Racer X - Blowin Up The Radio guitar tab
BLOWIN? UP THE RADIO
As recorded by Racer X
(From the 1986 Album STREET LETHAL)
Words by Jeff Martin
Music by Paul Gilbert
Arranged by Racer X
Transcribed by Peter Lidstr?m
Intro Riff
Furious Metal Q=272
G/E G5/E GsusG/E Gsus4/EF#b5/E#
4/4
Gtr I
~~~
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------4-----7-|-(7)--5---4--|-5------5-|-(5)----|
|-------5-----5-|-(5)--5---5--|-5s==4--4-|-(4)----|
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-0-0-0---0-0---|-------------|----------|--------|
G/E G5/E GsusG/E Csus2/E D/F#
~~~
|----------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------------------------|
|-------------8--|------3---3--|-3--------3--|-(3)------------------|
|-------7-----7--|-(7)--2---4--|-5\-------2--|-(2)------------------|
|-------5-----5--|-(5)---------|----------0--|-(0)---------------------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0----|-------------|------2--(2)-|-(2)---------------------------|
G/E G5/E GsusG/E Gsus4/EF#b5/E#
~~~ PM---|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-------------------|
|-------4-----7--|-(7)--5---4--|-5------5-|-(5)---------------|
|-------5-----5--|-(5)--5---5--|-5s==4--4-|-(4)---------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0----|-------------|----------|--------15-17-19---|
(E5)
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------16----------------|
|-------------------16----------------|-16-17-19-16-17-19----19-17-16-17-19-|
|-15-17-19-15-17-19----19-17-15-17-19-|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------| ~~
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-16----16----------------16----|-16----------------16----|
|----19----19-17-16-17-19----19-|----19-17-16-17-19-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
Pre-solo Breakdown
N.C.(Em) E5
PM------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0-|---2h5p2p0--2--2--|
|---------2---------2---------|-0----------2--2--|
|-----------------------------|------------0--0--|
E5
PM----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-[2]h5p2p0---2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0-|---2h5p2p0---2----|
|-----------0---------0---------|-0---------0-2----|
|-------------------------------|-------------0----|
E5
PM------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0-|---2h5p2p0--2--2--|
|---------0---------0---------|-0----------2--2--|
|-----------------------------|------------0--0--|
|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
|------------0---|---------0----|
|--------7-------|-----7--------|
|-4s=7-----------|-5------------|
|----------------|--------------|
Guitar Solo
C#m
Gtr II
~
|---------------|--------|--------------------|-9---------11p9----9----|
|---------------|--------|-9-------12p10p9----|---12p10p9------12------|
|----------7s9--|-8------|----11-9---------11-|------------------------|
|-2s=5--7-------|--------|--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|--------|--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|--------|--------------------|------------------------|
A
|-12-11h12p11p9----9------------------|
|---------------12---12p10h12p10p9----|
|----------------------------------11-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~
|------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-9----------------------|-----------|---------17h19h21---|
|---11p9p8h9h11p9p8----8-|-9s=====21-|-(21)---------------|
|-------------------11---|-----------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
C#m
|-17h19h21p19p17----17-21b23=====|=21r21p19p17----17-------------------------|
|----------------21--------------|-------------21----21-19h21p19p17s16h17h19-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-16h17h19p17p16----16---------------------|
|----------------19----19-17h19p17p16------|
|-------------------------------------18---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
(C#m) A
|-----16h21p16s14h16h17p16-14----14----|-----------14-16h17p16p14----------|
|-16--------------------------17----17-|-14--14-17----------------17-16-14-|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16-14-13----------------13-14-16-14-13----|
|----------16-14-13-14-16-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
(A) C#m
~ PM--------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|-16-14-13S11---------------------|---------------|-------------6--------------|
|-------------14-12-11------------|-----------x/--|-6-7-9-6-7-9---9-7-6-7-9----|
|----------------------14-12-11S9-|-9-------------|----------------------------|
(C#m)
PM--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-6---6-----------6---|-6-----------6h8p6---6-9----|
|-6-7-9-6-7-9---9-7-6-7-9-|---9---9-7-6-7-9---9-|---9-7-6-7-9-------9--------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
A
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-8h9p8p6---6-8b9===(8)r(8)b9==(8)r|
|---------9------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------7-------------|-------7-----------------|
|----7h8h9---9-8h9p8p7---|-7h8h9---9-8h9p8p7-7-----|
|-8--------------------9-|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
(A) C#m
~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-7--(7)b9===(7)-(7)r-----|-10p9---------------|
|-------------------------|------11-9-8-9----8-|
|-------------------------|---------------11---|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------x/--|--------------------|
|--------------12-------------------|
|-----12h14h16----16p14p12h14h16----|
|-9/--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
(C#m)
|-12h14p12----12-16-14h16p14p12----12-|-14b16---------------|
|----------16-------------------16----|---------\(11)-----x-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------x---|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
A
|-11h14p11s9h11h12p11p9----9-----------|
|-----------------------12---12-10h====|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
(A)
~
|------------------------------|---------------------------|------|
|-12p10p9----------------------|---------------------------|------|
|---------11-8h9h11p9p8s6---6--|-6---6---------------------|------|
|-------------------------9----|---9---9p7p6h7h9p7p6-------|------|
|------------------------------|---------------------9-7-6S|=4----|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|------|
Interlude
Cmaj7 Bm7
\1/
~~~~ ~~~
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|------12-|-(12)--(12)------|-8p===7----|-----------|
|-9-------|--------------x--|---------7-|-(7)--(7)--|
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
Bbmaj7+11 Am7
\1/ \6
|-----------|--------|-----|-()----()------|
|-8p===6----|--------|---------|-----------------------|
|---------7-|-(7)----|---------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------|---------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------|---------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------|---------|-----------------------|
Abmaj7 Gm7
\1/
~~~ ~~~
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------8--|-(8)---(8)------------|--4p===3-------|---------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------x----|------------3--|--(3)---(3)----|
|-x/------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
Gbmaj7+11 Fm7
\1/ \1/
T
|---------------|------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|--4p===2-------|------------|------------------------|------------19p=13h=15h=17----|
|------------3--|--(3)-------|--[1]----([1])---([1])--|------------------------------|
|---------------|---------x--|------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|------------|------------------------|--3s===13---------------------|
Guitar Break
N.C.(Em)
T T T T
|-19p14h15-19p15p14----19p14h17-19p15h17p15p14p|
|-------------------17-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
T T T T
|-12--------------------------------------------------|
|----h17-19p17-19p15h17p15-15p12h15-16p15-------------|
|-----------------------------------------19p16h20----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
T T T
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-15h16-19p15h16p15p14-15p14h16p12-14p12-14p9h|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
T T T
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-11-14p9h11p9--9h11-14p11h12p9--|-9p7h9-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------h10-(10)h14p9h10p9p7s9h12-14p10h====|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
T T
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-12p10p9--------------------------|
|---------h12-14p12-14p10-(10)p9p7h|
|----------------------------------|
T
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|-9h10-9h10p9-----9h12-14p9h10h12p10p9-|-------------*|
|-------------h12----------------------|-h12\--------*|
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
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
