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STAR WARS (Live)
As recorded by Buckethead
(From the 1994 Album GIANT ROBOT)
Transcribed by Eduardo Zanetti (delay signal)
Music by J. Williams
Arranged by Buckethead
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
C#5
x 4 6 6 x x
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H. Q
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|---------x\--|
|------------|---------x\--|
Intro (00:07)
(B5) N.C.
PM----------------------------------|
|-3--|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2----------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-/4----||
(B5) N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-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-------|
|-------------------------|-------------4-0-4-|
(C#5)
PM----------------------------------------------|
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-|
Theme
(B5) N.C.
Gtr II
|--3--|
H H +H Q Q Q
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------/19-----------|-(19)\-----------17-16----|
||--16-------------------------|-----------------------18-|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM----------------------------------------|
| |--3--|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2---2-2-2-2-2----------|
||-----------------------------|------------------4--0--4-|
(B5) N.C.
|--3--|
H H +H Q Q Q
|-19b21r===========================|==========================|
|-----------------/19b21-----------|-(19)\-----------17-16----|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------18-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| |--3--|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2-2-|---2---2-2-2-2-2----------|
|----------------------------------|------------------4--0--4-|
(B5) N.C.
|--3--|
H H +H Q Q Q
|-/19b21-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------19\-----------|-(19)-----------17-16-17-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------|
| |--3--|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2----2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------4--0--4-|
(C#5)
W +W
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-[18]-----------------------|-(18)\--------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
Interlude
(F#5)
< >
Q. E Q. S S H H
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||---------4h=6-----7h=9p|==7\-------------|
||o-^/4------------------|--------4--------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q. E Q. S S H H
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o--------7-/9----10h12p|=10--------------|
||---/6------------------|--------6--------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +H. +E E
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o---7------------------|-(7)-------(7)---|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|---------------4-|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
T T T T T T T T
|3| |--3--|
Q. S S Q E E E E Q. Q. E S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------6p|==4S===5\-----4-------|
|------4h6h=7p4--7p4-----|----------------------|
|-4----------------------|-----------------4-4--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| |3| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q E E E E H. +E S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------7h9h10p7-10p7-/14p|=12---------(12)------|
|-6----------------------|-----------------6-6--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| W +H. +E S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-7----------------------|-(7)---------(7)------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------4-4--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
(F#5)
|---3---|
Q. E E E E E H. E E E
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------6----|-/11tr13b13-----------------|
|------4Sh=7\p4----7-|----------------------------|
|-4------------------|-----------------12--11---9-|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| Q. E E E E E H. E E E
|---------------9----|--14------------------------|
|------7sh10\p7---10-|----------------------------|
|-6------------------|-----------------14--13--11-|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| W +H. +E +E E
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|-7------------------|--(7)------------(7)-(7)----|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------4-|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
~~~
|--3--|
Q E E E Q Q W
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-11-------------------|------------------||
|-----12-11--9---------|--9--------------o||
|---------------9---9--|------------------||
|
| |--3--|
| Q E E E Q Q W
|----------------------|------------------||
|-14-------------------|-----------------o||
|-----14-13-11---------|-11---------------||
|--------------11--11--|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|
| W +H. +E E
|----------------------|------------------||
|--7-------------------|-(7)------(7)----o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|--------------4---||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
Outro (01:14)
(B5)
Gtrs I, II
> >
PM--------------| ~
E S S E S S E S S E E Q E E H
||------------------------|-------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------|
||------------------------|-------------|
||------------------------|-------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-|-2----5-2----|
||--------------------3---|----3--------|
(F#5)
PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E Q E E H
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-5----5-2b4r====o||
|-----------------------|----3------------||
Final (01:28)
(B5)
|--3--|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16--|
|-14----14-14-14----14-14-|-14---14--14-14-14--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-14----14-14-14----14-14-|-14---14--14-14-14--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +W
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)----------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|--3--|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16-|
|-15----15-15-15----15-15-|-15---15--15-15-15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-13----13-13-13----13-13-|-13---13--13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| W +W
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
(B5)
|---3---|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/19----/19-/19-/19----/19-/19-|-/19---/19--/19-/19-/19--|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--16-----16--16--16-----16--16-|--16----16---16--16--16--|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W +W
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---4---------------------------|--(4)--------------------|
|---4---------------------------|--(4)--------------------|
|---2---------------------------|--(2)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3---|
Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-19\---19\-19\-19\---19\-19\-|-19\--19\--19\-19\-19\-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-16----16--16--16----16--16--|-16---16---16--16--16--|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W +W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--4--------------------------|-(4)-------------------|
|--4--------------------------|-(4)-------------------|
|--2--------------------------|-(2)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
B5
7/4 4/4
W H. W
|------------------|------|
|------------------|------|
|------------------|-4----|
|------------------|-4----|
|------------------|-2----|
|------------------|------|
(B5)
|---------7----------| |--------7--------| |--------7--------| |--------7--------|
S S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------14-16-17-16-14-------|
|------------------------------------------------------14-15-17-14-15-17----------------17----|
|------------------------------------13-14-16-13-14-17----------------------------------------|
|---------------12-12-14-16-12-14-16----------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-14-16-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7-------| |--------7--------| |--------7--------| |-----------7-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S S
|----14-16-17-16-14-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17----------------17-16-14-17-15-14-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------17-14-13-16-14-13-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------16-14-12-16-14-12-12----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------16-14-12-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
W
|-------*|
|-------*|
|-4\----*|
|-4\----*|
|-2\----*|
|-------*|
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
Artist: Buckethead
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