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"STAR WARS"
As recorded by Buckethead
(From the 1994 Album GIANT ROBOT)
Music by J. Williams
Arranged by Buckethead
Transcribed by Eduardo Zanetti
B5 C#5 F#5
x 2 4 4 x x x 4 6 6 x x 2 4 4 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro (00:07)
Q=140
(B5) N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------|
|-3-|
Wx3 H. Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
|------------|-------------||--------------------------|----------------------||
|------------|-------------||o-------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------|-------------||--------------------------|----------------------||
|------------|-------------||--------------------------|----------------------||
|------------|---------x\--||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---------o||
|------------|---------x\--||--------------------------|-------------4-0-4----||
(B5) N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|-------------------------|-------------4-0-4-|
(C#5)
PM----------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Theme
(B5) N.C.
Gtr II
|--3--|
H H +H Q Q Q
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------19-----------|-(19)-----------17-16----|
||--16------------------------|----------------------18-|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM--------------------------------------|
| |--3--|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2----------|
||----------------------------|-----------------4--0--4-|
(B5) N.C.
|--3--|
H H +H Q Q Q
|-19------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------19-----------|-(19)-----------17-16----|
|---------------------------|----------------------18-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------|
| |--3--|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2----------|
|---------------------------|-----------------4--0--4-|
(B5) N.C.
|--3--|
H H +H Q Q Q
|-19------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------19-----------|-(19)-----------17-16-17-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------|
| |--3--|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2----------|
|---------------------------|-----------------4--0--4-|
(C#5)
W +W
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-18-----------------------|-(18)--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
Interlude
(F#5)
Q. E Q. S S H H
||----------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||--------4h=6-----7h=9p|==7--------------|
||o-/4------------------|--------4--------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q. E Q. S S H H
||----------------------|-----------------|
||o-------7-/9----10h12p|=10--------------|
||--/6------------------|--------6--------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +H. +E E
||----------------------|-----------------|
||o--7------------------|-(7)-------(7)---|
||----------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|---------------4-|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||----------------------|-----------------|
|3| |--3--|
Q. S S Q E E E E H. +E S S
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------6p|==4--------(4)------|
|------4h6h=7p4--7p4-----|--------------------|
|-4----------------------|---------------4-4--|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| |3| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q E E E E H. +E S S
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------7h9h10p7-10p7-/14p|=12-------(12)------|
|-6----------------------|---------------6-6--|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| W +H. +E S S
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-7----------------------|-(7)-------(7)------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|---------------4-4--|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
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(F#5)
|---3---|
Q. E E E E E H. E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-------------6----|-/11------------------|
|------4h=7p4----7-|----------------------|
|-4----------------|-----------12--11---9-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| Q. E E E E E H. E E E
|-------------9----|--14------------------|
|------7h10p7---10-|----------------------|
|-6----------------|-----------14--13--11-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| W +H. +E +E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|-7----------------|--(7)------(7)-(7)----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|--------------------4-|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|--3--|
Q E E E Q Q W
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-11-------------------|------------------||
|-----12-11--9---------|--9--------------o||
|---------------9---9--|------------------||
|
| |--3--|
| Q E E E Q Q W
|----------------------|------------------||
|-14-------------------|-----------------o||
|-----14-13-11---------|-11---------------||
|--------------11--11--|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|
| W +H. +E E
|----------------------|------------------||
|--7-------------------|-(7)------(7)----o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|--------------4---||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
Outro (01:14)
(B5)
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E Q E E H
||------------------------|-------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------|
||------------------------|-------------|
||------------------------|-------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-|-2----5-2----|
||--------------------3---|----3--------|
(F#5)
PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E Q E E H
|-----------------------|--------------||
|-----------------------|-------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|--------------||
|-----------------------|-5----5-2----o||
|-----------------------|----3---------||
Final (01:28)
(B5)
|--3--|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-14----14-14-14----14-14-|-14---14--14-14-14--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +W
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)----------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|--3--|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-13----13-13-13----13-13-|-13---13--13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W +W
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
(B5)
|--3--|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-19----19-19-19----19-19-|-19---19--19-19-19--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| W +W
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)----------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|--3--|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-19----19-19-19----19-19-|-19---19--19-19-19-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W +W
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
B5
7/4 4/4
W H. W
|------------------|------|
|------------------|------|
|------------------|-4----|
|------------------|-4----|
|------------------|-2----|
|------------------|------|
(B5)
+W +W +W +W +H. Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------*|
|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)------4\-*|
|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)------4\-*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------2\-*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------*|
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
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
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