Author/Artist: Steve Vai Title: For the Love of God Transcribed by: Stefan V. Danilla Enei Tablature Notation: H= hammer on P= pull off PM= palm muting AH= artificial harmonic PH= pinch harmonic NH= natural harmonic BF= bar flutter /= Slide up \= Slide down PS= pick slide //= Tremolo picking (pick as fast as possible) *= Trill (i.e. 12 means trill between 12 and 13 fret)
---------|----------|-----12\10-7--|-------------|--------|------------------- -------10|-10/12----|-------------8|-10\12--15\10|------10|-10/12------------- -----7---|----------|--------------|-------------|----7---|------------------- -7/9-----|----------|--------------|-------------|7/9-----|------------------- ---------|----------|--------------|-------------|--------|------------------- ---------|----------|--------------|-------------|--------|------------------- Part A. Neck pickup (w/dist.)
---------|-------------------10----------------------------------------------- -19p15-15b20x\-------------7-------------------------------------------------- -------*****-----------7/9---------------------------------------------------- ---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------|--------0p3/-------------------------------------------------------- ---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------- Pull up bar till strings frets out
-------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------- --------10b12----10-10-10-10-10/15-15b17r15vv-15b17-12-12-----------|------15- -------------------------------|--------------------------14b16-r\15|-14b16--- -------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------- -------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------- -------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------- Part C HB PH PH PH
-22vv--|----------17b19-r17-b15-|-17-17-17-17-17-17p15---|15h17-15h17-15h17--- -------|--------x----------****-|----**-**-**-**-**----17|*****-*****-*****--- ------x|-0----x-----------------|------------------------|-------------------- ------x|----x-------------------|------------------------|-------------------- -------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------- -------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------- Rake -2 w/bar **=-1 w bar *****= bar flutter
-19-22-24-24b26-24b26-24b26\----|--------------------------------------------- -//-//-----------------------/19|--------------------------------------------- --------------------------------|--------------------------------------------- --------------------------------|--------------------------------------------- --------------------------------|--------------------------------------------- --------------------------------|--------------------------------------------- The next part is very, VERY fast...
-14-14-14-14h19p14h19h14-14-14----------------14-14h19p14-14-14h19p14-14------ -------------------------------19-15p14h15-14--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ w/ wah-wah , from now the end of the staff doesn't means end of the bar, the bars
-14h19p14-19----------14|------14h19p14----14h19p14h19p14-19p14--------------- -------------15h19p14---|----19---------19----------------------17-15h17------ ------------------------|-18-x------------------------------------------------ ------------------------|----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------|----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------|----------------------------------------------------- are notated like above
---------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------ ---------------------------------|-------------------|-15b17-----------12h15-- -16-15-14-16-15-14-16-15-14-16-15|-------------------|------------------------ ---------------------------------|-14-16-15----------|-------10\-------------- ---------------------------------|-------------------|-----------10----------- ---------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------ 16 times very fast PS
------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|----- -15p12/14-14vvvvvvvvvvvvvv|-vvvvvvvvvb11|-18b14-r18-18b21-18b15b14b16b20|----- ------------|-------------|----------***|-*****-***-*****-**************|----- ------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|----- ------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|----- ------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|----- -3 w/bar w/bar w/a lot of ***ing bar