Freak Show Excess (ver2) Tab - Steve Vai






Freak show excess
Transcribbed by: Max La Menace

In the solo 2 the tremolo bar never go up (above your tuning) so sometimes, you have to
the tremolo bar down before playing the note and then you pick it and you go up with the
we will see it). I didn't write the big solo at the end because it isn't important for 
song ( he improvised I think so you can do what you want there!)

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

intro grrr...

Intro
|-----||------------------------------------------------||
|-----||------------------------------------------------||
|-----||*----------------------------------------------*||
|-----||*-2---2-x-2---2--------------2-x-2---2-x-x-x-x-*||
|-----||--0---0-x-0---0--------------0-x-0---0-x-x-x-x--||
|-14-||----3-------3---0-3b-0-3-0-3-------3------------||


fig 1
||---------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------7/-|-9h10p9s7h9p7--------------------------------||
||-------------------8-|-8s10s7h8p7--------------------------|--------------------|--------------10-8-/12-10-10-10s8-6----------||
||*------------6-7-9---|------------9-7-9s11p9-9-------------|-----------6-7-9----|------------------------------------9-7-7h9-*||
||*-7-5b6r5-7---------|-------------------------9-7------7-|-7-5b6r5-7----------|--------------------------------------------*||
||---------------------|------------------------------10-9---|--------------------|---------------------------------------------||
||---------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------||


fig.2                                                           PM--|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------15------------------|-----------------------------10-|
|-12-[11b12r11]----10------------12-|-7-9-7s9s6h7p6-------------6----|
|---------------------12-11trill----|---------------8-7-5-7--8-------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                                 ~~
|-----------------------------------|-12-[12]p10-12-10--------------------------------|
|-15-[14b15r14]---------------------|------------------13-11----------13b14-11--------|
|---------------15-14h15p14s12-14---|------------------------12-10-10----------12-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

repeat fig.1 x1  (no two bars)

fig.2 x1


fig.3                                                           T          T          T
|-13h15p13-------------------------------------------------8h12h15p12p8h12h15p12p8h12h15p12p8-|
|----------15p13-15p13----15s10-8s6-6s8s6-------------8-10------------------------------------|
|----------------------14-----------------7-5---5s7h9-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------7-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-13p10h13p10----10----------------------------------|
|-------------13----13-10----10----10----------------|
|-------------------------12----12----12-10----------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10----|
|-------------------------------------------------13-|
|----------------------------------------------------|


end 1
PM-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------------5------8-----|
|-----------2---2-6------6-------|
|--------2-----------------------|
|----0-4-------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------|

fig.3 with end 2

end 2

|-------------7-7--9-9--20-20--20-20--20-20--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10--|
|----------6---------------------------------10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10--|
|--------7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0-4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


fig 4.  clean
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----3p0-----5-------3p0-----5-|-----3p0-----5--------3p0-----5--|
|-0h5-----0h4-----0h5-----0h4---|-0h5-----0h4-----0h1------0h4----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

solo

|-----------------------------------21-21s10-9-------------10----------|
|--15s10--10s14-17s14-/17-15-14s17-------------11-10-11-10----11-10----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-18--(18)------------------------18---(18)----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----22b23p20----20-23p22h23p22-20----22s23p22p20-18-20-18-------------------------------------/15p14h15p14-|
|-------------22-------------------------------------------21p19-19s22p21h22p21-19-21s19-18-19--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------14s17s15s(14)-----------------------------------------------14-15-|
|-15-14-15----------------15-14-15-14-----------------------------14-15-------|
|-------------------------------------17-14-----------------14-17-------------|
|-------------------------------------------17-13----13--17-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------17--------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------10----------10----------10----------11----------11----------11-------11-------|
|----14b15r14-----13b15r13----14b15r14----13b15r13----15b16r15----14b16r14----15b16----15b16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-------------------11-14-15b17r15p14-11-14-11p10-[11p10]-------------10-------|
|----14b16r14r14r14-14---------------------------------------13h14-14b15----13b14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                       ~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------------------------11s15h17-15s14-15-17-19b21r19-17-17b18r17b18r17-|
|----13b14----13b14b16======r[14b16]--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                               ~~~
|----------------------------------------15b17----------------15-17-16b17b18---|
|-18r17-15-14-15-17-18b20-17-15-14-15-18-------18-15-14-15-18------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


fig 5.
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-18b21r18p17-18p17-18-18s21s18-18s21s18-18s21s18p17-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|-18b22r18p17-18p17-18-18s22s18-18s22s18-18s22s18p17-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|-18b20r18p17-18p17-18-18s20s18-18s20s18-18s20s18p17-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|-18b22r18p17-18p17----------|
|-------------------20-19b20-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

     T           T           T           T           T
|-17h22p17p15h17h20p17p15h17h22p17p15h17h20p17p15h17h22p17p15h17-20b22r20b21-pb22p17--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-18-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

           T     T              T     T              T     T           T           T
     T           T
|-15h17p15h20p18h20p18p15h17p15h20p18h20p18p15h17p15h20p18h20p18p17p15-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------20p19p17p15-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------19p17p15p14-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19p17p15p14-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19p16-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


fig.6
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18---------------18b20r18----------------17b18r17-----------------------------------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----17p14----------14--|
|----------------------19----------------------19----------------------19-------18-15-18-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                                         
~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18---------------18b20r18----------------20b22r20-18----18--------------------------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----------------19----19-17-19-17--------------|
|----------------------19----------------------19-------------------------------19-17--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-17--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18---------------18b20r18----------------17b18r17-----------------------------------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----17p14----------14--|
|----------------------19----------------------19----------------------19-------18-15-18-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18---------------18b20r18----------------20b22r20-18----18-------15b17r15--------15-------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----------------19----19-17----------17-14-----17-14-|
|----------------------19----------------------19--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13b15b13-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14-12-14-12----12b14r12-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------15----------15-12-15-12----12b14r12-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------15-----------15-12-15-12----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------16-|

|-----------------------------------13-|
|----------------------13-------15-----|
|----------13-------13-------12--------|
|----12-15-------15-------12-----------|
|-------------13-----------------------|
|-15-----------------------------------|

fig. 7
|------------------18-20-20b22-18----18-------|-----------------18-20-20b22-18----18---------|
|--21b23--21-20-21----------------21----21-20-|-21b23--21-20-21----------------21----21-20---|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------18-20-20b22-18----18----18-20b22-18----18----18-20b22-18----18----18-21b23r21p18-|
|-21b23--21-20-21----------------21----21-------------21----21-------------21----21----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

          ~~~
|----18----18-21b23r21p18----18----18-21b23r21p18----18----18-21b23r21p18----18----18-23b25--|
|-21----21----------------21----21----------------21----21----------------21----21-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

fig.8A         PM              PM                 PM                 PM-|
|-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----||-----9--------7-x-----9-----------x-----9--------7------------------|
|-----||-----9--------7-x-----9-----------x-----9--------7------------------|
|-----||-----7--------5-x-----7--5-5-4----x-----7--------5--5/75/75-------|
|-13-||-0-7----5-5-7-----0-7----------3----0-7----5-5-7--------------5-3-0-|


Solo 2  with wah-wah

      /1  /1    1   /1   1   /1           ~~~ 1   /1        1/