Ceremony tab by Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani: "Ceremony" off Crystal Planet
tab by Yuri Zhukov

Comments, corrections, constructive critisism welcome.
(BadHorsie9@yahoo.com)

This is pretty straightforward. For a Satch song, "Ceremony" is
pretty easy. I know he uses a ton of effects on this song, but
all you really need is a wah and overdrive. I tabbed it out the
way I play it. I know some of the positions can be kind of awkward
for some people, especially when you get to the solo. I don't
know, I love long streches, and I know Joe does, too. Just
make sure you warm up first.

Key:
^=legato
9(11)=bend note to pitch in parentheses
~=vibrato
ph=pinch harmonic
t=tap


w/ wah
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------*|
|-6--------6--------6---6-----|-6--------6----------9--9--*|
|-6^7^6----6^7^6----6^7-6^7---|-6^7^6----6^7^6------6--6---|
|-------^9-------^9-----------|-------^9-------^9---7--7---|

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|---------7---------------|----------7------------------|
|-7^9-9-9---9-9-9---7-9-9-|--7-9-9-9---9-9-9--9-7-7-7---|

Fill:
|--12-9--9---9--|--9-9(11)(9)-9-9--|--9-11---------|
|----------13---|------------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|-------11~~~---|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|

Now bass and rhythm guitar pedal C# for a while.

Main melody:
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----9-11(13)(11)^9-11-9-6-4--|-----9-11(13)(11)-8(9)^6--*|
|--11--------------------------|--11----------------------*|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-11(13)-11(13)^9^6^4---11(13)-11(13)^9^6^4--11(13)(11)-11*|
|---------------------------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

1st time:
|----9----|
|-12------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|

2nd time:
|----------|
|-12(14)~~~|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|


Play main melody 1 more time.


Solo:
|-12^11^9^11--12^11^9^11^12^11^9^11/|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|12/14~~14^12^11^12^11^12^11^9^11^9^11^9^7^9|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|-11----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---9-9(10)(9)(10)(9)(10)-|-10^9^7^9~~~9-12^9--9-------4-----------|
|-------------------------|------------------11-11^8-6--6(7)^4---6-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------6---|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|
|---4------------------------------------------|---------------8--|
|-6---6^4---------1-4-6-4\2/4-7-9-7^9^7^6-6(7)-|--6-------9^11----|
|---------6^4^2-4------------------------------|-7--^9/11---------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|

|-------/9-11/14-14-14^11^14/16-|-14-16/19/21~~~--|
|-7/9-9-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|

|-12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------|
|-14^16^14^12^14^16^14^12^14^16^14^12|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

|12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|-----------------|
|-14(16)^12-9-4-3-|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

|-11^12^11^9----11^12^11^9----11^12^11^9--------------------|
|------------12-------------12-----------12^10^9-6-9--------|
|----------------------------------------------------11(13)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------9^12^9----------9^7---|
|-9----------------9-------9-12(14)-----9-|
|--11(13)--9^11(13)-----------------------|
|--------11-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|-12-14-7^14-7^14---------------------------|
|------------------9^12^9----------9--------|
|-------------------------11(13)^9---11(13)-|
|----------------------------------11-------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|-12---------------------------------|
|----11(13)-11-9-6-9-11-9-6-9-11-12--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-11^9-6-11----9-6-4--------------------------|
|-----------11-------6\4-2-4---2--------------|
|--------------------------------4-4-2(4)~~~--|
|---------------------------------------------|

Back to main theme.

Then Joe does a little outro solo, it's basically
just tremolo picking triads on the C#minor scale.