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BUCKETHEAD'S TV SHOW
As recorded by Buckethead
(From the 1994 Album GIANT ROBOT)
Transcribed by scott666
Words and Music by Buckethead
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'High Strings'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Low Strings'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Intro
Q=127
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx16 Q. E +H +H Q Q Q. E +H +W
|-------------|---------------|--------7--5--|-3-------------|--------|
|-------------|------7-(7)----|-(7)----------|------7-(7)----|-(7)----|
|-------------|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
Q. E +H +H Q Q Q. S S H +W
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|------7-(7)----|-(7)----5--3--|-2----3p2p0----|-(0)----|
|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
Q. E H +H Q Q Q. E H +W
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
|------8-8----|-(8)----------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------7--6--|-4------4----|-(4)----|
|-5-----------|--------------|------4------|--------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
Q. E H +H E. E. E Q. E H +W
|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||
|------8-8----|-(8)------------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------9--7--6-|-4------4----|-(4)----||
|-5-----------|----------------|------4------|--------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||
Guitar and Drums Enter
Gtrs I, II, III
Q. E +H +H Q Q Q. E +H +W
|---------------|--------7--5--|-3-------------|--------|
|------7-(7)----|-(7)----------|------7-(7)----|-(7)----|
|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
Q. E +H +H Q Q Q. S S H +W
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|------7-(7)----|-(7)----5--3--|-2----3p2p0----|-(0)----|
|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|
Q. E H +H Q Q Q. E H +W
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
|------8-8----|-(8)----------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------7--6--|-4------4----|-(4)----|
|-5-----------|--------------|------4------|--------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
H=H
Q. E H +H E. E. E Q. E H +W
|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||
|------8-8----|-(8)------------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|--------9--7--6-|-4------4----|-(4)----||
|-5-----------|----------------|------4------|--------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||
Theme 1
Q=146
$
B5
Gtr III
Q. E +H +H Q Q
|----------------------------|---------------7-----5-----|
|----------7---(7)-----------|-(7)-----------------------|
|-4--------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D5
Q. E +H +W
|-3--------------------------|------------------------|
|----------7---(7)-----------|-(7)--------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5--|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
B5
Q. E +H +H Q Q
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------7---(7)-----------|-(7)-----------5-----3-----|
|-4--------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
A5G5 F#5
Q. S S H +W
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-2--------3p2p0-----------|-(0)--------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4----------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-7s5-5s4--|
|--------------------------|---------------5s3-3s2--|
G5
Q. E H +H Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------8---8-----------|-(8)-----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------7-----6-----|
|-5------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A5G5 F#5
Q. E H +W
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-4------------4-----------|-(4)--------------------|
|----------4---------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-7s5-5s4--|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-5s3-3s2--|
G5
Q. E H +H E. E. E
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------8---8-----------|-(8)-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------9----7----6---|
|-5------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
To Coda
Q. E H +W
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|-4------------4-----------|-(4)--------------------------||
|----------4---------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
Theme 2
A5 G5
Q. E H +H E. E. E Q. E H +H E. E. E
||--5----2-2----|-(2)----3--2--0--|-10----9-9----|-(9)----10--12------|
||o-------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------12--|
||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
||o-------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|
| W +W W +W
||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
||o-------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
||--2-----------|-(2)-------------|--------------|--------------------|
||o-0-----------|-(0)-------------|--5-----------|-(5)----------------|
||--------------|-----------------|--3-----------|-(3)----------------|
B5 F#5
Q. E a H +H a E. E. E W +W
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||
|-12----10-10h12----|-(12)----10h12--10--8-|-----------|---------o||
|-------------------|----------------------|-11--------|-(11)-----||
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------o||
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||
|
| W +W W +W
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------o||
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||
|--4----------------|--(4)-----------------|-----------|----------||
|--2----------------|--(2)-----------------|--4--------|--(4)----o||
|-------------------|----------------------|--2--------|--(2)-----||
Theme 3
D.S. al Coda
B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 E5
PM
E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. q Q
||------------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------o||
||------------------------|--------------------||
||--4-x-x-4-2--4-x-x-4-2--|-4-x-x-4-2--4-------||
||o-2-x-x-2-0--2-x-x-2-0--|-2-x-x-2-0--2--2\--o||
||------------------------|---------------0\---||
Outro
&
B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 E5
PM
E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. q Q 4x
||------------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------o||
||------------------------|--------------------||
||--4-x-x-4-2--4-x-x-4-2--|-4-x-x-4-2--4-------||
||o-2-x-x-2-0--2-x-x-2-0--|-2-x-x-2-0--2--2\--o||
||------------------------|---------------0\---||
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
