VOODOO ACID (Bassline)
As recorded by Steve Vai
(From the 1999 Album ULTRA ZONE)
Words and Music by Steve Vai

 

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


 Intro
  Fast Rock Q=206
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx12            Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------||-----------------|--------------|
|-------------||o-6--6-----6---6h|=7--------7---|
|-------------||o------6---------|----7--7----7-|
|-------------||-----------------|--------------|


                                    Verse
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q   4x Wx18
|------------------|--------------||---------|
|-6--6-------6---6h|=7-----7-----o||---------|
|------6-(6)-------|----7-----7--o||---------|
|------------------|--------------||---------|


   Guitar Solo
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
||-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o-6--6-----6---6h|=7--------7---|-6--6-------6---6h=|
||o------6---------|----7--7----7-|------6-(6)--------|
||-----------------|--------------|-------------------|


                 Verse           Interlude
  Q  Q  Q  Q   4x Wx18            Q  E E E E E E
|--------------||-------------||------------------|
|-7-----7-----o||-------------||o-6--6-----6---6h=|
|----7-----7--o||-------------||o------6----------|
|--------------||-------------||------------------|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q   4x
|--------------|------------------|--------------||
|-7--------7---|-6--6-------6---6h|=7-----7-----o||
|----7--7----7-|------6-(6)-------|----7-----7--o||
|--------------|------------------|--------------||


   Guitar Solo
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
||-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o-6--6-----6---6h|=7--------7---|-6--6-------6---6h=|
||o------6---------|----7--7----7-|------6-(6)--------|
||-----------------|--------------|-------------------|


                               Verse
  Q  Q  Q  Q   4x Wx2           Wx31
|--------------||------------||---------|
|-7-----7-----o||------------||---------|
|----7-----7--o||------------||---------|
|--------------||------------||---------|


   Guitar Solo
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
||-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
||o-6--6-----6---6h|=7--------7---|-6--6-------6---6h=|
||o------6---------|----7--7----7-|------6-(6)--------|
||-----------------|--------------|-------------------|


                     Verse
  Q  Q  Q  Q  12x     Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------||-||-----------------|---------------|
|-7-----7-----o||-||o-6--6-----6---6h|=7--------7----|
|----7-----7--o||-||o------6---------|----7--7----7--|
|--------------||-||-----------------|---------------|


                                        Interlude
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q   4x     Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------||-||-------------------|
|-6--6-------6---6h|=7-----7-----o||-||o-6--6-----6---6h==|
|------6-(6)-------|----7-----7--o||-||o------6-----------|
|------------------|--------------||-||-------------------|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q   9x
|--------------|------------------|--------------||
|-7--------7---|-6--6-------6---6h|=7-----7-----o||
|----7--7----7-|------6-(6)-------|----7-----7--o||
|--------------|------------------|--------------||


                  Verse           Outro-Guitar Solo
    q  Q  H        Wx16            Q  E E E E E E
||--------------||-------------||------------------|
||o-6----------o||-------------||o-6--6-----6---6h=|
||o------------o||-------------||o------6----------|
||--------------||-------------||------------------|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q  13x
|--------------|------------------|--------------||
|-7--------7---|-6--6-------6---6-|-7-----7-----o||
|----7--7----7-|------6-(6)-------|----7-----7--o||
|--------------|------------------|--------------||




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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