Artist : Buckethead
Song : Soothsayer
Album : Crime Slunk Scene
Tuning : Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Sorry if some of the notes got cut off in the solo but its
probably just minor stuff that you can improvise on.
Intro
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Chorus
Some parts he does with a wah
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change between this and the intro pattern
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Intro to Solo
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Solo
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/buckethead/soothsayer_tab_ver_4.html ]
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whammy whammy whammy
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During this he repeats one of those fast licks
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I think he does the same thing here
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That's it
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