• Song:

    Genocide

  • Artist:

    Steve Vai

  • Album:

    Original Album Classics

E Q    Wx2           W          W           W          W
|------|------------|-13--------|----------|-13--------|------||
|------|------------|-15--------|----------|-15--------|------||
|------|------------|-12--------|----------|-12--------|------||
|------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|------||
|------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|------||
|------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|------||


 Verse 1       Chorus
  Wx4            Q.   E H       Q   S E. H       Q.   E H       Q   S E. H
|------------||-13-----------|-13--13---------|-13-----------|-13--13---------||
|------------||-15-----------|-15--15---------|-15-----------|-15--15---------||
|------------||-12-----------|-12--12---------|-12-----------|-12--12---------||
|------------||--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
|------------||--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
|------------||--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------||
              |-Rhy Fig 1                                       end Rhy Fig 1-|

 Verse 2
             Gtr II
  Wx2          H    Q  E. S   E. S +S  E S S S E E. +S
|------------|--------------|----------------------------||
|------------|--------------|----------------------------||
|------------|--------------|-5--------------------------||
|------------|------------5-|-5--3-(3)-----5-3-----------||
|------------|------------3-|-3--1-(1)---5-3-1---5--(5)-||
|------------|--------------|----------1-3-----1-3--(3)-||


 Chorus
Rhy Fig 1


 Verse 3
  Gtrs II, III                        Gtr II
   ~~~                                   ~~~
   H.      Q     W                       H.      Q
|-13----------|-----------------------|-13----------|
|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-10----------|-----------------------|-10----------|
|-10----------|-----------------------|-------------|
|--8----------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|  H.      Q
|
| Gtr IV
|  W            +Q   +E. S S S S S Q     W
|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------------------|-10----------|
|-------------|-----------------------|-10----------|
|-------------|-----------------------|-10----------|
|--3----------|-(3)--(3)-5---5-5---5--|--8----------|
|--1----------|-(1)--(1)-3---3-3---3--|-------------|



   +Q    +E.  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|--------------------------------------||
|-(10)--(10)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-(10)--(10)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-(10)--(10)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|--(8)---(8)---------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||


 Chorus
  Gtr I                                                          Gtr II
   Q   S E. H       Q   S E.  Q  Q     H.      Q     Q   S E. H
|-13--13---------|-13--13----13-----|-13----------|-13--13------------||
|-15--15---------|-15--15-----------|-15----------|-15--15------------||
|-12--12---------|-12--12-----------|-12----------|-12--12------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------|----------------x-||
|----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------||
                                                     H        Q  E E


 Guitar Solo
  Gtr II
                         ~~~~~                        ~~~~
   a      +Q     a      +Q     S  S  S  S  S  S      +E
|--------------------------------15----15----------------|
|-18b20==(18)r--18b20==(18)r--18----18----18-18b20==(18)-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


 ~~~~~~~                                        ~~~~~
   +S    S  S      +S   +S   +T   T  S  S      +Q     S  S  S  S
|-------15-------------------------------------------15----------|
|-(18)r----18b20==(18)-(18)r(18)p15-18-17b18==(17)r-----18-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------15----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------17-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

  ~~~~~~~~                                ~~
  Q   +E.  a       S   +S   +T   T  S  S  Q
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------18--(18)---------------------|
|-15--(15)-17b19==(17)-(17)r(17)p15-------15----|
|-----------------------------------17-17-------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

      ~~
  E   E  S  S   S  +T   T  S.  T  E  a      +S    T  T  E
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-x/-15---------------------------------------------------|
|-------17-15---------------------------------------------|
|-------------15-(15)p13-15--13-15-15b17==(15)r-15p13----|
|------------------------------------------------------15-|


  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q     +E.   S      +E       +E   +E.  S
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------15b17==(15)b18==(15)-(15)-15-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-[15]--([15])------------------------------|

                                                                 ~~
                                    |-------6-------|
   +S   +T   T  S  S  a      +Q    +S   S  S  S  S  S   S  T  T  E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)r(15)p13------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------15-17-15b17==(15)r=(15)----------15----/18-15--------|
|--------------------------------------17-15-17----17--------17-17--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

    ~~~~
               |--3--|
   +E   +E     S  S  S  T  T  T  T  T  T  S  S  T  T  a      +Q
|------------/15-20-15-20-15-20-15-15h20p15-15-15-15---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------18b20==(18)r--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(17)-(17)-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

                          ~~~~~~~~~                                                 ~~
                                                               |--3--|
   T  T  T  T  T  T      +S   +T    T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  Q
|-15----------15-------------------15----------------------------------------------------||
|----18p15h18----18b20==(18)-(18)r----18p15----15----------15-17p15----15----------------||
|-------------------------------------------18----18-17-18----------17----17p15----15----||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


 Verse 4
  Gtrs II, III         Gtr III
   Q   Q     H           Q  +E. S S S S S Q
|-----------------1----|---------------------|
|---------1-(1)-1---3--|---------------------|
|-15--15---------------|-5--(5)-7------------|
|--3--(3)--------------|-5--(5)-------3---5--|
|--1--(1)--------------|-3--(3)-5-----3---5--|
|----------------------|------------1-1---3--|
   Q  +E. S +S  S E Q


                                                   PM
   E  S  S  S  S  S S S S S S S S E   Q  +E. S +S  S E Q
|-----------------------------------|----------------1------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------1------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5--(5)-3-(3)----------||
|-----------------------------------|-5--(5)-3-(3)----------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--(3)-1-(1)-----5----||
|-----------------------------------|--------------1---3----||


 Chorus
                                 Gtr IV
  W          W          W          H    Q   Q
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------18--||


 Interlude
  Gtr II
  S S E +S  S S S +E   E Q       S S E +S  S S S  H
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-9-8-7-(7)-7-8-9-(9)----------|-9-8-7-(7)-7-8-9------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| S S E +S  S S S +E   E S S E   S S E +S  S S S +S  S S S S S    +E
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------5-3----------------|
|---------------------/5-4-3---|-------------------------4-3------------|
|-3-2-1-(1)-1-2-3-(3)--------6-|-3-2-1-(1)-1-2-3-(3)---------5b6==(5)r--|


  S S E +S  S S S +E     E         Q             Q   S S e e S S +S   E.
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9-8-7-(7)-7-8-9-(9)-------------------------|------9-8-7-7-8-9-(9)--------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|                                           ~~~~~~~~
| S S E +S  S S S +S   S S S a    +S  +S  S S   +Q   S S e e S S +S   S  E
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------3---5b7==(5)r(5)-3-5-|-(5)-------------------------|
|---------------------/5---5------------------|----------------------/x--x-|
|-3-2-1-(1)-1-2-3-(3)-------------------------|------3-2-1-1-2-3-(3)--------|


  Gtr IV
  E S S S E S +S  a    +E  +S  S S E   S S e S S E +S   S S S +S     +S   E
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------/5-4------------------|
|-3---------5-(5)--------------------|----------------------3-(3)b4==(3)r-5--|
|---5-4-3-1-------4b5==(4)r(4)-3-1-1-|-1-2-3-2-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------3-1-(1)-----------------------|


  Gtr II
      ~~~~~
   E  E          S  E S  H
|---------------------------------------------|
|----18---------17----------------------------|
|------------------15-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|  E  S    +S    S  E S +S  a    +E.  S T T E
|---------------------3-(3)-------------------|
|-/6------------------------------------------|
|-----5b6==(5)r--5--3-------5b6==(5)r-5h6p5-3-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


                          ~~~~~~~               ~~~~~~
   a      +S   +T   T  S  S  +Q   a    +S   S S S +Q
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-13b15==(13)r(13)p11----11-(11)-----------------------||
|---------------------12----------5b6==(5)r-5-3--------||
|-----------------------------------------------5-(5)--||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||


 Verse 5
  Gtrs II, III
                               ~~
   E.     +S   E.  S  S  S  E  Q      E  E  E  S  S  +S   S  S  S  S  S  E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-17pb18r(17)-15-----------18-15--|--------------15-(15)-15-15-15----------|
|-----------------17-17-17--------|-17-16-17-16------------------17-16----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------17-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

                               ~~
   E.     +S   E.  S  S  S  E  Q
|---------------------------------|
|-17pb18r(17)-15-----------18-15--|
|-----------------17-17-17--------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


                                            ~~~~~
    E  E  E  S  S  +S   S  S  S  E  a      +E
|-------------------------------15--------------||
|--------------15-(15)-15-15-15----18b20==(18)r-||
|-17-16-17-16----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|
|Gtr V
|   H               Q            E          E
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------3---||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------3---||


 Out-Chorus
  Gtr V
   E. S E. S S S S S  Q       S   E  S  +S  E. S S S S E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--3--5-3--1-3s8-8-8--6----|--6s=10-10-(10)-8--6h8-8-6-8---|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------(3)-3-|-(3)-------------------------3-|
  +H.                +E  E   +Q          Q     Q       E E
|-Riff A


  S E S E. S S S S S E E   S  E  S  +S  E S S  S  S  S  Q
|------------------------|----------------8-8-----------------|
|-1-3-5-3--1-3s8-8-6-6---|-6s10-10-(10)-8-----10-10-10--8-----|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------3-|-----------------------------18S1-3-|
  H          Q       E E   H                Q           E S S
                                                   end Riff A-|

w/Riff A x3
  Gtr II
                          ~~~~~                          ~~~~~~~~~~~
   a      +Q      a      +Q      a      +S    S  a      +E     +E.     S
|--------------------------------------------15-----------------------15-|
|-18b20==(18)r---18b20==(18)r---18b20==(18)r----18b20==(18)---(18)r------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
|                                        PM--|
|          Q              E.  S          S    S          S  S   Q
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------4--------------4---2--------------------------4------4--------|
|----------5--------------5---3--------------------------5------5--------|
|----------5--------------5---3--------------------------5------5--------|
|----------3--------------3---1----------1----1----------3------3--------|
|-Rhy Fig 2

                    ~~~~                                ~~~
   S   T  T  S  S   Q         a      +S   +T   T  S  S  E.    S
|-15------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----18p15-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------17-15--15--------17b19==(17)r(17)p15-------15-------|
|------------------------------------------------17-17-------17-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|                                                 PM
|  Q                E.     S         +S    S      E     Q
|-------------------------------------------------------1-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------1-------|
|--5----------------5-----10--------(10)------------------------|
|--5----------------5-----10--------(10)--10--------------------|
|--3----------------3------8---------(8)---8--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------1-------------|
                                                  end Rhy Fig 2-|

Rhy Fig 2 x3
      ~~~~~~~~~          ~~~~~~~~~
   S  E.    E.  S  S  S  E    +E.    S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------15----------------------|
|-15-17----17-----17-15-17---(17)---15-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Q         Q         H
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-15--------15----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|



                           1/           1/   1/   1/   1/   1/   1/   1/   1/
                           |----3----|
   S   S      +S    S  E   S    S    S  +S    +S    +S    +S    +S    +S    +S    +S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------15-18---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----17b19==(17)r--------17p==15h==17-(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



    1/   1/   1/   1/                           1/
   +S    +S    +S    +S     E      S  S   E     S  +S    S  S  E
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)----------15-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------17--------17-(17)--17-15-17-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|



        ~~~~~~~~~
                  |---3---|
  S  S  E    +E   S  S    S  S  S  S  S S  S  a      +E
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------15-------------------------------|
|---15-----------15-17------17----17-15---17-15b17==(15)r-|
|------17---(17)---------------17-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|



   E     S  S   S   S  S  S   E      Q           E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-17----15----/15------------------------------------|
|----------17------17-15-17--17-----15tr17-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|



   a       Q.                   a       E     +H
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------13---------------------------15----(15)------------------|
|-15b17==(15)r-----------------17b19==(17)---(17)r-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|          S    S  S  S  S   S          S  S   S   S S S  S  S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------10---10-10-10-10--10---------10--9---9---9-9-9--9--9-9-9-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------8----8--8--8--8---8----------8--7---7---7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


   Q            E.       a       S   +H
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------8---(8)-------------|
|-----------------------10b12==(10)-(10)r------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S   S S  S   S  S  S          S   +S   S E   Q
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--7---7-7--7---7--7--7------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5---(5)-------------|
|--5---5-5--5---5--5--5----------3---(3)--1-----5----|
|-------------------------------------------1---3----|


    S  S  S  S  S   S  E    S  S  S  S  S      +S   S  S
|--------------------------------15-18-18pb20r(18)-15----|
|-----------15-----15------15-18----------------------18-|
|-/17-15-17----17-----17---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|   S  S  S  S  S   S  S S  S  S  S  S  S       S   S  S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10--10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9-------9---9--9-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---8--8--8--8--8---8--8-7--7--7--7--7--7-------7---7--7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


                                                           ~~~
                                         |------3-------|
   S  a      +E.       +Q         E      S      +S      S  Q
|-15-15b18==(15)r=====(15)--------------15pb18r(15)p===13-15--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S          S  S  S   S  S S S +S   S  E                 E   E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------7--7--7---7--7-7--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5-(5)--------------------------------|
|--5----------5--5--5---5--5-5-3-(3)--1--------------------5--------|
|----------------------------------------1-----------------3-/15---|

   Q       +Q    +E       +E         Q
|-18b19===(18)r=(18)b19==(18)r---------------*|
|--------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------*|
|
|  H             +E.             S  +E   E
|--------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------*|
|--5-------------(5)-------------------------*|
|--5-------------(5)-------------------------*|
|--3-------------(3)-----------/19-(19)-----*|
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