Butlers Bag bass tab by Steve Vai

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)


Intro:
Play nothing during Steve Vai's whammy bar intro.

Section 1:

  (12/8)
  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-7-----------------5--------4--------|-5-----------------------------------|
E |----------4--------------------------|----------7------5h7--------5--------|

  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------4--------|-7--------4--------------------------|
E |-0--------4------5h7-----------------|-------------------7--------4--------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------4--------|-7--------4--------------------------|
A |----------4--------7-----------------|-------------------7--------4--------|
E |-5-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------4--------|-7--------5--------------------------|
E |-0--------4--------7-----------------|-------------------9--------8--------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |----------9--------7-----------------|----------7--------5-----------------|
A |----------------------------9--------|----------------------------6--------|
E |-7-----------------------------------|-5-----------------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-7--------4--------------------------|-7--------4--------------------------|
E |-------------------7--------5--------|-------------------7--------4--------|

Section 2:

  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-7--------------------------4--------|-7--------5--------4-----------------|
E |----------4--------7-----------------|----------------------------7--------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-7-----------------------------------|-7--------5--------4-----------------|
E |----------0--------4--------7--------|----------------------------7--------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------4--------|-7--------5--------4--------3--------|
A |----------4--------7-----------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-5-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------4--------|-7--------5--------4--------3--------|
E |-0--------4--------7-----------------|-------------------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |----------9--------7-----------------|--------7p5--------7--------5--------|
A |----------------------------9--------|-------------------------------------|
E |-7-----------------------------------|-5-----------------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-------7--5--------4-----------------|-------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------7-----7--|-7--------4-----4--4--------2--------|


Section 3:

  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------4--------7--------|-------------------4--------7--------|
E |-0--------7--------------------------|-0--------7--------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------4--------7--------|-------------------4--------7--------|
E |-0--------7--------------------------|-0--------7--------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------4--------7--------|-------------------4--------7--------|
A |-0--------7--------------------------|-0--------7--------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------4--------7--------|-------------------4--------7--------|
E |-0--------7--------------------------|-0--------7--------------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------6--------|-------------------------------------|
A |----------6--------9-----------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-7-----------------------------------|-7--------5--------4--------3--------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------4-----4--|-7-----4-----------------------------|
E |-0-----0--4-----4--7-----7-----------|----------7--4--0--------------------|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-------------------0-----0--0-----0--|-0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|


  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a  1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
G |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|-0-----------------------------------|


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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