Orianthi – Highly Strung tab

Song Structure

Main Riff
Verse I
Chorus I
Main Riff (only played once, the last 2 parts of it)
Verse II
Chorus II
Solo I
Solo II
Solo III
Solo IV
Bridge
Chorus III
Main Riff (played twice but it's the last 2 parts repeated and no chords at the end)
Ending


Main Riff

Orianthi (right channel)

------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------55-------------------------|---------3-----------55----------3--------------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-33--5---3h5---5-5-3--------|---5-------------5---------5-------------5-3-3~-|
Vai (left channel)
-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------3-----------------------3-------------------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-----5---3h5---5-3---------------|---5-------------5---------5-----------5-3-1h3~-1h3~-|
Orianthi (right channel)
------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------6----|---------------------55----------------------7--|---------3-----------55----------3---3h5/7------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-33--5---3h5---5------------|---5-------------5---------5--------------------|
Vai (left channel)
------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------6----|---------------------------------------------7--|---------3-----------------------3---3h5/7------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-----5---3h5---5------------|---5-------------5---------5--------------------|
Orianthi (right channel)
----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------55-----------------------------|---------3-----------55----------3------------------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-33--5---3h5---5-5---3----------|---5-------------5---------5-----------5---5-3-3-3~-|
Vai (left channel)
---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------3-----------------------3-----------------------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-----5---3h5---5-5---3---------------|---5-------------5---------5-----------5---5-3-1h3~-1h3~-|
Orianthi (right channel)
-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------6-----|---------------------55----------------------7~~-|---------3-----------55----------3---3h5/7-------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-33--5---3h5---5-------------|---5-------------5---------5---------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------6-----|---------------------------------------------7/--|---------3-----------------------3---3h5/7-------|-5---3h5---5-5-3---3-----5---3h5---5-------------|---5-------------5---------5---------------------|
Both
-------|-------|-------|-5-5-3-|-5-5-3-|-3-3-1-|
Verse I (0:23) Orianthi (right channel)
-----------------------------------|-9^-6-6---6-8-6-9^-----------------|--------5--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-------------------------------------|-------------------9^-6-6------------|--------------------------7-5--------|------------------------------7-5----|----------------------------------5--|-------------------------------------|
(0:27) Orianthi (right channel)
---------------------------------------|--/15----------13----------------------|------14-12-14----14~------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
---------------------17^*-13---------13----|-----------------------------15-13------15-|-----------------------------------14------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
(0:31) Orianthi (right channel)
------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-9-------------10-------------------|---10-12-10-12----------------------|-----------------12-----------------|------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-------------------------------------|---------------------8---------------|-----------------------9-10-9-7----7-|--------------------------------10---|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
(0:35) Orianthi (right channel)
-------------------8-12----12-15-17^~-------------|-----------6-8--10------13------------------------|--------/7----------------------------------------|----3-5-------------------------------------------|-/5-----------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
--------------------8-12-15/17-20p18p17-20p18p17-20~-|-------------6-8-10----------------------------------|-----------7-----------------------------------------|-------3-5-------------------------------------------|-----5-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Chorus I (0:44) Orianthi (right channel)
-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-9/10-9----11/12-11----------7/8-7-------------------|--------10----------12----12-------8-10/12-10-8---10-|-----------------------12-----------------------8----|
Vai (left channel)
----------------------------------------------------------------|-12/13-12-----14/15-14------------------------------------------|----------12-----------14----14--14/15-14-----------------------|--------------------------14--------------15-17/19-17-15----17--|---------------------------------------------------------15-----|----------------------------------------------------------------|
(0:52) Orianthi (right channel)
-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-16/17-16----18/19-18--------21-22-21/22-21----|----------17----------19-/21----------------22-|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
--------------------------17-18/-/17-15------|-/17-15----17/18-17---------------------17---|--------16----------18/19--------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
(0:59) (both playing the same thing here, only Vai adds the ghost note)
-----------------------------------------------------------------|-13h15-15-13h15-15-13h15-15-15^~-15h17-17-15h17-17-15h17-17-17^~-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------(22)--|-18h20-20-18h20-20-18h20-20-20^~-20h22-22-20h22-22-20h22-22-22^~-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse II (1:17) Orianthi (right channel)
---------------------------------------------|-15^-15-13-----------------------------------|-----------14-12-10-12~~---------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-------------------------^17p15-15-13----^13~-|--------------------------------------15------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
(1:21) Orianthi (right channel)
------------------------------------------------------|-18^-17-15----18^-------------------------------------|-----------17----------17----17~----------------------|-----------------19-17----19--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
--------------------------------15^-15^-15^-15-13----|--------------------------------------------------15-|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
(1:25) (There is a pick scratch here on both guitars that I'm not tabbing first one scratches up the fretboard, second goes down it, both on the first string.) Orianthi (right channel)
---------(scratch)----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
----------------------------(scratch)---------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
(1:28) (there is a ton of tremolo on both ends during this part) Orianthi (right channel)
-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-5h7p5---5h7p5---7h8p7---7h8p7---9h10p9----9h10p9----|-------8-------8-------9-------9--------12--------12-|-----------------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-------------------------------------------------------------------|-8h10p8---8h10p8---10h11p10----10h11p10----12h13p12----12h13p12----|--------8--------8----------12----------12----------14----------14-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(1:30) Orianthi (right channel)
--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-9-10-10-13-10-12-12-14-12-14-14-15-15-17---|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
--------------------------------------------|--12-13-13-15-13-15-15-17-15-17-17-18-18-20-|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
(1:33) Orianthi (right channel)
--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-19-21-21-22-21-22-21-21-21h22~-------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-17-19-19-20-19-20-19-19-19h20~-------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
Chorus II (need a 24 fret guitar to play Vai's part here) (1:37) Orianthi (right channel)
-----------------------------------------------------|-12/13-12----14/15-14--------------------------------|----------12----------14-14/16-14~-(14)/15-14^-14----|--------------------------------------------------15-|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-19/20-19----21/22-21-17-17h19-17-(17)/18-18-17----|----------20------------------------------------18-|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
(1:42) Orianthi (right channel)
----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------17-16----18/19-18----------21~-22-22-21-----|-17/19-17-15----17--------17----------19-19/21--------------22~-|-------------15-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-------------------19/20-19-----21/22-21----------24~-24^-24------|-20/22-20-18----20----------20~----------22-22/24------------24^~-|-------------17---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
(1:50) (both play this part, identical to the first chorus ending)
-----------------------------------------------------------------|-13h15-15-13h15-15-13h15-15-15^~-15h17-17-15h17-17-15h17-17-17^~-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------(22)--|-18h20-20-18h20-20-18h20-20-20^~-20h22-22-20h22-22-20h22-22-22^~-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo I (Vai repeats that one part during the whole solo) Orianthi (right channel) (2:00)
---------------------------/12-12-------10-10---------|-12~-10h12p10----12---------------12-12-------10-10/p-|--------------12----9-/(2)----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
(2:05)
--------------------------------------|-10^-10-8-----8^----------------------|----------9-7-7^-(9)------------------|---------------------7/9-7-5-----5----|-----------------------------7-5---7~-|--------------------------------------|
(2:07)
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----X5-X5-X5-X7-X8-8-7~--5---7/9~-|-X7------------------------7------|----------------------------------|
(2:10)
------------------------|--------------------5---|----5---5---5-7-5-7---7-|-X7---7---7-------------|------------------------|------------------------|
(2:12)
------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-/9^-/11^-/12^-/14^-/16^-16^-16^~~--|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|---7---5---7-----|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|
Solo II (Orianthi repeats that one part during the whole solo) Vai (left channel) (2:16)
-------------------------13^----|-14^-14-13-15~~-15-13-15-----15-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(2:20)
--------------------------------------------------------|-13h15p13h15-13-15-13-12~-/12-13-12---------------------|------------------------------------13-13-15-12^~~/10~~-|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
(2:24)
--------------------------------------|-11^/12~-11-------------11------------|------------12-10-10-12----12-10-12^~-|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
(2:26)
----------------------------------------|-13-11---------------13-11--------------|-------12-10-10h12~--------12-10-10h12~-|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
(2:28)
------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-(12)/------------------------------------------|-------9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p-|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
(2:29)
-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-10-8-10p8h10p8-8/10-8-10-8----------|----------------------------10-8/10~-|
Orianthi (right channel)
-------------|-------------|-----0-----0-|-----5-----3-|-5-5---5-5---|-------------|
Solo III (Vai repeats that one part during the whole solo) Orianthi (right channel) (2:32)
---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------15--------|--------------------------------------14-16-17-16-14-14/16----16/14~-|-----------------14-16^17v16-14-16-17--------------------------------|-7-9-10-9~-7/14~-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(2:37)
-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-14-12-14-14^-14v-12-------12~-----------------|---------------------14-12-----14-12----12-14~-|-------------------------------------14--------|-----------------------------------------------|
(2:41)
-18^1818^1818^1818^1818V1818V18V-18^-17-15-|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
(2:44)
---------19-----17-------------19-----17-------------19-----17-------------19-----17----|-1717-20----20-----20--1717-20----20-----20--1717-20----20-----20--1717-20----20-----20-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(2:46)
-------17---------------------------------------------------|-20-20----20-17-17----------------20------------------------|-------------------19-16-16-19/21---------------------------|-------------------------------------19^/17-------19----17~-|--------------------------------------------19-19----19-----|------------------------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|---7---5---7-----|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|
Solo IV (Orianthi repeats that one part during the whole thing) (This solo has a ton of tremolo acrobatics, as one would expect) Vai (left channel) (2:49)
--------------------------------------|------------------6~~6~6~6~6~6~-------|-7^v~-7^~-7^~-7^~--------------7~5~7~-|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
(2:53)
-----13~------------------------------|-/15~---15~---------------------------|------------7~-5~---------------------|------------------8~-7~-5~------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
(2:55)
-13p10p8-13p10p8-15p10p8-15p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-15p10p8-15p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-10-13-10-8-10~-|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(2:59)
-13-11h13p11-11h13p11p10---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------13------------------------------------------------|----------------------------/13-12-13-15-13--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------15-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------15-14-15-17-15-14-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------15~15~15~-|
Orianthi (right channel)
-------------|-------------|-----0-----0-|-----5-----3-|-5-5---5-5---|-------------|
Bridge (These parts go back and forth like the verses) (3:09) Orianthi (right channel)
-/10~--------------------------|-----12-10----10---------------|-----------12----11-9-7--------|------------------------9-7----|----------------------------5~-|-------------------------------|
(3:12) Vai (left channel)
---------------------5-7-10~-|-----------8---5-7-8---------|---------7---7---------------|---5-7-9---------------------|-7~--------------------------|-----------------------------|
(3:14) Orianthi (right channel)
-/14~12-------------------------|--------13-12-10-7/8------------|---------------------7-5--------|-------------------------9-7----|-----------------------------9~-|--------------------------------|
(3:16) Vai (left channel)
--------------7--------7-9-10-12-13~-|-------7-8-10---7-8-10---------------|---7-9-------------------------------|-9~----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
(3:18) Orianthi (right channel)
-13~10-------------10-------------------------------|-------13-11-11-13----13----------------------------|-------------------------/12-10--10-----------------|------------------------------------12-10-----------|------------------------------------------13-12-11~-|----------------------------------------------------|
(3:20) Vai (left channel)
-------------------------------10-13-------10-13-15~-|-------------------------11-13-------13-11-----------|---------8-10-12-8-10-12-----------------------------|----8-10---------------------------------------------|-10~-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
(3:22) Orianthi (right channel)
-15~-(15)p12-----------12------------------------|-------------15--13-15----15-13------------------|--------------------------------12-9-------------|-------------------------------------12-10-------|-------------------------------------------12-10-|-------------------------------------------------|
(3:24) (These parts are played at the same time) Orianthi (right channel)
---------------------8h10p8------------10h12p10-------------12h15p12-------------|-----8h10p8-----8/10--------10-8-10/13----------13-10-13/15----------15-13-15/17-|-7/9--------9-7------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-15h17p15-------17/19~-|----------17-15--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-12-------------12-15-12----------15-17-------------17-19-----------17-19-22-19-|----15-12-13-15----------14-15-17-------17-17-18-20--------20-17-20-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----19-20-22-22-19-19-------19-22-|-20-------------------20-18-------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chorus III (3:31) Orianthi (right channel)
-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-16/17-16----18/19-18--------20-21-20/21-20----|----------17----------19-/20----------------21-|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
---------------------------17-18/-18-15----|-/17-15----17/18-17---------------------17-|--------16----------18-/19-----------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
Ending (4:00) Orianthi (right channel)
---------------------------------------------------------------------|-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-15/-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Vai (left channel)
-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-13p10p8-17/-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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