Frank Tab - Steve Vai






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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Vai - Rhythm clean electric'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Vai - Lead w/distortion'

Intro
  Q=124
 6/4
  Gtr I
  W.                E  E E  E  E E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E  E E E E E
|---------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------||-10--8-8-------8-6-5-5-------|-6--5-5-3-3-5-3--1-1---------|
|---------------||---------10-10---------7-7s5-|---------------------3-3-2---|
|---------------||--8--------------7-----------|-5------------3--------------|
|---------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
                    H.             H       Q     H.           H.


                                <
    |-3-|
  e s s s q  q  q  q  q    h    e e e e e e e e
|------------------------|-3--------------------||
|---------------1--------|-1--------------------||
|-2-3p2p0----0-----0-----|-0--------------------||
|---------3--------------|-3--------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------3--|------3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||


  gtr ii
        pm|   pm                pm----|                    pm----|
  e  e  e e e e h.        e  e  e e e e h    +e  e   e  e  e e e e h     q
|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-(5)---5-----5-------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5h=7--7-7---5-5-------|-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5----(5)s3-|-3-(3)---3-----3----(3)---|
|-----------------------|-5h=7--7-8-7-5-5----(5)s3-|-3h=5--5-5---3-3----(3)---|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------1----|


        pm----|                 pm    pm
  e  e  e e e e h.        e  e  e e e e h    e e
|-----------------------|--------------------8---|
|-----------------------|---------5------------8-|
|-----------------------|-5-(5)---5-----5--------|
|-3-(3)-3-3-3---3-------|-5h=7--7-7---5-5--------|
|-3h=5--5-6-5-3-3-------|------------------------|
|-------------1-1-------|------------------------|


        pm|
  e  e  e e e e q  +e  e  e   e
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-(5)---------4--(4)------------|
|-5-(5)-5-5-5---5--(5)------------|
|-5h=7--7-8-7-5-5--(5)-5-[7]s[5]--|
|---------------------------------|


        pm    pm                             pm       pm~
  e  e  e e e e h.        e e e s    +s  +e  e q  s s e q
|-----------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------3-----2-------|-3--------------------5-----------||
|-3-(3)---3-----3-------|-3--------------------3-----------||
|-3h=5--5-5---3-3-------|-3h5-5-5b6==(5)r(5)-3-3-----------||
|---------------1-------|-------------------------5s3-1-1--||


              pm                 pm    pm
  e  e  e e e e q  q  q    e  e  e e e e q  +e  e e e
|------------------------|----------------------3-3-3-|
|------------------------|----------------------3-3-3-|
|------------------0-----|----------------------------|
|-2h=3--3-3---2-3-----3--|-0h=2--2-2---3-2--(2)-------|
|-1-(1)-1-1---1-1--------|-3-(3)-3-3---3-3--(3)-------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|


        pm    pm
  e  e  e e e e e e e e a q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|---------------------0------|
|-2h=3--3-3-x-2-3-3s5---5s3--|
|-1-(1)-1-1-x-1-1------------|
|----------------------------|


        pm
                 |-3-|
  e  e  e q  e e s s s q  q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------------------------0--|
|-0h=2----2--3-2h3p2-0-------|
|-3-(3)-3-3------------3-----|
|----------------------------|


            pm                   pm
  e e e e e e q  a q  q    e  e  e e e e q  e e e e
|------------------------|------------------3s5-5s3-|
|------------------------|------------------3s5-5s3-|
|----------------3s5s=3--|--------------------------|
|-5s3---3-x-2-3--3s5s=3--|-0h=2----2---3-2----------|
|-3s1-1-1-x-1-1--1s3s=1--|-3-(3)-3-3---3-3----------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|


              pm           pm|   pm    pm                       pm|
  e  e  e e e e q  q  q    e e e e e e q  e e e e   e e e e e e e e a e e q
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------3s5s3---|-----------------4s5s3s5--|
|------------------0-----|-----------2----2s4s2p0-|-----------2-----2s4s2s4--|
|-2h=3----3-x-2-3-----3--|-----3---3--------------|-----3---3-----------------|
|-1-(1)-1-1-x-1-1--------|---3---0----------------|---3---0-------------------|
|------------------------|-1-----------3----------|-1-----------3-3-----------|


  pm    pm                                pm|
  e e e e e e q  a e e q     q   e e q  e e e e e e
|-------------------------|-------------------0-----|
|----------------3s5s3----|--------1------------1---|
|-----------2----2s4s2p0--|-(0)------0------0-----0-|
|-----3---3---------------|---------------2---------|
|---3---0-----------------|------3------0-----------|
|-1-----------3-----------|--1----------------------|


  h.      e  a      +s   +s   e  e  e  e
|-3--------------------------------10----|
|-3---------15b16==(15)r(15)s12p10----10-|
|-0--------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3--------------------------------------|


                      pm                    pm|
   a  e  e  a  q   e  e  e  e   s   s   e   e  e
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------12--------------10-----------------------|
|-12s14----14s12--10-------10-(10)(10)(10)-------|
|--------------------14--------14h=15p=14--12-10-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


                       <
       pm---|
  e  e e  e  e  e  q   e  e  q
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------13-13-13---||
|----9------------14--12-12-12---||
|-9-10-9-------10-----12-12-12---||
|--------12-10--------------------||
|---------------------------------||


   e   e   e  e e  e  q   +e   e  e  e
|--------------------------------15----|
|-13-(13)-13-13---13-13--(13)-------13-|
|-12h=14--14-14---12-12--(12)-12-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


           pm------|                               pm      pm
   e   e   e  e  e  e  q   +e   e  e  e    e   e   e  e e  e  q   +e   e  e  e
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------13----|
|---------------------------------------|-10h=11-----11------10--(10)-------13-|
|-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12--(12)----------|-10-(10)----10------10--(10)----------|
|-12h=14--14-15-14-12-12--(12)-12-14s12-|-10h=12--12-12---10-10--(10)-10-------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


   pm--------------|                           ~~~~
   e   e   e  e  e  e  e  s  s e  s      +s   +q
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10---------------------------|
|-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------|
|-10h=12--12-13-12-10-10---------------------------|
|------------------------12s10s8-10b12==(10)r(10)--|
|--------------------------------------------------|


                                                  pm------|       pm------------|
   e   e   e  e e  e  q   +e   e  e  e    e   e   e  e  e  e  q   s  s  e  s  s  e
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-13-(13)----13------13--(13)-18s15s13-|---------------------------------------------|
|-12h=14--14-14---12-12--(12)-17s14s12-|-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-12h=14--14-15-14-12-12--14s12-10-12s14-12---|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


           pm      pm     t
   e   e   e  e e  e  q   h
|----------------------------------|
|-10h=11-----11------10--10(22)----|
|-10-(10)----10------10--10(22)----|
|-10h=12--12-12---10-10--10(22)----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


                  /1
                                                 ~
   e   e   e  s  +s    +e   e  e  s  s s  s  a e q
|---------------------------------------------------||
|-10h=11-----11-(11)--(11)-10-----------------------||
|-10-(10)-10-10-(10)--(10)-10-10--------------------||
|-10h=12--12-12-(12)--(12)-10-10--------------------||
|--------------------------------12s10-8s10---------||
|-------------------------------------------12s8-8--||


                                                    pm          pm
  e  e   e  e e e  q   a  q   q     e   e   e  e e  e  q   +e   e e e
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------8---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------8---|
|-9h10--10-10---9-10--10s12--10--|--7h==9---9--9---10--9---(9)------9-|
|-8-(8)--8--8---8--8---8s10---8--|-10-(10)-10-10---10-10--(10)-10-----|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|


         pm-----|
  e  e   e  e e e  e  e  q   e  e
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-9h10--10-10---9-10-10s12s=10------|
|-8-(8)--8--8---8--8--8s10s==8h10---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


           pm                                                pm
                    |3-|
   e   e   e  q   e e  s s s  q  q    a a  e  e  e  e      e e  e  e  q   e  e
|--------------------------------8--|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------8--|------------------------------------------|
|--7h==9---9--9--10-9h10p9-7--------|-----12s10-10-10b10.5---9-10-10s14--10----|
|-10-(10)-10-10--------------10-----|-----10s=8--8--8b8.5----8--8--8s12---8h10-|
|-----------------------------------|---x--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-x----------------------------------------|


           pm|
   e   e   e  e e  e  e  e  e  e  q    a a  e  e  e  q   e  e  e  e  e  q
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----13s11-11-11--11-11-11s18-18------|
|--7h==9---9--9---12-12-10--9-10--9--|-----12s10-10-10---9-10-10s17-17------|
|-10-(10)-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--|-----10s=8--8--8---8--8--8s15-15------|
|------------------------------------|---x----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-x-------------------------------17--|


  e  e  e  a  e  e  e  q   a  q   e e
|-------------------------10s12--10s8-|
|------------------10-----10s12--10s8-|
|------10-------10--------------------|
|---10--------------------------------|
|-8-------10s12-------10--------------|
|-------------------------------------|


  e  e  e  a  e  e  e  e  e a a  a  e  e  a  q
|-------------------------------10s12s10-10s12---|
|---------------10--------------10s12s10-10s12---|
|------10----------10-----------------------------|
|---10------------------------x-------------------|
|-8-------10s12----12s10----x---------------------|
|------------------------10-----------------------|


  e  e  e  a  e  e  e  q   a  q   e e
|-------------------------10s12--10s8-|
|------------------10-----10s12--10s8-|
|------10-------10--------------------|
|---10--------------------------------|
|-8-------10s12-------10--------------|
|-------------------------------------|


                                   3/4
  q   e  e  q   a  q   e  e  e  e    q    q    e   e
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------10---------------10-------|-------------------|
|----------10---------------10----|------------|
|----10---------------10-------10-|----------------|
|-8------------10s12--------------|-10----------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|


 6/4
                 PM
   E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|------19s17s15-------13----------------|
|------------15h17----17-15s13----13-|
|------------------------------16----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


                              PM|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  S  S  E  E  E  E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-16p14----14-------14-------------------|
|-------17----17-15-14h15p14-------------|
|----------------------------17-15-14s12-|
|----------------------------------------|


                                        T      T              T     T     T
   E  E  E  Q   E  Q   E E E E   Q  +E  Q      E     +Q   +E  E     E     E
|-------10---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|----------10------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------12-------|-7--(7)-----------------------------------------|
|----12--------12s10--10-------|-7--(7)-----------------------------------------|
|-10---------------8-----8s7s5-|-5--(5)--------7(19)-(7)--(7)-------7(19)-------|
|------------------------------|--------5(17)-----------------5(17)-------8(20)-|


  T     T     T     T     T     T
  E     E     E     E     E     E     +H.
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------5(17)--------------||
|-------------------5(17)-------5(17)-(5)----||
|-7(19)-------7(19)--------------------------||
|-------5(19)--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  Gtr II
                         1/
  H.            H       +Q        +W.
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------()--|-()------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E  E E E Q   +H.                 W.
|----------3---(3)------------|-^--1--------------|
|----------3---(3)------------|-^--1--------------|
|--------0--------------------|-^--3--------------|
|------0----------------------|-^--3--------------|
|----2------------------------|-^--1--------------|
|-3---------------------------|-^--1--------------|


                           /0.5   1/                                          1
  H.           Q    +E    +E      +Q       +W.                +Q     Q    Q    +H.
|---------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|---------------()----|
|---------------()-()---()--|-()------------|-()---------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E  E E E Q  +H.                           W.                 E   E E E  Q    +H.
|----------1--(1)-----------------------|-^-3--------------|--------------1----(1)-----|
|----------1--(1)-----------------------|-^-0--------------|--------------1----(1)-----|
|--------2------------------------------|-^-0--------------|-----------3---------------|
|------3--------------------------------|-^-0--------------|---------3-----------------|
|----3----------------------------------|-^-2--------------|-------1-------------------|
|-1-------------------------------------|-^-3--------------|---1-----------------------|