Steve Vai – Crossroad tab

the opening measure begins on the second 1/4 of the 4th beat.
All notes in this passage are 1/16th's unless otherwise noted.

--------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-repeat----2-4-2--|-5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--|-measure----------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--3x's------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------- Ritard here in the 4th bar.
( Am )-----|-----------------------8--12-8--------------------------------------|-------------------10-----------10------------------------------2---|-------------5--9-------------------9--5----------------------------|----------7-------------------------------7-------------------------|--------7------------------------------------5----------------------|--5--8------------------------------------------8--------------
( E7 ) --------------------------7-----------------------------------------------------------------9-----9--------------------------------------------------------7--9-----------9--7--------------------------------------------6--9-----------------------9--6--------------------------------5--7-----------------------------------7--5-----------------------7------------------------------------------------------------------
( A7 ) -------------------------5--------------------------------------------------------------5--8-----8--5-----------------------------------------------------6------------------6-------------------------------------------5--7-------------------------7--5---------------------------------7--------------------------------------7-----------------------5--9--------------------------------------------9-------------------
( Dm )----------------------------10---13---10----------------------------------------------------10-----------------10----------------------------------------7--10--------------------------10--7------------------------------7----------------------------------------7--------------------5---8-------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------------------------------------10---8------
( G# dim7 ) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9---12---9-------------------------------------------------------10---------------10--7----------------------------------------9--12----------------------------9---6------------------------8--11-------------------------------------------8-------------7--10------------------------------------------------------7--------
( Am ) ----------------------------------------5-------8--------12----8---16--------------------------------5-----------5-------10--------------------------------------5------------5-----------------------------------------------7------------7----------------------------------------------7------------7---------------------------------------------------5-------8----------------------------------------------------------the G here at the end of the line (16) is a measure itself... 1 wholenote...
Am E7 Am --------------------------------------17--15--13--------------------------13--17--13-------15--17--15--13--------------17--15--13----------14---------------16-------------------------------------------16-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------repeat measure
A Dm ------------------17--15--13--------------19--17--15----------------- -----14---17--14--------------17--14--15--------------18--17--15------14---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G C ------------------------------------17--15-----------------------------------15------18--17--15------------------18--17--15-------------------16------16--------------16--17----------------------17--16-------17-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F G#dim7 Adim---------------------------------------------------------17---------------------------18--17--15--------------18------------------16-----------14--17--14--------------17------16------19--17-------------------15------------------------------18------------------19--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E
----16-------14---------12---------10---------9--------7----5----4---17-----17-15-----15--14-----14--12-----12--10----10--9---9-7--7-5---5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-7--4-----0--7--4--------0--7--4--------0---7--4------0---------------------5------------5----------------5------------5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Repeat 1x
-7--4-----0--14--11------0--17--14------0--12--9------0---------------------5-------------12-------------15------------10-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Repeat 3x
-19--16------0--7--4-----0--17--14------0--5--2-----0-------------------------17-----------5-------------15-----------3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat 1x
-22--19-------0---10--7------0---20---17-------0--8--5------0------------------20--------------8---------------18------------6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Repeat 1x
22--19--16------19--16-----------------------------------------------------------18----------18----------18-----------------------------------------------------------19--16------19----16------------------------------------------------------------------------18----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19---16-------------16---------------------------------------------------------18---15-------18---15--------18---15------------15-------------------------------------------17-------------17---14------17-14----------------------------------------------------------------------16
----------|----------|--------|-------------------12---------------------------|----------|--------|---------5-----------------------------------2--|----------|--------|------------9--------------------------------2--|---2------|--------|------2-----------------14-------------------0--|---2------|--------|---7------------------------------------17------|---0--0---|---0----|-----------------------------0--------
(1/2 notes) 1/4 dot 1/2 1/2 2/4 time 1/4- 1/8s rest of bar
--24---|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------9--10--12-----------------|--------------------------------7--9--10----------------------------|-------------------6--7--9--10--------------------------------------|----------5--7--8---------------------------------------------------|-5--7--8-----------------------------------------------------dot1/2 1/16ths again here...1/4 rest
-----10--12--13--16--17--19--20--22---24---24---24------29------------13------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------tricky here... the first 8 notes are 1/16ths...the next four are 1/8thsritard for the 1/8ths... then 29 ...(which is not available on most necks)is played by fretting the string against the bridge position pick-upon a Tele.. type guitar...(I cant get it on my Ibanez Sabre)
Well thats it.... I hope you find it enjoyable to play and instructional to learn.... I think that my 10 years as a guitar teacher have put me in a position where I feel I can contribute more to this group by using my experience to answer questions and prepare lessons..(in tab form of course) So I will continue to do this until someone tells me I'm waisting my time or the net's bandwidth..:)
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