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Sisters - Steve Vai
First 15 bars, Tabbed by Mike Bremford
(based on May 1990 Guitar Player)
Notation:
Snap String - Pluck string upwards, let whack against guitar.
|-----<------+ - Volume increase.
|-----PM-----+ - Palm Muting
3h5 - Hammer on
5p3 - Pull off
3/(5) - Bend
(5)\3 - Release Bend
2/4 - Slide
<7> - Natural Harmonic
<5.17> - Tap harmonic - Fret at 5th fret, tap 17th fret quickly
Gadd9 Dadd9 Bm F Am Gadd9
E+---------------5-----------+---------------------------+
B+-----3-----------5-----3---+----------------5-------3--+
G+-------2---------------4---+------2-----------5-----2--+
D+-----------------------4---+--------3------------------+
A+----------3/5------0---2---+---------------------------+
E+-0h3-----------------------+--0h1------3/5-------3--3--+
Gadd9 Dadd9 Bm F Am Gadd9
|----<--------+
E+---------------5--------------------+-----------------------------------+
B+-----3-----------5-----3------3-----+----------------5----3-3-3-3-3-3---+
G+-------2---------------4------2h4p2-+------2-----------5--2-2-2-2-2-2---+
D+-----------------------4--2h4-------+--------3--------------------------+
A+----------3/5------0---2------------+-----------------------------------+
E+-0h3--------------------------------+--0h1------3/5----5--3-3-3-3-3-3---+
Let Ring |--| +-- Snap String
E+---------------5--------------0---+---------------------------+-----------+
B+-----3-----------5-----3--------0-+---------------5-------3---V-----------+
G+-------2---------------4--2/4-----+-----2-----------5-----2p0-------------+
D+-----------------------4----------+-------3-------------------2h3p2p0---0-+
A+----------3/5------0---2----------+-----------------------------------3---+
E+-0h3------------------------------+-0h1------3/5-------3------------------+
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_vai/sisters_tab.html ]
Snap String --+
E+---------------5----------------------+-------------------------V-----------+
B+-----3-----------5-----3--------------+--------------5-------3--------------+
G+-------2---------------4--4/5---2-----+------2---------5-----2--2h4p2p0---0-+
D+-----------------------4--4/5-2-2h4p2-+--------3------------------------0---+
A+----------3/5------0---2--------------+-------------------------------------+
E+-0h3----------------------------------+-0h1------3/5------3-----------------+
Gadd9 Dadd9 Bm7 Bm11 Bm7
E+---------------5-------2-----2--+-0-----0----------2------2-+
B+-----3-----------5-----3-----3--+-2-------2--------2------2-+
G+-------2---------------2-----2--+-2-------2--------2------2-+
D+--------------------------------+---------------------------+
A+----------3/5------0---2--------+-2-------------0--2------2-+
E+-0h3----------------------------+-----------2-2-------------+
Bm11
E+-------0-------------+
B+-------2----<7>------+
G+-------2-------<7>---+
D+---------------------+
A+-------2-------------+
E+---------------------+
Gadd9 Bm F C
|-PM-|
E+----------------------5p2---------+-----3p0-------------0-----------+
B+-------3--------------3-----------+---------1-------------1-1-------+
G+-------0h2--0-------4-------2/4\2-+-------------0h2p0-------0-------+
D+-----0------------4---------------+-----------3-------------3-2-0---+
A+----------------2---------2-------+---3---------------------------3-+
E+-3--------------------------------+---------------------------------+
Em7 Gadd9 D A
Tap Harmonics
E+-----0-----------------------------5-----+----------------------------------+
B+-----3/5---3-0-------------------3---3---+-----7---------5---<5.17>---------+
G+---0-----------2/(4)\2p02/4----0-------0-+-----7---------6---<5.17>---------+
D+-----------------------------------------+-0---7---------7---<6.18>-<6.18>--+
A+-----------------------------------------+----------0---------------<7.19>--+
E+-0---------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
Cheers... Mike. (PS. I may post more when I learn how to play the rest... :-)
