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Rescue Me Or Bury Me Tab by Steve Vai

Rescue Me Or Bury Me tab 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.  pdmytrewycz@music.transy.edu
                     OR
         pauld@worf.transy.edu

From alt.guitar.tab Sat Jan 14 19:11:15 1995


'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.  pdmytrewycz@music.transy.edu
                     OR
         pauld@worf.transy.edu
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