Vai Steve

Vai Steve - Rescue Me Or Bury Me guitar tab

Okay, the majority of Vai requests have been for this song. Although I

must disagree with those who think that this and "Touching Tongues" are the

best songs on the album; what about "Sex & Religion" or "Survive"? Those

songs kick ass!

I didn't tab "Touching Tongues" because the rhythm track requires a 7-

string guitar, and the lead requires delay and a WHAMMY pedal. I don't

think the average guitarist has those things handy. :)

Anyway, all you need for this song is an acoustic guitar, an eletric

guitar, and a hell of a lot of patience! Some of the chords are a pain in

the ass (or should I say fingers?).

Some notes on the way I do ascii tab: "p" - pull-off

"h" - hammer-on

"v"s in front of a chord - upstroke

"nh" - natural harmonic

Rescue Me or Bury Me

by Steve Vai

Tab by Dave Whitehill for Hal Leonard Corp.

||---0-------0-----0-----|---------------------|---------0-------|

||-0---0-------0-----0---|-------------------3-|-3/5p3-----3-----|

||-4-----4-------------4-|-0---------------2---|p0-----5-----5-4-|

||-7-------7-----7-------|-0-----7\\5-----0-----|-----------------|

||-5---------------------|-5-------------------|-----------------|

||-3---------------------|-3-3/5-----0h3-------|-----------------|

----0-----------0---------||-------0-------------0-----------------|

--3---3-------3---3-------||-----3---3---------1---1---------------|

--------0---0-------0-----||---0-------0-----0-------0-------------|

5---------4-----------4h5-||\\3-----------3-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p0-|

--------------------------||---------------------------------------|

--------------------------||---------------------------------------|

--3---0---------|-----0-----------------|---------|

--3-----3-------|-3-----3---------------|-----3---|

--0-------0-----|-0-------0-------------|-----0---|

------------0---|-0---------0-----------|-----2---|

3-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p|-0---0---|

----------------|-----------------------|---------|

nh nh nh nh

0---------------------|--v0---0-|-----5---------------7-------12---|

--3-------------------|--v1---1-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|

----0-----------------|--v2p0-0-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|

------2---------------|--v3---3-|-------------5--------------------|

--------0-3-2h3p2p0---|---------|-2/3---3-5/7---7-5-5---5/7/8----8-|

--------------------3-|-1-------|----------------------------------|

nh nh nh nh nh nh

------7---------------------------------------|-----------7---------||

------7-----------12--------------------------|---------------------||

------7----------------------12---------------|---7---------------0-||

---------------------------------------12-----|---------------------||

10-10---8-------------------------------------|---------------------||

----------10-9/10----12\\10-8----10\\8-7----8\\7-|-5---7\\5p3---5\\3-1---||

It gets really orchestrated and complex after this.

If all you really wanted was the intro, there it is. If you want more,

ask me nicely.

Augmentations/Questions/CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism welcome!

Good luck,

Paul D. pdmytrewycz@music.transy.edu

OR

pauld@worf.transy.edu

From alt.guitar.tab Sat Jan 14 19:11:15 1995

Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature

'Lo all,

Okay, the majority of Vai requests have been for this song. Although I

must disagree with those who think that this and "Touching Tongues" are the

best songs on the album; what about "Sex & Religion" or "Survive"? Those

songs kick ass!

I didn't tab "Touching Tongues" because the rhythm track requires a 7-

string guitar, and the lead requires delay and a WHAMMY pedal. I don't

think the average guitarist has those things handy. :)

Anyway, all you need for this song is an acoustic guitar, an eletric

guitar, and a hell of a lot of patience! Some of the chords are a pain in

the ass (or should I say fingers?).

Some notes on the way I do ascii tab: "p" - pull-off

"h" - hammer-on

"v"s in front of a chord - upstroke

"nh" - natural harmonic

Rescue Me or Bury Me

by Steve Vai

Tab by Dave Whitehill for Hal Leonard Corp.

||---0-------0-----0-----|---------------------|---------0-------|

||-0---0-------0-----0---|-------------------3-|-3/5p3-----3-----|

||-4-----4-------------4-|-0---------------2---|p0-----5-----5-4-|

||-7-------7-----7-------|-0-----7\\5-----0-----|-----------------|

||-5---------------------|-5-------------------|-----------------|

||-3---------------------|-3-3/5-----0h3-------|-----------------|

----0-----------0---------||-------0-------------0-----------------|

--3---3-------3---3-------||-----3---3---------1---1---------------|

--------0---0-------0-----||---0-------0-----0-------0-------------|

5---------4-----------4h5-||\\3-----------3-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p0-|

--------------------------||---------------------------------------|

--------------------------||---------------------------------------|

--3---0---------|-----0-----------------|---------|

--3-----3-------|-3-----3---------------|-----3---|

--0-------0-----|-0-------0-------------|-----0---|

------------0---|-0---------0-----------|-----2---|

3-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p|-0---0---|

----------------|-----------------------|---------|

nh nh nh nh

0---------------------|--v0---0-|-----5---------------7-------12---|

--3-------------------|--v1---1-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|

----0-----------------|--v2p0-0-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|

------2---------------|--v3---3-|-------------5--------------------|

--------0-3-2h3p2p0---|---------|-2/3---3-5/7---7-5-5---5/7/8----8-|

--------------------3-|-1-------|----------------------------------|

nh nh nh nh nh nh

------7---------------------------------------|-----------7---------||

------7-----------12--------------------------|---------------------||

------7----------------------12---------------|---7---------------0-||

---------------------------------------12-----|---------------------||

10-10---8-------------------------------------|---------------------||

----------10-9/10----12\\10-8----10\\8-7----8\\7-|-5---7\\5p3---5\\3-1---||

It gets really orchestrated and complex after this.

If all you really wanted was the intro, there it is. If you want more,

ask me nicely.

Augmentations/Questions/CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism welcome!

Good luck,

Paul D. pdmytrewycz@music.transy.edu

OR

pauld@worf.transy.edu

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