Steve Vai
For the love of God
Passion and Warfare 1990
I noticed there were a few tabs that were slightly wrong for this song ,especially the fingering.
Tablature Legend
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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
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Intro/First theme (Best played on neck pickup)
|-----------------------------------------------------------||----------10--10s12~----17s15--12-----------------15p10~---||-------7---------------------------12--14--14s16-----------||--7s9------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|*PLAY THIS PART TWICE ^^^*
|-----------------------------------------------------------||----------10--10s12~---17s15--12-----------------15p10~----||-------7--------------------------12--14--14s16------------||--7s9------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||--17s15--12---------------------------------------5s8--7---------------||-------------12--14--14s16~--16--16--16s14--14~-----------9--7--7s9~---||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Switch to bottom pick up)
|----------------------------------------------------------||----------10--10b12~---15b17--12-----------------15p10~---||-------7--------------------------12--14--14b16-----------||--7s9-----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
\1|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------10--10b12~--15b17r15--15b17--12-------------15-------10--15p10~-||-------7-----------------------------------12--14b16------14~-------------||--7s9---------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------15b17r15--12----------[15]p10--[10]~--||--14b16--14--12--[14]b16~----------------12--14------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||--15b17r15--12--------------------------------------5s8--7--------------||----------------12--14b16--[14]--[14]--[14]--[14]~----------9--7--7s9~--||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Second theme (Switch back to neck pickup) \1/ \1/|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||--15s12--12s10--10s8--8s12--12s5~--3~--3s15--15s12--12s10--10s8--8s12--12--||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------15s12--12s10--10s8--8s12--10s8s12~--10s8s12~--15s5s3~-3h5--3~-||--7s9s7s9s7~----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------13s12--10--10s12--12s8---||--15b17--15~--15s17s15--15s17s15--12h13p12s10s8--13s12--10--10s12--12s8---||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17~--14------------------------------------------------------------||-----------15--------------------------------------------------------||---------------14s11--11tr12--11-------------------------------------||----------------------------------14--12-----------------------------||------------------------------------------14--10p7h9p7h9h10p9p7s10~--||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--19--17--15-------------------------||--------------19--17--15~--(15)s17~--||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
First theme rephrased (Switch to bottom pickup)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||----------10--10b12--10-10-[10]--[10]-[10]--15b17r15b17r15--12------||-------7--------------------------------------------------------12--||--7s9---------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
\2.5~ \1.5/ \1.5/|------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------15~--------------10--10b12-10--10b15--10b15--10~--||--14b16r14--12-14b16----------------7-----------------------------------||-------------------------------7s9--------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------12-----------------15-----------------------------------||--15b17------15p12--------------15--------------------12h13p12---||--------------------14b16~----------14b16r14-14~--15-------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
\4~|---------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------13--12-------------------------------------||--15--14--13--12--14--15----------15p14p12------12--12h14-12--14\~---||--------------------------------------------14-----------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------12------------------------------------------------------------||--15b17------15p12--15b17--15------------------------------------------||---------------------------14b16r14--12--------12----------------------||-----------------------------------------14~-------14--12--------------||-----------------------------------------------------------14s12-10~---||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||--\14--12------14--12b14r12~--12------14--12b14r12~----||-----------14---------------------14-------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||--12--14b16r14--[14]-[14]--14b16r[14]~--14s12--12------14b16~---||---------------------------------------------------14-----------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--12--11------------------------------------------------------------------||----------14--12----------------------12s14--12---------------------------||------------------14s12--10----------------------14--12-------------------||-----------------------------12--10~---------------------14s12--10--12~---|
Bridge/pre solo
|--17b19~--17-17-17--17~--17~--17b19--17s15--17--19b22--19~--19p17-------||-------------------------------------------------------------------20~--||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\1~~~|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--15--15h20--19~--19--17s15--15s17--17~--15s12--12s14~--14s12--12---------||------------------------------------------------------------------14-14~--||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Pick scrape)|----------10--12--14--15--17s19s22--22~-------------||------12----------------------------------x\--------||--14--------------------------------------x\--------||------------------------------------------x\--------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
*Rattle whammy bar up and down repeatidly whilst picking notes*|--17b19--17s15--17~--17~--17~--17~--17~--17~--17~--17s15--15--------||--------------------------------------------------------------17~---||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
*Rattle whammy bar up and down and hammer on notes with fretting hand*|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--15h17~--15h17~--15h17~--15~---15----------------------------------------||------------------------------------16p14p12-------9s14~--12--14~--12h14~-||----------------------------------------------15~-------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|TP====================================||------------------12--14--15--17--19--22--24b26--24b26--24b26~--------||----------12--15------------------------------------------------19\---||--12--14--------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo ( Uses some wah-wah here)
|--14-14-14-14-14h19p14h19p14-14-14----------14-14-14h19p14h19p14-14-14h19-||-----------------------------------15h19p15-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14-14-14h19p14-14-14----------14-------------14h19p14h19-------14-14--||-----------------------15h19p15----15h19----19-------------15h19--------||-----------------------------------------18-----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14h19p14h19p14----------14h19p14----------19p14-------------||-----------------15h19-15----------15-19-15-------19-15-------||--------------------------------------------------------12\---||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13-13-13-13-13h19p13h19-13----------13-19p13----------13-13h19p13--||-----------------------------13h17p13----------13h17p13--------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------13h19p13----------13-13h19p13-------------13--------------13h19-||--13h17p13----------13h17p13-------------13h17p13-13----13h17----17--------||--------------------------------------------------------------17-----------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13-13----------------------------13-13----------||--------13h17p13----13h17----17-13-------17-13----||-----------------17-------17----------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
|---22p17----------17-19p17----------17-22p17----------17-19p17----------||---------20-17h20----------20-17h20----------20-17h20----------20-17h20-||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17-22p17----------17-19p17----------17-22p17-19p17----------------------||-----------20-17h20----------20-17h20----------------20p17----------------||-----------------------------------------------------------22-20p18-------||--------------------------------------------------------------------19p15-||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------17p15----17p15----17-17p15------||------------17-------17-------17----------17---||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||--17-15h17-------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
|--22p17-------------------22p17-------------------22p17--------------------||--------20-17-20b22-20-17-------20-17-20b22-20-17-------20-17-20b22-20-17--||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
( * = Whammy bar gargle ,face whammy bar away from you and tap the tip to make the notes gargle )
|--22p17-----------------22p17-----------22p17-----------22p17--||--------20-17-20*-20-17-------20-17-20*-------20-17-20*--------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17s15-------------------------12------------------------------------------||---------15p12------------15b17----15p12------------------------------------||---------------14p12---------------------14p12--------12--------------------||---------------------14~-----------------------14p12-----14p12--------------||---------------------------------------------------------------14s12-10-----||------------------------------------------------------------------------12~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||--12h13p12----12----------12h14p12----12-------------12h14p12----12--------||-----------15----15p14-15----------15----15-14-12h14----------15----15-14--||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------12h14-------12----12h13p12----12----------12h14p12-------12----||--12-14-15-------12-15----15----------15----15p14-15----------12-15----15-||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||--12h13p12-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------15-16-14--16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||--16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14--||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||--16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16p15p14-16-15-14-16-15-15b17~-------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------x\--||-----------------------------------------------------------------------x\--||-----------------------------------------------------------------------x\--||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Second Solo
|------7-10p7-----------------7-10p7-----------------7-10p7-------------||----8--------10-10-10s8----8--------10-10-10s8----8--------12-12-12s8--||--9----------------------9----------------------9----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7-10p7-----------------7-10p7-----------------7-10p7--------------||----8--------12-12-12s8----8--------15-15-15s8----8--------15-15-15s8---||--9----------------------9----------------------9-----------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7-10p7-----------------7-10p7-----------------7-10p7-------------||----8--------17-17-17s8----8--------17-17-17s8----8--------19-19-19s8--||--9----------------------9----------------------9----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------7-10p7-----------------7-10p7s22p19-----------------||----8--------19-19-19s8----8--------------20-------20s8---||--9----------------------9-------------------21-----------||------------------------------------------------19--------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
* Repeat 3 times ================*|------7-10p7s22p19-----------------------7-10p7s22p19------------------||----8--------------20--------20s8------8--------------20-------20s15---||--9-------------------21-------------9-------------------21------------||-------------------------19---------------------------------19---------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------14-17p14-10p7-------------------------------||-----------15---------------8-----------------------------||--------14--------------------9----9s4--4--2--------------||-----16-------------------------7------------4--2---------||--17-----------------------------------------------2~-----||----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------7----------7-------------------------------------------------------||--4-2s4-----10b12~----10-8-7h8p7--------------------------------------------||---------------------------------9p7--6-7-6--9s4--4b5--7p5p3----------------||------------------------------------------------------------7p5p3-----------||-----------------------------------------------------------------7p5p3------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------3h5~-|
|--15b17--15b17r15--12-------------------------------------||-----------------------15---------------------------------||---------------------------14p12--11----------------------||--------------------------------------12------------------||-----------------------------------------12---------------||--------------------------------------------14s12-10~-0---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------9----------9-10-12-10-9-10-12-||-------------10-9---------------9----9-10-12---12-10-12--------------------||--10-9-10-12------12-10-9-10-12---12---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------14-15--||-----------------------------------------------12-13-12-13-15-17--------||-----11-12-11----------------11-12----11-12-14--------------------------||--14----------14-12-10-12-14-------14-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\0.5|--17b19~--17-17-17--17--17~--22b24r22--19-------------22p17--17--17~--||-------------------------------------------20--22b24------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
/1 /1|----------17--17b19~--22b24r22b24r22--19-------------22--20s22--22--22-----||------15----------------------------------20--22b24--22--20s22--22--22-----||--16--------------------------------------------------------------------x\-||------------------------------------------------------------------------x\-||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\1|---------12--14--15--22-22-22~--22--22--20--19---------12h17p12--||--15b17-----------------------------------------20s17------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------||--17b19r17--17b19~--17b20r17~--17--17~----||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|--15tr17--12tr15------------------15tr17--17tr19--19tr22--22tr24--22b24r22-||------------------12tr15--15tr17-------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--22--22s17--17s19--19s15--15s17--17s14--14-14-15s12--12s14--14s10--10s12-||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12s9--9s10--10s7--9s7--9s10--10s12--12s10--10-12-12-14-14s12--15s17--||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17s19--19s22--22~---||----------------------||----------------------||----------------------||----------------------||----------------------|
Outro
|---------12s14--15s17--17--15h17p15--14h15-15--15-15--14p12--12s14--14p12--||--15b17--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14--14--16--16--14---------14--||--15--12--14--14--14~----14----------------------14--16-----||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------19b21~-----||--\17--\19--17--15--17--19-------------14s18s16~-------------||----------------------------14s18s16~------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
