Joe Satriani - The Headless Horseman guitar tab
The Headless Horseman by Joe Satriani, TAB'd by Arash Arjmandi (www.arshx.com)
Here is the tap-o-rama song Headless Horseman by Joe Satriani from
the excellent album "Not Of This Earth"
Joe recorded this song on a bass guitar I believe (Yes, I know you seen him
playing it on an electric in "Satch Tapes" but there you go :) The whole song
follows a basic pattern - I didn't put which hand you are meant to tap with
because ti would make my TAB look messy and basically there's one rule - all
12th fret taps are right handed, others are left (unless your left handed then
vice versa)
I'd say learn the song in your head so you can practice without refering back to
the TAB and you can just concentrate on your method. Good luck - please email me
any requests, corrections - thanks are always welcome :) All my TAB is available
from my Satriani TAB page at http://www.sonic.net/mork/satriani.html,
the best Satriani TAB resource on the net - keep watching!
Last of all thanks to Joe, thanks for your music :)
Frank (Mork) - mork@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/mork/satriani.html
The Headless Horseman by Joe Satriani
Play bar 4 Times
P P P P
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--5---------5---------5---------5---------|
S/S (see note later)
H P P P P
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|o-----------------------------------------------|
D|o-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0----|
E|---7--8---------5---------3---------5-----------|
H P P P P
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0----|
E|--7--8---------5---------3---------5-----------|
H P P H P P
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------12--0------12--0--------12--0-----12--0--|
E|--7--8---------10---------7--8---------5---------|
1.|-------------------------------------------|
P P P P
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------o|
D|-------------------------------------------o|
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0----|
E|--3---------3---------5---------5-----------|
2.|-----------------------------------------
P P P P
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--3---------3---------5---------5---------|
Play bar Twice
H P P P P
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
A|--7--8---------5---------3---------3---------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
H P P H P P
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------12--0------12--0--------12--0-----12--0--|
A|--7--8---------10---------7--8---------5---------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0------------|
A|--2---------2---------3---------3--12--0--|
E|------------------------------------------|
Play bar Twice
H P P P P
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0----|
E|--7--8---------5---------3---------5-----------|
H P P H P P
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------12--0------12--0--------12--0-----12--0--|
E|--7--8---------10---------7--8---------5---------|
P P P P
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0------------|
E|--3---------3---------5---------5--12--0--|
H P P P P
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--5--7---12--0---7---12--0---5---12--0---3---12--0--|
P P P P
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------12--0--|
A|-------------------------7---------7---------|
E|--5---12--0---7---12--0-----12--0------------|
P P P P
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--7/10---12--0---9---12--0---7---12--0---5---12--0--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
P P H P H P
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7---12--0---9---12--0---6--7---12--0---6--7---12--0--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
H P H P H P H P
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|--6--7---12--0---6--7---12--0---6--7---12--0---6--7---12--0--
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
H P H P
E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D--6--7---12--0---6--7---------|
A-----------------------12--0--|
E------------------------------|
Play bar Twice
H P P P P
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--------12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--7--8---------5---------3---------5---------|
H P P H P P
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------12--0------12--0--------12--0-----12--0--|
E|--7--8---------10---------7--8---------5---------|
Second time, go to Coda
P P P P
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--3---------3---------5---------5---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------|
Play next 2 bars four times
P P P P
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------4---------------------|
A|-----12--0---3---12--0-----12--0---3---12--0--|
E|--2-------------------------------------------|
P P H P P P
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0---5--0--3--0-----12--0-----12--0-----|
E|--2----------------------5---------5------------|
Play bar twice
P P H P P P
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0---5--0--3--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--5----------------------5---------5---------|
After this bar, go back to place marked S/S at the beginning, repeat
all the way through until you get to "Second time go to Coda" note -
then skip to Coda section - got it? :)
P P H P P P P P
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0---5--0--3--0------12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--5-----------------------5---------5---------5---------5---------|
Coda
Play next two bars 4 times
H P H P H P P
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------5---------|
A|--6--7---12--0---5--6---12--0---3--5---12--0-----12--0--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
P P P P
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0---3---12--0-----12--0-----12--0------|
E|--3---------------------5---------5-------------|
Play next bar three times
P P P P
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0---3---12--0-----12--0-----12--0------|
E|--3---------------------5---------5-------------|
Play next bar twice
P P P P
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|
E|--3---------3---------3---------3---------|
E|------------------------------------------|-----||
B|------------------------------------------|-----||
G|------------------------------------------|-----||
D|------------------------------------------|-----||
A|-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0-----12--0--|-----||
E|--5---------5---------5---------5---------|--5--||
Done? Good now go get band aid's for all your fingers :)
"But I like it!" - Big Bad Moon
Frank (Mork) - mork@sonic.net http://www.sonic.net/mork/satriani.html
Key
P - Pull-off: Place both fingers on the notes to be sounded. Strike the
first note and without picking, pull the finger off to sound the second
(lower) note.
H - Hammer-on: Strike the first (lower) note, then sound the higher note
with another finger by fretting it withot picking.
/ - Slide: Strike the first note and then slide the same fretted finger
up or down to the second note.
A.Arjmandi
