Them Crooked Vultures – Elephants (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Sounds pretty spot on (I feel this tuning seems to make the most sense for the intro of the song. It enables riff to flow more smoothly than in standard tuning.) ***I've also included a version of the riff in standard tuning***
Part A
D|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-------|
G|----------------------3h5----------|  x4
D|--------2p0----3p0-----------------|
G|--0-3p0------3-----3---------------|
D|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-------|
|----------------------3h5----------|  x4
|--------2p0----3p0-----------------|
|--0-3p0------3-----3---------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-------|
|----------------------3h5----------|  x4
|--------2p0----3p0-----------------|
|--0-3p0------3-----3---------------|
|-----------------------------------|

Part B
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------3p0---0-0-------------|  x2
|--0-3h5-----5-----5-3-0-------|
|------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---0-0--------0-0---------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---|
|-------5-3-0------5-3-0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------3p0---0-0-------------|  x2
|--0-3h5-----5-----5-3-0-------|
|------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---0-0--------0-0---------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---|
|-------5-3-0------5-3-0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Part A x4
Part C
|----------------------------------|
|-------3-------3-------3-------3--|
|---3h5-----3h5-----3h5-----3h5----|
|----------------------------------|  x2
|-0-------0-------0-------0--------|
|----------------------------------|

Part D
|-----------------------------|
|-3----6-----8------11--------|
|-5b7--8b10--10b12--13b15-----|
|-----------------------------|   x3
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Part D (on the 4th  time)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----6-----8------6-----8----------------------------------|
G|--5b7--8b10--10b12--8b10--10b12-12-12-12r10--5b7-7-7-7br5-3--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Part D
|-----------------------------|
|-3----6-----8------11--------|
|-5b7--8b10--10b12--13b15-----|
|-----------------------------|   x3
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Part D (on the 4th  time)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----6-----8------6-----8-------------------15-------------|
G|--5b7--8b10--10b12--8b10--10b12-12-12-12br10--17b19-19-19-19-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
**************************************************************** Here's the intro in standard tuning
Part A
E|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-------|
G|----------------------3h5----------|
D|-------2p0----3p0------------------|  x4
A|---1-------1------1----------------|
E|-3---3-----------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-------|
G|----------------------3h5----------|
D|-------2p0----3p0------------------|  x4
A|---1-------1------1----------------|
E|-3---3-----------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-------|
G|----------------------3h5----------|
D|-------2p0----3p0------------------|  x4
A|---1-------1------1----------------|
E|-3---3-----------------------------|

Part B
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------3p0---0-0-------------|  x2
|----1h3-----3-----3-1---------|
|--3-------------------3-------|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---0-0--------0-0------------------------------|
|-------3-1--------3-1-----5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5---|
|-----------3----------3---3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|

Part C
|----------------------------------|
|-------3-------3-------3-------3--|
|---3h5-----3h5-----3h5-----3h5----|
|----------------------------------|  x2
|----------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3--------|

Part D
|-----------------------------|
|-3----6-----8------11--------|
|-5b7--8b10--10b12--13b15-----|
|-----------------------------|   x3
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Part D (on the 4th  time)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----6-----8------6-----8----------------------------------|
G|--5b7--8b10--10b12--8b10--10b12-12-12-12r10--5b7-7-7-7br5-3--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Part D
|-----------------------------|
|-3----6-----8------11--------|
|-5b7--8b10--10b12--13b15-----|
|-----------------------------|   x3
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Part D (on the 4th  time)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----6-----8------6-----8-------------------15-------------|
G|--5b7--8b10--10b12--8b10--10b12-12-12-12br10--17b19-19-19-19-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************