Author/Artist: Gackt
Title: Vanilla
Album: Mars
Transcribed by: Yann
Email: yann@stig-mata.de
Tuning: CGCfad
I'm not very sure about the tuning this time, but I found
out, that here again the CGCfad tuning suits best,
especially during the solo.
Anyways: Here it is! Gackt's probably most famous song, the amazing Vanilla. I don't give any guarantees,
I can only say, it sounds fine when you play along the cd. And I did't pay much attention to note length, so it is necessary
that you listen to the recording to find the rythm out! Riffs are in order of their first appearance
Anyways: Have fun with it!!!
h = hammer on
p = pull off
v = vibrato
x = scratch (lift up left hand fingers a little and play on)
~ = let ring
Lead 1
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|------3-----------------------5--------------|-
-|-3h5--------3h5----------3h5--------3h5------|-
-|-----------------5v----------------------5v--|-
Lead 2
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|------3-----------------------5--x-5---5-5---|-
-|-3h5--------3h5----------3h5-----------------|-
-|-----------------5v--------------------------|-
Verse
-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-
-|-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-
-|-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-|-
-|-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
Lead 3
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|------3------------------------5-5h7p5-3-5p3-|-
-|-3h5---------3h5----------3h5----------------|-
-|------------------5v-------------------------|-
Pre-Chorus
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-
-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-
-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-4-4-4-4-|-
-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-1-1-1-1-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-|-5------|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-5------|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-6------|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-7------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|-
~~~~~~
Chorus 1
-|----5----------------------------|----3---------------5------------|-
-|---7-----------------------------|---5---------------5-------------|-
-|--7------------------------------|--5---------------6--------------|-
-|-7-------------------------------|-5---------------7---------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Solo
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|------------------3--3-5-3--6-6--6--5--3--5---3-5---3-5---3-5-3----|-
-|-0---3------5-5-5------------------------------------------------0-|-
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|-------15----------17----------18--17-13----|-
-|----14-14-------16-16-------17-17--17-12----|-
-|-12-------12-14-------14-15-----------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|------11------13------10--------------------|-
-|---10------10------10-10-10-----------------|-
-|-8-------8-------8-------10---7v------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|-14-----14-14-14----14--14-14---12--10--12--|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------10--|-
-|-10-12-10--10-------10-------10-------10--10-----|-
-|--------------12-------12-------12---------------|-
-|-----------------12-------12-------12------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------------|-
-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-6/11--|-
-|-10h12----10h12----10h12----10h12----10h12----------|-
-|----------------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------------|-
Bridge 1
-|-1-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-
-|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-
-|-3-------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|-
-|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
Bridge 2
-|-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-1-1-1-1-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-4-4-4-4-|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-5-5-5-5-|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
Bridge 3
-|-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1-1-1-1-1-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-|-5------|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-5------|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-6------|-
-|-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-|-7------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|-
~~~~~~
Chorus 2
-|-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-6-6-6-6-|-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-4-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-|-
-|-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-8-8-8-8-|-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-|-
-|-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-8-8-8-8-|-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-|-
-|-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-8-8-8-8-|-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-x-8-x-8-x-8-x-8-|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
Lead 4
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|------3-----------------------5--------------|-
-|-3h5--------3h5----------3h5-----------------|-
-|-----------------5v--------------------------|-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Song Structure
| Guitar 1 | Guitar 2 | Guitar 3 |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| | *Slides* | |
| | | Lead 1 x2 |
| | | Lead 2 x2 |
| Verse x2 | Verse x2 | |
| | | Lead 2 x2 |
| Verse x2 | Verse x2 | |
| Pre-Chorus x1 | Pre-Chorus x1 | |
| Chorus 1 x4 | Chorus 1 x4 | |
| | | Lead 2 x2 |
| Verse x2 | Verse x2 | |
| Pre-Chorus x1 | Pre-Chorus x1 | |
| Chorus 1 x4 | Chorus 1 x4 | |
| | | *Scratches* |
| | | Solo |
| Bridge 1 x2 | Bridge 1 x2 | *some melody thingy* |
| Bridge 2 x2 | Bridge 2 x2 | *some melody thingy* |
| Chorus 1 x4 | Chorus 1 x4 | |
| Chorus 2 x4 | Chorus 2 x4 | |
| | | Lead 2 x1 |
| | | Lead 4 x1 |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Guitar 1+2 : Clean, funky sound.
Guitar 3 : Distorted. If you like add some Wah during the solo.
Of course, you can play it with one guitar as well. Just remove Guitar 2 and switch channels for the leads and solo.
Corrections are welcome, please use the subject "Gackt:VanillaTab" to eMail me. I will delete any mails with other titles without reading.. Spam, you know.
If anyone finds out that 'melody thingy'during the bridge before I do, please send it to me!
If you want to publish this tab elsewhere, please eMail me first and don't forget mentioning my name and eMail-Adress
Thanks to Angel-Bee for letting me see the live video. ^^
