Author/Artist: Steve Vai
Title: Bad Horsie
Album: Alien Love Secrets
transcribed by: Twisted_Riffer
e-mail: twisted_riffer_25@yahoo.com
The foollow are the standard
symbols used in creating tablature:
h = Hammer On
p = Pull Of
b = Bend String Up
r = Release Bend
/ = Slide Up
\ = Slide Down
v = Vibarto
* = Trill (ex. 8*10)
t = Right Handed Tap (ex. t10)
x = Muted Note or Rake
^ = Pitched Harmonic (ex. 12^)
pm = Palm Mute
< = dive down
> = dive up
tunning: i just play in d tunning (d,a,d,g,b,e) it sound ok when i play it
this is half of the song about up to 1:41 sec.........
like most tabs i have tabbed out the intro dive
E|-(7)>><---------------------------(5)<<>-|
B|-(7)>><---------------------------(5)<<>-|
G|-(7)>><---------------------------(5)<<>-|
D|--------0-0-x-x-0-0-x-x-0-0-x-x-0--------|
A|--------0-0-x-x-0-0-x-x-0-0-x-x-0--------|
D|--------0-0-x-x-0-0-x-x-0-0-x-x-0--------|
-------------------------|-----22-----22-------------------------------|
-------------------------|-3/22----22----22-20-20-20-20----------------|
-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
-0-0-x-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-x-0-|------------------------------20\1-----------|
-0-0-x-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-x-0-|------------------------------20\1-----------|
-0-0-x-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-x-0-|------------------------------20\1-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-7\1-0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0--0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-1\5-|
|-7\1-0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0--0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-1\5-|
|-7\1-0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0--0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-1\5-|
-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|----------------------
-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|----------------------
-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|----------------------
-5-6-5-0-3-|-0-2-3-0-2-3---|-6-5-0-3-0-|-7-9--7-10v----|----------------------
-5/6-5-0-3-|-0-2-3-0-2-3---|-6\5-0-3-0-|-7\9--7\10v----|----------------------
-5/6-5-0-3-|-0-2-3-0-2-3---|-6\5-0-3-0-|-7-9--7\10v----|----------------------
PM.........
-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|----------------------
-----------|---------------|-----------|-10\12--10\12v-|----------------------
-----------|---------------|-----------|--9\11---9\13v-|----------------------
-5/6-5-0-3-|-0-2-3-0-2-3---|-6/5-0-3-0-|---------------|----------------------
-5/6-5-0-3-|-0-2-3-0-2-3---|-6/5-0-3-0-|---------------|----------------------
-5-6-5-0-3-|-0-2-3-0-2-3---|-6/5-0-3-0-|---------------|----------------------
PM.........
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_vai/bad_horsie_tab.html ]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0-0-(3)-----------------------------------|
-0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0-0-(3)-----------------------------------|
-0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0-0--0-0-x-x-0-0-(3)-----------------------------------|
This riff above is played twice between each solo fill.
-10--10------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------
---------10--------------|--------10------------------|-----------------------
-------------10----------|------------12------10v-----|-----------------------
-----------------12v-----|-10h12----------12----------|-----------------------
-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------
-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------
use a wah pedal people
on the 7th harmonic play around with your whammy bar till you get it to sound like a horse
----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
-----------------------------------------(7)--|-----------------------
----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
-5---5b--5--3-5--3-------3--------------------|-----------------------
-----------------------5--3---5--5v-----------|-----------------------
----------------------------------------------|-----------------------
also use a wah here two
--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------
-13b--13b--10-------------|-12br----------------------|-----------------------
---------------10---------|-----------------10v-------|-----------------------
-------------------12v----|-----------12--------------|-----------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------
Wah Wah
--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------
--------------------------|-13b-----------------------|-----------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------
--------------10----------|---------------------------|-----------------------
-6^/8^--10-8-----8-9-10-8-|---------------------------|-----------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------
This riff above is all harmonics.
---------------------------10-13-|--------------|-------------------17-20---|-
---------------------10-13-------|--------------|-------------18-20---------|-
---------------10-12-------------|---------3-5--|-------17-19---------------|-
---------10-12-------------------|-----3-5------|-17-19---------------------|-
---10-12-------------------------|-3-5----------|---------------------------|-
-0-------------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|-
that is all i got FOR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
any questions or comments(no you suck comments) or corrections e-mail me at twisted_riffer_25@yahoo.com
and spell it the way you see it
