Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
INTRO
Q=100
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|-7-------9-------|-7-------9-------|-7-------9-------|-7-------9-------|
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|
|-9-------9-------|-9-------9-------|-9-------9-------|-9-------9-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---4---4---4-0-4-|---4---4---4-0-4-|---4---4---4-0-4-|---4---4---4-0-4-|
|-5---5---4-------|-5---5---4-------|-5---5---4-------|-5---5---4-------|
|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|
|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---4---4---4-0-4-|---4---4---4-0-4-|
|-7-------9-------|-7-------9-------|-5---5---4-------|-5---5---4-------|
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|
|-9-------9-------|-9-------9-------|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---4---4---4-0-4-|----4---4---4-0-4-|
|-7-------9-------|-7-------9-------|-5---5---4-------|-5----5---4-------|
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-6-------6-------|-6--------6-------|
|-9-------9-------|-9-------9-------|-6-------6-------|-6--------6-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H. S E S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------4-4-4-----|
RIFF A
Q=104
E E Q Q Q E Q H E E Q Q Q E Q H
||---9-9-9--9--9--|-9-9--9--------|-9-9-9--9--9--|-7-7--7--------||-|
||o--9-9-9--9--9--|-9-9--9--------|-9-9-9--9--9--|-7-7--9-------o||-|
||---9-9-9--9--9--|-9-9--9--------|-9-9-9--9--9--|------8--------||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||-|
||o---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------o||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||-|
|
| E E Q Q Q E Q H +E E E Q Q Q E Q H +E
||----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||-|
||o---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------o||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------||-|
||---6-6-6--2--2--|-6-6--2----(2)-|-6-6-6--2--2--|-4-4-----------||-|
||o--4-4-4--0--0--|-4-4--0----(0)-|-4-4-4--0--0--|-2-2--6--(6)--o||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|------4--(4)---||-|
RIFF B
S E S S S S E S E S S E S E S S S S E S E S S E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-11-------------------------|-11-------------------------|
|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|
|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|
S E S S S S E S E S S E S E S S S S E S E S S E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-11-------------------------|-11-------------------------|
|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|
|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|
S E S S S S E S E S S E S E S S S S E S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-----------------------|-6-----------------------|
|---------4-6-2-1-----1---|---------4-6-2-1-----1---|
|---4-4-7---------2-2---4-|---4-4-7---------2-2---4-|
S E S S S S E S E S S E S E S S S S E S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-----------------------|-6-----------------------|
|---------4-6-2-1-----1---|---------4-6-2-1-----1---|
|---4-4-7---------2-2---4-|---4-4-7---------2-2---4-|
ACOUSTIC BREAK
S S Q Q E S S S S E E E E. S E Q
|-9-11-9----------------|-------9--7------|
|-9-------/9--7-5-7-5---|-----7------7----|
|-9-------/9--8-6-----6-|-8-9----------9--|
|-----------------------|-9---------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
S S Q Q E S S S S E E E H +E
|-9-11-9----------------|-------0----(0)-|
|-9-------/9--7-5-7-5---|-----7----------|
|-9-------/9--8-6-----6-|-8-9------------|
|-----------------------|-9--------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------| (repeat as necessary)
E S E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S S
||--7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9--9-9--11-11--11--11-9-9-9--||-|
||o-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9-9-9--9-9---9--9---9---9-9-9-9-o||-|
||--6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-9--9-9---9--9---9---9-9-9-9--||-|
||--7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|------------------------------------||-|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------------o||-|
||------------------------------|------------------------------------||-|
SOLO
Gtr III
~~
|-3--|
Q. E E. S S S S E +Q E E Q. E Q E S S E E A E E
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------9-9-----11-9-11-9-8-|-(8)--9s4-4------|----4-4-6-6-4----------|
|-/6------------------------|---------------4-|-6-------------6\-4-2--|
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H E Q. Q E H H E Q.
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|--6------9--9--------------|--------2--------|-6--------9-9----------|
|--4------7--7--------------|--6---6-0--------|-4--------7-7----------|
|---------------------------|--4---4----------|-----------------------|
~
|-3-|
E E E S S Q. S S Q E S S Q. S S S Q. Q E Q
|--------------------|------------------------|-------------11b12r===|
|--------------------|------5-7-7b9-----5-7-5-|-4b5r===2--9----------|
|--------------------|----4-------------------|----------------------|
|-2-4-6-6s7s6----4-6-|-6----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E H H E Q. Q E H
|--------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|-------2------------|-6--------9---9---------|--------2-------------|
|-6---6-0------------|-4--------7---7---------|-6----6-0-------------|
|-4---4--------------|------------------------|-4----4---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/buckethead/ghost_host_tab_ver_2.html ]
E E E Q. S S S S E S S S Q.. Q
|-11-------------------------|----------------------------|
|----12----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------9-8b9r===============|=11b13-11-9-11-9------------|
|-----------------------9-11-|-----------------------11\--|
|------------------9-11------|-----------------------11\--|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| H E Q. Q E H
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--6----------9-9------------|-------------------2--------|
|--4----------7-7------------|--6----------6-----0--------|
|----------------------------|--4----------4--------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-14b16-----16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16---16-16-16-16-16-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S Q E S S E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----6-6--6-----------9--------9----9-----9----------|
|--4----4-4--4-----------7--------7----7-----7--------7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------5-|
|--3--|
+Q E S S S Q E E
|-(16)-----------------------------19-|
|--------19b21r17-19-17-16b17---17----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| +E E Q E E Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--(7)----7----------------------7----|
|--(5)-5--5--------------5----5--5----|
Q E E E S S E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------19-------|
|-16b17r====14-14-14-12-9s7-5-7-|--9-----------12-14-14----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------16-18----16-18-|
|-------------------------------|-----11-11-14-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| E S S Q E S S E E +E E Q E E Q
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--6----6-6--6-----9--9-9-9-----|--------------------------------------|
|--4----4-4--4-----7--7-7-7-7---|-(7)-----7--------------------7-------|
|---------------------------5---|-(5)--5--5-----------5--5-----5-------|
E E E E S S E E E E S S E S S Q. T T T T
|-17---------16------------------|-17--16-17-16-14-16-16b17-----11-12-11-9-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----16---18----16-18-16---16-18-|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E S S Q E S S E E +E E Q E E Q
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--6--6-6--6-----9-----9-9--9----|-----------------------------------------|
|--4--4-4--4-----7-----7-7--7--7-|-(7)--------7---------------7------------|
|------------------------------5-|-(5)--5-----5--------5----5-5------------|
|----9-12-9-11-12-11-9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-------------------12-10-12-10-9-10-9----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------11-9-8-8-9-8---------8----8-9-8--------|
|------------------------------------------------------11-9-11---11-------11-9-7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S Q E S S E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6---------6-----6----6--------------------9-------9----9----9-----------------|
|--4---------4-----4----4--------------------7-------7----7----7--------7--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------5--------|
|---------------------------------------11-9----9-12-9-11-12-11-9---------------9-11-12-|
|----------------------9-10-12-10-12-14------12-------------------12-10-9-10-12---------|
|----------8-9-11-9-11------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--9-11------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| +E E Q E E Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(7)------------------7-------------------------------------------7--------------------|
|-(5)--------5---------5----------------------5---------5----------5--------------------|
RIFF A and B Revisited
T T T T T T T T T T T T Q. Q +Q E H
|---------9-12-9-11-12-11-9----9-------------------|----------9--------|
|-9-10-12-------------------12---12b14r===[12]b14--|-(12)-----9--------|
|--------------------------------------------------|----------9--------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E Q Q Q E Q H +E
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-6----------6----------6--------------2----2------|---6--6---2----(2)-|
|-4----------4----------4--------------0----0------|---4--4---0----(0)-|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-9-9-9--9--9--|-7-7--7-------||
|-9-9-9--9--9--|-7-7--9-------||
|-9-9-9--9--9--|------8-------||
|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------||
|
E E Q Q Q E Q H +E
|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------||
|-6-6-6--2--2--|-4-4----------||
|-4-4-4--0--0--|-2-2--6--(6)--||
|--------------|------4--(4)--||
E E Q Q Q E Q H E E Q Q Q E Q H
||---9-9-9--9--9--|-9-9--9--------|-9-9-9--9--9--|-7-7--7-------||-|
||---9-9-9--9--9--|-9-9--9--------|-9-9-9--9--9--|-7-7--9-------||-|
||---9-9-9--9--9--|-9-9--9--------|-9-9-9--9--9--|------8-------||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------||-|
|
| E E Q Q Q E Q H +E E E Q Q Q E Q H +E
||----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|--------------||-|
||---6-6-6--2--2--|-6-6--2----(2)-|-6-6-6--2--2--|-4-4----------||-|
||---4-4-4--0--0--|-4-4--0----(0)-|-4-4-4--0--0--|-2-2--6--(6)--||-|
||----------------|---------------|--------------|------4--(4)--||-|
S E S S S S E S E S S E S E S S S S E S E S S E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-11-------------------------|-11-------------------------|
|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|
|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|
S E S S S S E S E S S E S E S S S S E S E S S E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-11-------------------------|-11-------------------------|
|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|-----------9-11-7-6-----6---|
|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|----9-9-12----------7-7---9-|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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
