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Sisters - Steve Vai
First 15 bars, Tabbed by Mike Bremford
(based on May 1990 Guitar Player)
Notation:
Snap String - Pluck string upwards, let whack against guitar.|-----<------+ - Volume increase.|-----PM-----+ - Palm Muting
3h5 - Hammer on
5p3 - Pull off
3/(5) - Bend
(5)\3 - Release Bend
2/4 - Slide
<7> - Natural Harmonic
<5.17> - Tap harmonic - Fret at 5th fret, tap 17th fret quickly
Gadd9 Dadd9 Bm F Am Gadd9
E+---------------5-----------+---------------------------+B+-----3-----------5-----3---+----------------5-------3--+G+-------2---------------4---+------2-----------5-----2--+D+-----------------------4---+--------3------------------+A+----------3/5------0---2---+---------------------------+E+-0h3-----------------------+--0h1------3/5-------3--3--+
Gadd9 Dadd9 Bm F Am Gadd9 |----<--------+E+---------------5--------------------+-----------------------------------+B+-----3-----------5-----3------3-----+----------------5----3-3-3-3-3-3---+G+-------2---------------4------2h4p2-+------2-----------5--2-2-2-2-2-2---+D+-----------------------4--2h4-------+--------3--------------------------+A+----------3/5------0---2------------+-----------------------------------+E+-0h3--------------------------------+--0h1------3/5----5--3-3-3-3-3-3---+
Let Ring |--| +-- Snap StringE+---------------5--------------0---+---------------------------+-----------+B+-----3-----------5-----3--------0-+---------------5-------3---V-----------+G+-------2---------------4--2/4-----+-----2-----------5-----2p0-------------+D+-----------------------4----------+-------3-------------------2h3p2p0---0-+A+----------3/5------0---2----------+-----------------------------------3---+E+-0h3------------------------------+-0h1------3/5-------3------------------+
Snap String --+E+---------------5----------------------+-------------------------V-----------+B+-----3-----------5-----3--------------+--------------5-------3--------------+G+-------2---------------4--4/5---2-----+------2---------5-----2--2h4p2p0---0-+D+-----------------------4--4/5-2-2h4p2-+--------3------------------------0---+A+----------3/5------0---2--------------+-------------------------------------+E+-0h3----------------------------------+-0h1------3/5------3-----------------+
Gadd9 Dadd9 Bm7 Bm11 Bm7
E+---------------5-------2-----2--+-0-----0----------2------2-+B+-----3-----------5-----3-----3--+-2-------2--------2------2-+G+-------2---------------2-----2--+-2-------2--------2------2-+D+--------------------------------+---------------------------+A+----------3/5------0---2--------+-2-------------0--2------2-+E+-0h3----------------------------+-----------2-2-------------+
Bm11
E+-------0-------------+B+-------2----<7>------+G+-------2-------<7>---+D+---------------------+A+-------2-------------+E+---------------------+
Gadd9 Bm F C |-PM-|E+----------------------5p2---------+-----3p0-------------0-----------+B+-------3--------------3-----------+---------1-------------1-1-------+G+-------0h2--0-------4-------2/4\2-+-------------0h2p0-------0-------+D+-----0------------4---------------+-----------3-------------3-2-0---+A+----------------2---------2-------+---3---------------------------3-+E+-3--------------------------------+---------------------------------+
Em7 Gadd9 D A Tap HarmonicsE+-----0-----------------------------5-----+----------------------------------+B+-----3/5---3-0-------------------3---3---+-----7---------5---<5.17>---------+G+---0-----------2/(4)\2p02/4----0-------0-+-----7---------6---<5.17>---------+D+-----------------------------------------+-0---7---------7---<6.18>-<6.18>--+A+-----------------------------------------+----------0---------------<7.19>--+E+-0---------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
Cheers... Mike. (PS. I may post more when I learn how to play the rest... :-)