Stone Temple Pilots – Meatplow (Guitar Tab)

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From "Purple" EP tabbed by jjhand I am correcting the original Meatplow TAB, since a few riffs are off and no solo is there. Thanks to J.P.Juneau for the first effort. 2 guitars can play all parts of this.

Intro (E-G-A-C lick)  
e|-------------|      
B|-------------|      
G|--------2----|      
D|--------2----|      
A|--2-----0--3-|      
E|--0--3-----3-|

[Verse Riff]

  Played 2x for Intro, then 4x for verse
e|----------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------2----|  
D|-4----4--4-4-4--x-x-4-|-(4)--4-4--4-4--------2----|
A|-4----4--4-4-4--x-x-4-|-(4)--4-4--4-4--2-----0--3-|  
E|-2----2--2-0-2--x-x-2-|-(2)--0-2--2-2--0--3-----3-|

[Verse Riff 2]

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

   *Use thumb on E string
e|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-0h1--0h1--0h1--------|--0h1--0h1--0h1--------|
G|-2----2----2----------|--2----2----2----------|
D|-3----3----3----------|--3----3----3----------|
A|-3----3----3------x-x-|--3----3----3------x-x-|
E|-1----1----1------x-x-|--1----1----1------x-x-|
                    PM                      PM

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

[Chorus]

   Both guitars, Lead plays with slide
e|------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-/7\--------------|-/7\--------------|-------------------|----------------------|  
G|-/7\--2---2-2--5--|-/7\--2---2-2-----|-3-----------------|---3-----------5---5/-|
D|-/7\--2---2-2--5--|-/7\--2---2-2--3--|-3---5-5---5-5-5-5-|-3-3--x-x-x-x--5-5-5/-|
A|-/5\--0---0-0--3--|-/5\--0---0-0--3--|-1---5-5---5-5-5-5-|-3-1--x-x-x-x--3-5-3/-|
E|------------------|---------------1--|-----3-3---3-3-3-3-|-1----x-x-x-x----3----|
                                                                  PM*****

e|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
B|-/7\--------------|-/7\--------------|-------------------|------------------------------|  
G|-/7\--2---2-2--5--|-/7\--2---2-2-----|-3-----------------|---3-----------5----------2---|
D|-/7\--2---2-2--5--|-/7\--2---2-2--3--|-3---5-5---5-5-5-5-|-3-3--x-x-x-x--5-5--------2---|
A|-/5\--0---0-0--3--|-/5\--0---0-0--3--|-1---5-5---5-5-5-5-|-3-1--x-x-x-x--3-5----2---0-3-|
E|------------------|---------------1--|-----3-3---3-3-3-3-|-1----x-x-x-x----3----0-3---3-|
                                                                  PM*****

Lead plays:
Fill 1 (during 7th bar of Chorus)
e|--------------|
B|-------12-----|
G|---------12~~-|
D|--11/12-------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

[Verse 2]

   Same as Verse 1, but Lead plays repeated 16th notes for 8 bars
e|-0-----------| x16
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

Play Verse Riff 2 & Chorus as before [Solo]

   (2:19) - Semi Harmonics throughout, some PH
e|-------------------|------------------------|-------13b15----------|-----------------------|
B|-4b6_______--------|----------2---4---------|-------------13b15r13-|-11~-----11-9~--11-9-0-|
G|-4b6_______--------|----------2---4---------|----------------------|-----9h11-----11-----0-|
D|-------------------|------2h4---4---4-------|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------2-----|-/9____---------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------0h2-0h2-|-0h2~---------------5~--|----------------------|-----------------------|

e|-13b15__b15_*b15TP_|_b15------b15-15b17------|------14---------------------------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------17-|--------17h14------16----16p14-----------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------------|-16r18-------16h14-16----16p14---14------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------16------16-16-14---------|
A|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------16-14-12-|
E|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
 *keep picking bent note to pattern on song

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-14b15r14b15~--14b15r14-|
E|------------------------|

Play Verse Riff 2 and Chorus for last time [Ending]

   (3:19) played after E-G-A-C lick   
e|------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|
B|--0---------|--0----------|-(0)---------|--------------------------|
G|--3---------|--2----------|-(2)---------|--------------------------|
D|--4---------|--3----------|-(3)---------|----------T13-------------|
A|--4---------|--3----------|-(3)---------|----T15------T15---T15-T14|
E|--2---------|--1----------|-(1)---------|-T13---T13------T13-------|
Last bar is random taps done on one guitar, like harp harmonics