Song: Big Bang Baby
Band: Stone Temple Pilots


This is my first attempt at tabbing a song so bear with me.

A few things to keep in mind-There are actually 2 guitars dubbed over each other, so if your playing by yourself its just not going to sound the same. A couple of options are to play it palm muted then release whenever guitar #2 comes in or if you have a pedal with multiple channels you can just switch from light distortion to heavy when guitar #2 comes in. Or you can do whatever you want I don’t really care but it sounds more accurate if you got a pedal or better yet another guitarist. 

X=a muted string (not used).

Verse-You can play the verse using down strokes or alternate strumming it doesn’t really matter just personal preference. Pretty much slide between each chord shape unless your “doubling up” or “moving down”.

 “doubling up” “moving down”
   Here     and   here
E---x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x---------
B---x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x---------
G---x-x--x-x--x-x--7-6--5-5--4-2--x-x--x-7---------
D---2-2--5-6--7-7--7-6--5-5--4-2--5-5--7-7---------
A---2-2--5-6--7-7--5-4--3-3--2-0--5-5--7-5---------
E---0-0--3-4--5-5--x-x--x-x--x-x--3-3--5-x---------

Alright these are the alternate     E---x-x-x-x---
Chords you play leading into the    B---x-x-x-x---
Chorus. Play these after the last   G---x-7-x-5---
A power chord (don’t play the last  D---5-7-7-5---
4 chords in the verse). Ok?         A---5-5-7-3---
Note: This is a smooth transition   E---3-x-5-x---
from verse to chorus with only a slight pause On the last chord then you go right into the chorus. 

Chorus- The 1st half of this is right but I haven’t figured out the 2nd half. So I decided to add a second half that fits pretty well its just not as cool or high pitched as the album version but it works. Strum the chorus alternately up and down. You might want to strum it more or less like I said before I know its wrong so do what you think is best.

    1st Half					  2nd half	
E---x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-- x-x-x-x-x-x---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---
B---x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x---x-x-x-x-x-x---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---
G---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2---2-2-2-2-2-2---9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9---
D---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---2---2-2-2-2-2-2---9--9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9---
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0---0-0-0-0-0-0---7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7---
E---x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x---

    1st Half                    2nd half    
E---x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x------   Play the same the above 
B---x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x------   second half only strum it all in  
G---5--5-5-5-5-5--7--7-7-5-7------   succession with no pausing.  
D---5--5-5-5-5-5--7--7-7-5-7------
A---3--3-3-3-3-3--5--5-5-3-5------
E---x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x------
2nd Half of Chorus- This is the really high “nothings for free” part.  Its not exactly right but its really close.  Play these chords strumming alternately up and down.  Strum the first 5 chord shapes 4 times each then the next 3 shapes 3 times each. Once you get to this point you repeat the pattern then after you’ve played it through the second time instead of repeating it again you strum the last shape 12 times. Got it? 
Its not really that tough just listen to the song.
    				                 	
Strum  4x    4x    4x    4x    4x    3x    3x repeat     		
   E---12----10----12-----8----10----15----13--------12---
   B---12----10----12-----8----10----15----13--------12---
   G---13-----9----13-----9----11----16----12--------13---
   D---14----10----14----10----12----17----15--------14---
   A---14----10----14----10----12----17----15--------14---
   E---12-----8----12-----8----10----15----13--------12---

Well that’s it. Sorry I don’t got it down perfectly but this tab puts the other one to shame so enjoy!