Steve Vai - Blowfish guitar tab
This song is played with a double pitchshifter, one pitch is one octave
below and the other is one octave above. I think it is played straight
through a Digitech 2101 with loads of compression.
pickslides riff A---> b1
|-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------
|-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------
|-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------
|-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------
|-----------|---3-4-5-3---3-4-5-3---|---3-4-5-3---3-5----------|---3-4-5-3----
|-x--x--x|-5---------5---------5-|-5---------5------3-(5)-5-|-5------------
b2 b2 b1
-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|----
-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|----
-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|----
-------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------9-|----
--3-5----5-(7)-3---|---3-5-(7)-5-3---3-5-------|-----------------------7-|----
5-----3----------5-|-5-------------5-----3-(5)-|-0-3-4-5-3-0-3-4-5-3-0---|----
b2 b2
--------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------
--------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------
--------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------
--------------------|---5-6-7-5---5-7---7-(9)-5---|---------------------------
------------5-5-5-7-|-7---------7-----5---------7-|-----------------5-5-5-5---
0-3-4-5-3-0-5-5-5-7|-----------------------------|-0-3-5-(7)-5-3-0-5-5-5-----
b1 b2
-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---
-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---
-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---
-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---
--3---3-4-5-3-------3-4-5-3---3-5----------|---3-4-5-3---3-5----5-(7)-3---|---
----5---------5---5---------5------3-(5)-5-|-5---------5-----3----------5-|---
b1 End RiffA b1 b1 b1
------------------------------||----------------------------------------------
------------------------------||----------------------------------------------
------------------------------||*-2-2-------2-----2-2-------2-----2-2---------
------------------------------||*-2-2-------2-----2-2-------2-----2-2---------
--3-5-(7)-5-3---3-5-----------||--0-0-------0-x-x-0-0-------0-x-x-0-0---------
5-------------5-----3-(4)-(5)-||------3-(5)-----------3-(5)-----------3-(5)---
Part1---->
b1 b1 rb
---------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------
------3-3------||-10---10-10-8-10---------------|-12-(13)-12-10---------3-3---
2-----2-2-0-0-*||-------------------2-2-------2-|---------------12-12---2-2---
2-----0-0-0-0-*||-------------------2-2-------2-|-----------------------0-0---
0-x-x-----2-2--||-------------------0-0-------0-|-----------------------------
----------3-3--||-----------------------3-(5)---|-----------------------------
b2 b1 b1 rb
----|-------------------------------------|-14-(15)-14p12---------------------
----|-13-15-15-(17)-13-13-----------------|---------------13--------3-3-------
0-0-|-------------------------2-2-------2-|------------------12-----2-2-0-0---
0-0-|-------------------------2-2-------2-|-------------------------0-0-0-0---
2-2-|-------------------------0-0-------0-|-----------------------------2-2---
3-3-|-----------------------------3-(5)---|-----------------------------3-3---
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----/14-14-12-14-15-14h15p14p12----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------12/14--------------------------------------
|-4---------------------------------------/16-14h16p14-12-14/16-12-14--------
|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------14-12---
|-2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b2
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------
|/14-14-12-14-15/17-17-15-17-(19)~~~-|----------------------------------------
|------------------------------------|----------------------12----------------
|------------------------------------|-14----------12-14-------12-13-14-------
|------------------------------------|----12-13-14-------14-------------------
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------
Play half Riff A and then
repeat Part1 with wha.
End Part1. Then there is a solo-bit
I won't Tab!After the solo
comes the following:
---16-17-18-19/22-22-22-22-22-22---|----------------------------|------------
17---------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-2~~~-4-2---
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------10~~~-12-10-12/14---10/17~~~-17-(19)~~~-17------------------------
4/6---2/9------------------------------------------------14/16--/16-14-14-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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NH:---------------------------------|
--------19-----------------|-12----7---5-----7---5-----------------|----------
17-(19)----17--------------|----12---7---5-----7---5-----5---------|----------
----------------14/16--/16-|-------------------------5-----5-------|----------
---------------------------|---------------------------5-----5-----|----------
---------------------------|-----------------------------------5---|----------
---------------------------|-------------------------------------5-|----------
