WINDOWS TO THE SOUL (Bassline)
As recorded by Steve Vai
(From the 1999 Album THE ULTRA ZONE)
Words and Music by Steve Vai

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


  Moderately Q=128
 11/8
  Gtr I
  Wx8               H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q
|---------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------||o----------7---------|----------7----------|
|---------------||o-0----(0)-----------|-0----(0)--------0---|
|---------------||---------------------|---------------------|


  H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  E E  4x H    +E  E Q  Q.
|--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------o||----------3---------|
|-5----(5)-5-------5-|---------------------o||--------------------|
|--------------------|-0----(0)-----0--5-5--||-3----(3)-----------|


  H    +E  E Q.   Q    H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------5---------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5----(5)--------5--|-2----(2)-2-------2-|-3----(3)-----3-----|


  H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q    H    +E  E Q  Q  E
|--------------------|--------------------|----------5---------|
|----------3---------|----------5---------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-3----(3)---------3-|
|-3----(3)-----------|-5----(5)--------5--|--------------------|


  H    +E  E E Q  E E     H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q
|---------------------||---------------------|--------------------|
|-0----(0)-----0--5-5-||o----------7---------|----------7---------|
|---------------------||o-0----(0)-----------|-0----(0)--------0--|
|---------------------||---------------------|--------------------|


  H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  E E  6x     H    +E  E Q  Q.
|--------------------|----------------------||-||----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------o||-||o----------3----------|
|-5----(5)-5-------5-|---------------------o||-||o---------------------|
|--------------------|-0----(0)-----0--5-5--||-||--3----(3)------------|


  H    +E  E Q.   Q    H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  Q
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------||
|----------5---------|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-5----(5)--------5--|-2----(2)-2-------2-|-3----(3)-----3------||


  H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q    H    +E  E Q  Q  E
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------3---------|----------5---------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3----(3)-----------|-5----(5)--------5--|-2----(2)-2-------2-|


  H    +E  E E Q  Q    H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------3---------|----------5---------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3----(3)-----3-----|-3----(3)-----------|-5----(5)--------5--|


  H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  E E   Wx8
|----------5---------|---------------------|--------|
|--------------------|-0----(0)-----0--5-5-|--------|
|-3----(3)---------3-|---------------------|--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|


    H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q    H    +E  E Q  Q  E
||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||o----------7---------|----------7---------|-------------------|
||o-0----(0)-----------|-0----(0)--------0--|-5----(5)-5-------5|
||---------------------|--------------------|-------------------|


  H    +E  E E Q  E E         H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q
|----------------------||-||---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------o||-||o----------3---------|----------5----------|
|---------------------o||-||o--------------------|---------------------|
|-0----(0)-----0--5-5--||-||--3----(3)-----------|-5----(5)--------5---|


  H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  Q      H    +E  E Q  Q.
|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------o||----------3---------|
|--------------------|--------------------o||--------------------|
|-2----(2)-2-------2-|-3----(3)-----3------||-3----(3)-----------|


  H    +E  E Q.   Q    H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------5---------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5----(5)--------5--|-2----(2)-2-------2-|-3----(3)-----3-----|


  H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q    H    +E  E Q  Q  E
|--------------------|--------------------|----------5---------|
|----------3---------|----------5---------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-3----(3)---------3-|
|-3----(3)-----------|-5----(5)--------5--|--------------------|


  H    +E  E E Q  E E     H    +E  E Q  Q.     H    +E  E Q.   Q
|---------------------||---------------------|--------------------|
|-0----(0)-----0--5-5-||o----------7---------|----------7---------|
|---------------------||o-0----(0)-----------|-0----(0)--------0--|
|---------------------||---------------------|--------------------|


  H    +E  E Q  Q  E   H    +E  E E Q  E E  4x Wx21
|--------------------|----------------------||---------*|
|--------------------|---------------------o||---------*|
|-5----(5)-5-------5-|---------------------o||---------*|
|--------------------|-0----(0)-----0--5-5--||---------*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths