7 String Demo Song Chords & Tabs
Steve Vai Chords & Tabs
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7-STRING GUITAR DEMO
As recorded by Steve Vai
Transcribed by Julien777
Music by Steve Vai
Arranged by Steve Vai
B
0 2 2 1 x x x
Dsus2
3 x 0 0 2 3 0
A5
x x 0 2 2 x x
Gtr I (B E A D G B E) - 'Steve'
Freely Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
~~ ~~
W E E E E Q E E E +S +S E E E E A Q
|----------:-----------------:----------------------------------:
|----------:-----------------:----------------------------------:
|----------:-----------------:----------------------------------:
|----------:-----------------:----------------------------------:
|----------:-----------------:----------------------------------:
|----------:-------9s11------:-11b12==(11)r(11)-9---9-9-(9)s11--:
|----------:-0---x-------0-0-:----------------------------------:
~~ ~
E E E E Q E E S +E. E A E A E A E A Q
|-----------------:----------------------------------------:
|-----------------:----------------------------------------:
|-----------------:----------------------------------------:
|-----------------:----------------------------------------:
|-----------------:----------------------------------------:
|-------9s11------:-11b12r(11)-9-(9)s7-(7)s9-(9)s4-(4)s2---:
|-0---x-------0-0-:----------------------------------------:
~~ ~~~~~
E E E E Q E E E +S +S E E Q Q
|-----------------:--------------------------------:
|-----------------:--------------------------------:
|-----------------:--------------------------------:
|-----------------:--------------------------------:
|-----------------:--------------------------------:
|-------9s11------:-11b12==(11)r(11)-9---9--/[11]--:
|-0---x-------0-0-:--------------------0-----------:
PM
|-3-|
E E E E +E E E E E A E A E A E E S S S A E A E
|-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------:
|-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------:
|-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------:
|-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------:
|-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------:
|-------/11-(11)-----11-:-14-(14)s9-(9)s11-(11)s9p7-7h9p7-(7)s4-(4)s2---:
|-0---0----------0-0----:-----------------------------------------------:
~~ ~~~~~ ~~
E E E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E E E E Q E E
|---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------:
|---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------:
|---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------:
|-------------13------:-13s14s13-11---11---/13---:-------11s13----16-:
|---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------:
|-------9s11-(11)-----:-11s12s11--9----9--/[11]--:--------9s11----14-:
|-0---0-----------0-0-:-------------0------------:-0---0--------0----:
A E A E A E E E A E A E A E
|-------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------:
|-(16)s11-(11)s13-(13)s11---9-(9)s11-(11)s6-(6)s4-:
|-------------------------------------------------:
|-(14)s=9--(9)s11-(11)s=9---7-(7)s=9--(9)s4-(4)s2-:
|-------------------------0-----------------------:
~~ ~
E E E E Q E E A E A E A E E A E A E A Q
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------:
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------:
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------:
|-------11s13--13---|-13s14-(14)s13-(13)-11---11s13-(13)s11-(11)s9--:
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------:
|--------9s11--11---|-11s12-(12)s11-(11)--9----9s11-(11)s=9--(9)s7--:
|-0---0-----------0-|-----------------------0-----------------------:
~~ ~~~~~
E E E E Q E A E A E A E A E A E A Q Q
|-------------------------:----------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------:----------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------:----------------------------------------------:
|-------11s13--13-(13)s14-:-(14)s16-(16)s14-(14)s13-(13)s14-(14)s11--9---:
|-------------------------:----------------------------------------------:
|--------9s11--11-(11)s12-:-(12)s14-(14)s12-(12)s11-(11)s12-(12)s=9--7---:
|-0---0-------------------:----------------------------------------------:
~~ ~~
E E E E Q E E E A S A S E E E A Q E
|-----------------:-------------------------------------:
|-----------------:-------------------------------------:
|-----------------:-------------------------------------:
|-----------------:-------------------------------------:
|-----------------:-------------------------------------:
|-------9s11------:-11-(11)s12-(12)s11-9---9-(9)s11-----:
|-0---0-------0-0-:----------------------------------16-:
~~~~~~~ ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------------------:-------------------:
|-----------------------------:-17-------17s19----:
|--------------------------18-:-------16----------:
|-----------14-(14)-/18-16----:-------------------:
|-----14-16-----14------------:----19-------------:
|-/16-------------------------:-------------------:
|-----------------------------:-------------------:
~~ ~~
|--3--|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E S S S Q
|-----------------:-------------------16-----------:
|-----------------:---------------/16----16--------:
|-----------------:-------------------------16-----:
|-----------------:----------------------------14--:
|-----------------:--------------------------------:
|-------9s11------:-/11b12r11-9--------------------:
|-0---0-------0-0-:--------------------------------:
~~ ~
E E E E E E E E E +E E E E A E Q
|---------------------:--------------------------------:
|---------------------:--------------------------------:
|---------------------:--------------------------------:
|---------------------:--------------------------------:
|---------------------:--------------------------------:
|-------9s11-11-\9s11-:-[11]b12r(11)p9h11p9-(9)s7-7----:
|-0---0---------------:--------------------------------:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_vai/7_string_demo_song_tab.html ]
~~ ~
E E E E E E E E E E A E E A E E A Q
|-------------------:-------------------------------------:
|-------------------:-------------------------------------:
|-------------------:-------------------------------------:
|-------------------:-/13-----------11-(11)s13------------:
|-------------------:-----11-(11)s9------------11-(11)s9--:
|-------9s11-11-----:-------------------------------------:
|-0---0-----------0-:-------------------------------------:
|--3--|
E E E E E S S S E E
|----------/19-16--------------:
|-----------------17-----------:
|--------------------18----18--:
|-----------------------16-----:
|------------------------------:
|-------11---------------------:
|-0---0------------------------:
|--3--|
A E A E A S S S S S E E A E A E
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|-18s14-(14)s11-(11)s13-/16-13----------------------------:
|------------------------------14-------------------------:
|---------------------------------16----16-(16)s11-(11)s9-:
|------------------------------------14-------------------:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
~~~
|--3--|
Q E E E S S S E E
|----------/19-16--------------:
|-----------------17-----------:
|--------------------18----18--:
|-----------------------16-----:
|-/11--9-----------------------:
|------------------------------:
|--------0---------------------:
|--3--|
A E A E A S S S S S E E +E E
|--------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------:
|-18s14-(14)s11-(11)s13-/16-13---------------------:
|------------------------------14------------------:
|---------------------------------16---------------:
|------------------------------------14-16-(16)s11-:
|--------------------------------------------------:
~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
A E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------19--:
|--------------------------------17-----:
|--------------------------16-16--------:
|--------------------14-14--------------:
|--------------14-14--------------------:
|-(11)s9-12-12--------------------------:
|---------------------------------------:
T T
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14----19p14----19p14-------19-14h19p14----------14h19-21p19p14-----------:
|----17-------17-------17p14-------------17p14h17----------------21p17p14h=:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------:
T T
|--3--| |------6-------| |--3--| |-----5-----| |-----5-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----14h19-21p19p14-------------14h19-21p19-21p19-21p19-21p17-21p16-:
|-17----------------21p17p14h17-------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------:
T T T
|-----5-----| |-----5-----| |---5----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E +E
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|-21p19-21p17-21p16---------------------------------------:
|-------------------21p18-21p16-21p14-21-16-(16)b18r(16)--:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|--3--| |-3--|
S S S S +S E E a E S S S S +S E
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|-14----------------------14-14s11p9----------------------:
|----16-14---------------------------11p9-----------------:
|----------16pb18r(16)-14-----------------[11]pb14r(11)p9-:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
|---------------------------------------------------------:
H.=H
~~
|-3-|
E A S S S S S E A E A E E E
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|-9-9s11-9p7-----------------------||
|------------9p7h9-(9)s4-(4)s2---2-||
|------------------------------0---||
Q=80
Dsus2 A5
T ~~~
|-3-|
H Q E E E E. S S A S A S A S +Q Q
|-^0-----------------||----------------------------------||
|-^3----3(15)--------||----------------------------------||
|-^2----2(14)--------||-2----2-(2)s4-(4)s2-(2)s4-(4)-----||
|-^0----0(14)--------||-2----2-(2)s4-(4)s2-(2)s4-(4)-----||
|-^0----0(14)--------||-0--0-----------------------------||
|-^x---------------0-||----------------------------------||
|-^3-----------3-2---||-------------------------------0--||
5/4
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/
|----3----| |-----3-----|
E A E A E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-7-(7)s9-(9)s4-/6---/7---/9---/11---/13---/14---\13----------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-5-(5)s7-(7)s2-/4---/5---/7----/9---/11---/12---\11----------||
|-------------------------------------------------------12\---||
Dsus2 A5
4/4
\1/
|-3-|
Q +Q. E E E E Q. E H +H H
|-^0--(0)------------||--------------------:--------------*|
|-^3--(3)------------||--------<12>pb14r===:=(12)---------*|
|-^2--(2)------------||-2------------------:--------------*|
|-^0--(0)------------||-2----x-------------:--------------*|
|-^0--(0)--------0---||-0----x-------------:--------------*|
|-^x-----------0---0-||--------------------:--------------*|
|-^3--(3)----0-------||--------------------:--------------*|
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
