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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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okay, this one is for all you people who had a hard time trying to read in
the last version Summer Song. This one is 100% ASCII! Same exact song,
tab, and everything else.
By the way, I'm sorry about all the little "^M"s. I don't know
why my editor stuck those in!
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SUMMER SONG
===========
by Joe Satriani
' - bend example:-15'-----`(15)
` - release bend release to original note
^ - bend and release
(2) - ghost note AH - Artificial Harmonic
X - percussive sound P - Pull-off
/ - slide up H - Hammer-on
- slide down trem. - tremolo (whammy) bar
~ - vibrato
.. - note held Note: Please read EVERYTHING above the staff
PM - palm muted as well as in it!!
The intro is just a combination of an A5 chord and a D/A
(Rhy. Fig. 1)
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
-5-5-----5-----2-2-----2-----5-5-----5-----5-5-----5-
-5-5-----5-----3-3-----3-----5-5-----5-----5-5-----5-
-2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-
-2-2-----2-----4-4-----4-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
-----------------------------------------------------
Note: You hardly hear the muted A on the fifth string
Guitar I continues with Rhy. Fig. I
Guitar II comes in with Harmonics.
harm.-------->
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-------|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
|-------5---5-----|-----------------|-------5---5-----|-----------------|
|---5-4-------4-5-|-----------------|---5-4-------4-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
|-------5---------|---5-------------|-------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|
|---5-4---4-5---5-|-4---4-5---------|---5-4-------4-5-|---5-4-------4-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-------5---5-----|-----------------|
|---5-4---4-5-----|---5-4-------4-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Main part thingy:
1/2 (slight vib.) trem.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10------------------------------------10----------------------------|
|-X-9----9---11^-9-7-9/11-9-9~~~~~~~~(0)-9----9--11^-9-7-7/9.....2~~~~~~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1/2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------10---------------------------P-------------------------------|
|-(2)/(19)-9----9-11-11' `~~~-97/9-11-11^-(9)-97--9/11--9~~~~~~~~(9)~~~~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1
|---H---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-12-14-14'--`-12~~~~--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14---14'---(14)--`-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1/2
|----17------------------------------------------------17-----------------|
|-17----17---19'-`--17--15--17/19--17--17~~~~~~~~~--17----17--19'-`-17-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Harm.------------| 1/2 1/2
|------------------------------------------17--------------------P--H-----|
|-17~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------17----17-19-19'-19'`'`-17-15-17---|
|-----------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
|---------------75/7-------5---5-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------4-5-4-------4-5-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5-----------------------------------|
H 1/2 1 AH
|-----------P-----------------------17-19-21-21^--19~~~~17--17'--------`17|
|19'~~~~`-17-15--19--17~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2
|(17)~~~~~~~~~~X---||-8'--8'~~~~~-8-5----5-------------------------------|
|--------------X-5-||-----------------8'----8'~~~8-7^-5------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------------------7-5'---AH--------|
|-------------------||----------------------------------------7-5---------|
|-------------------||--------------------------------------------7-53---|
|-------------------||--------------------------------------------------5-|
1 1 1 1/2 1
|-------------------8'--8'~~~~-8-5----5-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8'---8'~~~~----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~-7/9-7------|
|----------------------------------------------3-3-5/7--------------------|
|-----------------X-------------------------------------------------------|
|3'~~~~~~(3)/12--X-------------------------------------------------------|
1 1/2
Harm. 2 v 6* rake 1 1 1 1 2
|5----(5)-/-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------13^-13'`'`'-13^-10----10~~~~~(10)-------------|
|----------------X-------X--------------------12--------------11/12-11----|
|----------------X--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------X--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3/5----------------------------------------------------|
* - Note is bent with whammy bar
1 1/2
|------------------------------PM--8'~~~~~~~`-5-8'-5---5~~~~~-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------8--------6-6-(8)/10--|
|97-9/11-97-7/92-2-2~~~~~~~/(0)----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3 3
v v Harm. 1 1 1
|8~~~-10/12-10-(10)-10-------------20'-20-17------------------------------|
|-------------------10-----------------------20^-17--------20'~~~~~~~~-X-|
|---------------------trem.---19--------------------19'-17-------------X-|
|----------------------0------19---------------------------------------X-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1 1 1 1/2
|------------P----------------------------------------------17-20'-17-----|
|-------------0-15'~~~~~~-------------------15-18'~~~~~-20'-----------20--|
|11^-9-(9)/13-0-----------9-11-12~~~(12)/16-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 AH 1/2
|17~~~~~~~~------trem.-------------------------------------------------3--|
|-----------20'~~~~~~~~~~-----------3---------3-------------3----3-4-5----|
|-------------------------3~~~~~~-5---3~~~~-5---3-5-3-5~~~~---5'----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3 1 3
1 1 1 v v
|6---3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5---5~~~~-31------AH----------------------------------/X-AH--P---P----|
|----------------3^^^^-3^^^~~~~~------P---P---------------/X-0--3-0-3-0---|
|----------------------^---------3/53-2-3-2---P-H--------/X--------------|
|---------------squeal this note-------------1^-0--P----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------1-0-(0)-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---P-----P---P-----P------P----P------P-------P----P------P---------P----|
|0-5-0-0-6-0-6-0-0-7-0-0-10-0-10-0-0-12-0-15-15-0-15-0-0-17-0-0-19/20-0-21|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P P P P P
|------------------------------------22-15-22-15-15-21-15-15-20-15-20-15--|
|--P------P-------------H-----P--0-0--------------------------------------|
|21-0-0-19-0-19/20-2019-21-21-0------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P P P H H P P P P H H P P
|---20-15-18-20-18-15-18-15-17-18-17-15----15-18-20-18-15-19-15-17-18-17--|
|18-------------------------------------18--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2
P 1 v
|15------------P--P-------------------------------------------------------|
|---18-15-17-18-17-15----15------P---18'....(18)~~~~~~----/X----trem.-----|
|---------------------18----18-17-15----------------------/X--0--14.......|
|---------------------------------------------------------/X--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------4------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4 2 2 7 6
/ v / 1 H P
|-------------------trem.--------------------------17'-17-14-17-14----14--|
|------H--------------17..........-H------------------------------17-----|
|(14)--11~~~~~~~8-0-17..........--14~~~~~~~~~~------------------------|
|--------^----------------------------^-----------------------------------|
|----Depress-bar------------------Depress-bar-----------------------------|
|--before-sounding--------------before-sounding---------------------------|
note note
1/2 1
|-----P-----------------------------P---------------------------17-17-----|
|14-17-14---P--------P--H--H---14-17-14----14------P--------20'-------20'-|
|---------17-16-17-16-14-16-17----------17----17-16-14/16-0---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 1 1 1 1 1/2
|17-----17-----17-20^-17----------------17'-`-14^-------------------------|
|---20'----20'-----------20'~~~~~~~~-------------15-1312----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------14-1211-------|
|-------------------------------------0-----------------------------12-10/|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------/X-------------9-10-11-12-12--|
|------------------------------------------/X---9~~~~-11'----------------|
|12--------------P-------------------------/X-0--------------------------|
|---10/12109-10-9-7/975-75-2-2/5~~~~~~-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 trem.
|--------------------12------------16-17-18-19-20-21-22~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
|11-12-13-14-15~~~~~----17~~~~-19'----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
back to first part:
PM 1/2 1/2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10-----------------------------------10---10--------------------------|
|-9----9--11'-`-9-7-9/11-9-9~~~~~~~~~~~~----9----9-11'-`-9-7-7/9..../12---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1/2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10------------------------------------------------|
|---AH----------------9----9-11-11'~~`-97/9-11-11'~~`--97-9/11-9~~~~~~~~|
|127.......(7)5/7-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1 H 1 1
|--H------------------------------------------------10-12----8'-8'~~~~~-5-|
|10-12-14-14'-`-12~~~~----------------trem.---10/20-------12--------------|
|---------------------14-14'.....`-14~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1 1 1/2 1 1 1 1 1/2
|---5------5-5---------------------------------------8'-8'~~~~-8-5----5~~~|
|8'---8'~~~--5-----------------------------------------------------8'-----|
|--------------7'-`-5'----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------75------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------53/5-3-----AH---------PM----------------------|
|----------------------------------3'-`'~~~~~~/15-0----------------------|
1 1/2 1
/ 1 1 2
|(5)/17-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------Harm-------13^-13^^'-^-10----10~~~~----------|
|---------------5~~~~~7/9-7-X-12-----------------------12-------11/12-----|
|-------3-3-5/7-------------X-------X-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------X-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
PM 1 1/4
|--------------------------------------------8'~~~~8-5-8'-5---5~~~~~X-----|
|-----------------------------AH-----------grad.------------8---------6~~~|
|(12)-1197-9/1197-7/92-2-2~~~~~~~~~/--bend---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2
v 1 1 1 1 1
|----------8~~~~~-10/12-10~~~~~~-------------20'-`-17---------------------|
|(6)~-8/10-----------------------13'-'~~~~~0----------20'-17--------20'~~~|
|------------------------------------------------------------19^-17-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 1
|---------------------------------------5-8'-5---5...----trem.------------|
|X-------15'~~~~~---------18'~~~~~--8'--------8------8'~~~~~~~~------15'~|
|X--------------------------------0--------------------------------------|
|X-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
pick----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|sl.-2^-0----------0-2-3 ---------------------------------------2^-0-----|
1 1 1/2
|-------------------------------17-20'-17----17.................----------|
|(15)~~------------18'~~~~~-20'-----------20------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------P---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-2-3/15-0--------------------------------------------------------|
H P 1/2 H P
|15-17-15141210/12-12/14-1210-10/12~~~~~~-14-(14)^-12-14-12109------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H P P H P P P P P P H P P
|109753-3/5~~~~~-7-5-7-5-0-7-9-0-9/10-0-10/12-0-9/10-0-7-0-5-0-3-5-3-0|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------very fast little licks------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H P P H P P H P P
|2-3-2-0-3-5-3-0-2-3-2-0--H-P-P---H-P-P---H-P-P---H-P-P---H-P-P---P-AH----|
|------------------------3-5-3-0-2-3-2-0-3-5-3-0-5-7-5-0-3-5-3-0-2-0-3/5..|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fdbk.
|--------------------------pitches:---------------------------------------|
|(5)...../17-----------------A-----------C#-------------E-----trem.------|
|--------------2............-(2).........(2)............(2)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|--------------2............----------------------------------------------|
|--------------0............----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fdbk. Harm.-------| Harm.-------| Harm.-------|
continues-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|(2).....-------5----------------------5---------------------5------------|
|-------------5---5------------------5---5-----------------5---5----------|
|---------5-4-------4-5----------5-4-------4-5---------5-4-------4-5------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Harm.-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5---5---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4-------4-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro Solo:
|--------------------------------------------------------P----------------|
|------H---12....-------------12...------------12-14~~~~~-12---------H--P-|
|-14-12-14--------14-12...-14-------14-12..-14---------------14-1211-12--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------17-------15-------14-------12----|
|P--H--P---------------------------12/15----1514----1412----1210----10|
|-11-12-117-7/9-9/119-9~~~~~~~~~----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H P P
|---10-----9-----7-----5-----3-2-3-2-0----H-P-P---------------------------|
|8----87---75---53---32-----------3-2-3-2-0------P-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------2/42-0---AH-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------2/7~~~~~~~/X-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------X---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------X---|
1 1 AH
|17'-`-19'-17~~~~~~~~~(17)~~~~~15-19-15-14------P------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------15-14-12----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------1211---------11-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------12119----97-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 H
|------------------------------------------------------------H--0-2/3-0-5-|
|--------------------------------------H-H---------------P--3-5-----------|
|9-------7/9---------0-11/12------H---0-9-11--H-H-----74-0---------------|
|--75-5-----7'-7~~~---------1211-12--------0-9-11-0---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------Starting here, very fast licks (16th notes)----------|
H H H 1
|7--H-P----0-3-5--H-H-----------------------------------------------------|
|--5-7-5-5-------0-3-5--H-H----------------------------------12'~~~~~~~~~~|
|----------------------0-4-6--H-H-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------0-4-5--H-H----4/5------P-H-------------------|
|----------------------------------0-4-5-0-----0-4/5-0-2-2-0--------------|
|------------------------------------------------(ends here)--------------|
-Gtr. I keep repeating this- -Gtr. II plays this until fade out---
|-----------until fade out----------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------1------1------1------1-------|-------------------------------------|
|------v------v------v------v-------|-----5-------------5-----------------|
|12 ----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---|-5-4---4-5-----5-4---4-5-------------|
|-----3'-----3'-----3'-----3'-------|-------------------------------------|
Harm.------------------|
Note: Again if you don't have this tape/CD, or unless you know this song
backwards and forwards, this is not going to make ANY sense
whatsoever!!!!!! (Hopefully, it make sense even if you do!)
