2-----4-----2-----|
A|-----2-----2-----2-----0-----|
E|-----3-----0-----------------|

[Bridge]

       G           F#          A           G#
e|-----3-----3-----2-----2-----5-----5-----4-----4--|
B|-----3-----3-----2-----2-----5-----5-----4-----4--|
G|-----4-----4-----3-----3-----6-----6-----5-----5--|
D|-----5-----5-----4-----4-----7-----7-----6-----6--|
A|-----5-----5-----4-----4-----7-----7-----6-----6--|
E|-----3-----3-----2-----2-----5-----5-----4-----4--|

       D     C#m   Em    B     A     G
e|-----------4-----7-----7-----5-----3--|
B|-----7-----5-----8-----7-----5-----3--|
G|-----7-----6-----9-----8-----6-----4--|
D|-----7-----6-----9-----9-----7-----5--|
A|-----5-----4-----7-----9-----7-----5--|
E|-----------------------7-----5-----3--|

Repeat the last chord (G) and then play another verse. [Chorus]

       G     Em    B     A
E|-----3-----0-----------------|
B|-----0-----0-----4-----2-----|
G|-----0-----x-----4-----2-----|
D|-----0-----2-----4-----2-----|
A|-----2-----2-----2-----0-----|
E|-----3-----0-----------------|

[Outro] Play the first section. Repeat the first two chords 8 times each as in the song.

e|-----3----------------------------------|
B|-----3----------------------------------|
G|-----4-----------4-----x--4--4----4-----|
D|-----5-----6-----4-----x--4--4----4-----|
A|-----5-----7-----2-----x--2--2p0--2-----|
E|-----3-----4----------------------------|

Then play either one of these. Or improvise something in the key of B.

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|---------/5--5--4--0--|
E|-----2--3-------------|

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----4p2p0--0--2-2h4-2-|
A|---------4------------|
E|----------------------|