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Rescue Me Or Bury Me by Steve Vai

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Okay, the majority of Vai requests have been for this song. Although I
must disagree with those who think that this and "Touching Tongues" are the
best songs on the album; what about "Sex & Religion" or "Survive"? Those
songs kick ass!
I didn't tab "Touching Tongues" because the rhythm track requires a 7-
string guitar, and the lead requires delay and a WHAMMY pedal. I don't
think the average guitarist has those things handy. :)
Anyway, all you need for this song is an acoustic guitar, an eletric
guitar, and a hell of a lot of patience! Some of the chords are a pain in
the ass (or should I say fingers?).
Some notes on the way I do ascii  "p" - pull-off
                    "h" - hammer-on
         "v"s in front of a chord - upstroke
                   "nh" - natural harmonic

Rescue Me or Bury Me
by Steve Vai
Tab by Dave Whitehill for Hal Leonard Corp.


||---0-------0-----0-----|---------------------|---------0-------|
||-0---0-------0-----0---|-------------------3-|-3/5p3-----3-----|
||-4-----4-------------4-|-0---------------2---|p0-----5-----5-4-|
||-7-------7-----7-------|-0-----7\5-----0-----|-----------------|
||-5---------------------|-5-------------------|-----------------|
||-3---------------------|-3-3/5-----0h3-------|-----------------|


----0-----------0---------||-------0-------------0-----------------|
--3---3-------3---3-------||-----3---3---------1---1---------------|
--------0---0-------0-----||---0-------0-----0-------0-------------|
5---------4-----------4h5-||\3-----------3-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p0-|
--------------------------||---------------------------------------|
--------------------------||---------------------------------------|


--3---0---------|-----0-----------------|---------|
--3-----3-------|-3-----3---------------|-----3---|
--0-------0-----|-0-------0-------------|-----0---|
------------0---|-0---------0-----------|-----2---|
3-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p|-0---0---|
----------------|-----------------------|---------|

                   nh   nh   nh   nh
0---------------------|--v0---0-|-----5---------------7-------12---|
--3-------------------|--v1---1-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|
----0-----------------|--v2p0-0-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|
------2---------------|--v3---3-|-------------5--------------------|
--------0-3-2h3p2p0---|---------|-2/3---3-5/7---7-5-5---5/7/8----8-|
--------------------3-|-1-------|----------------------------------|

   nh     nh     nh    nh     nh   nh
------7---------------------------------------|-----------7---------||
------7-----------12--------------------------|---------------------||
------7----------------------12---------------|---7---------------0-||
---------------------------------------12-----|---------------------||
10-10---8-------------------------------------|---------------------||
----------10-9/10----12\10-8----10\8-7----8\7-|-5---7\5p3---5\3-1---||

It gets really orchestrated and complex after this.
If all you really wanted was the intro, there it is. If you want more,
ask me nicely.
Augmentations/Questions/CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism welcome!
Good luck,
Paul D. [email protected]
           OR
     [email protected]

From alt.guitar.tab Sat Jan 14 19:11:15 1995
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature

'Lo all,

Okay, the majority of Vai requests have been for this song. Although I
must disagree with those who think that this and "Touching Tongues" are the
best songs on the album; what about "Sex & Religion" or "Survive"? Those
songs kick ass!
I didn't tab "Touching Tongues" because the rhythm track requires a 7-
string guitar, and the lead requires delay and a WHAMMY pedal. I don't
think the average guitarist has those things handy. :)
Anyway, all you need for this song is an acoustic guitar, an eletric
guitar, and a hell of a lot of patience! Some of the chords are a pain in
the ass (or should I say fingers?).
Some notes on the way I do ascii  "p" - pull-off
                    "h" - hammer-on
         "v"s in front of a chord - upstroke
                   "nh" - natural harmonic

Rescue Me or Bury Me
by Steve Vai
Tab by Dave Whitehill for Hal Leonard Corp.


||---0-------0-----0-----|---------------------|---------0-------|
||-0---0-------0-----0---|-------------------3-|-3/5p3-----3-----|
||-4-----4-------------4-|-0---------------2---|p0-----5-----5-4-|
||-7-------7-----7-------|-0-----7\5-----0-----|-----------------|
||-5---------------------|-5-------------------|-----------------|
||-3---------------------|-3-3/5-----0h3-------|-----------------|


----0-----------0---------||-------0-------------0-----------------|
--3---3-------3---3-------||-----3---3---------1---1---------------|
--------0---0-------0-----||---0-------0-----0-------0-------------|
5---------4-----------4h5-||\3-----------3-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p0-|
--------------------------||---------------------------------------|
--------------------------||---------------------------------------|


--3---0---------|-----0-----------------|---------|
--3-----3-------|-3-----3---------------|-----3---|
--0-------0-----|-0-------0-------------|-----0---|
------------0---|-0---------0-----------|-----2---|
3-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p|-0---0---|
----------------|-----------------------|---------|

                   nh   nh   nh   nh
0---------------------|--v0---0-|-----5---------------7-------12---|
--3-------------------|--v1---1-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|
----0-----------------|--v2p0-0-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|
------2---------------|--v3---3-|-------------5--------------------|
--------0-3-2h3p2p0---|---------|-2/3---3-5/7---7-5-5---5/7/8----8-|
--------------------3-|-1-------|----------------------------------|

   nh     nh     nh    nh     nh   nh
------7---------------------------------------|-----------7---------||
------7-----------12--------------------------|---------------------||
------7----------------------12---------------|---7---------------0-||
---------------------------------------12-----|---------------------||
10-10---8-------------------------------------|---------------------||
----------10-9/10----12\10-8----10\8-7----8\7-|-5---7\5p3---5\3-1---||

It gets really orchestrated and complex after this.
If all you really wanted was the intro, there it is. If you want more,
ask me nicely.
Augmentations/Questions/CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism welcome!
Good luck,
Paul D. [email protected]
           OR
     [email protected]

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