WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Steve Vai - Freak Show Excess Tabs | Ver. 1
Freak show excess
Transcribbed by: Max La Menace
In the solo 2 the tremolo bar never go up (above your tuning) so sometimes, you have to
the tremolo bar down before playing the note and then you pick it and you go up with the
we will see it). I didn't write the big solo at the end because it isn't important for
song ( he improvised I think so you can do what you want there!)
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
intro grrr...
Intro
|-----||------------------------------------------------||
|-----||------------------------------------------------||
|-----||*----------------------------------------------*||
|-----||*-2---2-x-2---2--------------2-x-2---2-x-x-x-x-*||
|-----||--0---0-x-0---0--------------0-x-0---0-x-x-x-x--||
|-14\-||----3-------3---0-3b-0-3-0-3-------3------------||
fig 1
||---------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------7/-|-9h10p9s7h9p7--------------------------------||
||-------------------8-|-8s10s7h8p7--------------------------|--------------------|--------------10-8-/12-10-10-10s8-6----------||
||*------------6-7-9---|------------9-7-9s11p9-9-------------|-----------6-7-9----|------------------------------------9-7-7h9-*||
||*-\7-5b6r5-7---------|-------------------------\9-7------7-|-7-5b6r5-7----------|--------------------------------------------*||
||---------------------|------------------------------10-9---|--------------------|---------------------------------------------||
||---------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------||
fig.2 PM--|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------15------------------|-----------------------------10-|
|-12-[11b12r11]----10------------12-|-7-9-7s9s6h7p6-------------6----|
|---------------------12-11trill----|---------------8-7-5-7--8-------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
~~
|-----------------------------------|-12-[12]p10-12-10--------------------------------|
|-15-[14b15r14]---------------------|------------------13-11----------13b14-11--------|
|---------------15-14h15p14s12-14---|------------------------12-10-10----------12-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
repeat fig.1 x1 (no two bars)
fig.2 x1
fig.3 T T T
|-13h15p13-------------------------------------------------8h12h15p12p8h12h15p12p8h12h15p12p8-|
|----------15p13-15p13----15s10-8s6-6s8s6-------------8-10------------------------------------|
|----------------------14-----------------7-5---5s7h9-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------7-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13p10h13p10----10----------------------------------|
|-------------13----13-10----10----10----------------|
|-------------------------12----12----12-10----------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10----|
|-------------------------------------------------13-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
end 1
PM-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------------5------8-----|
|-----------2---2-6------6-------|
|--------2-----------------------|
|----0-4-------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------|
fig.3 with end 2
end 2
|-------------7-7--9-9--20-20--20-20--20-20--10-10-10-10--10—-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10\--|
|----------6---------------------------------10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10--10\--|
|--------7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0-4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
fig 4. clean
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----3p0-----5-------3p0-----5-|-----3p0-----5--------3p0-----5--|
|-0h5-----0h4-----0h5-----0h4---|-0h5-----0h4-----0h1------0h4----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
solo
|-----------------------------------21-21s10-9-------------10----------|
|--15s10--10s14-17s14-/17-15-14s17-------------11-10-11-10----11-10----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18—--(18)------------------------18---(18)----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----22b23p20----20-23p22h23p22-20----22s23p22p20-18-20-18-------------------------------------/15p14h15p14-|
|-------------22-------------------------------------------21p19-19s22p21h22p21-19-21s19-18-19--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------14s17s15s(14)-----------------------------------------------14-15-|
|-15-14-15----------------15-14-15-14-----------------------------14-15-------|
|-------------------------------------17-14-----------------14-17-------------|
|-------------------------------------------17-13----13--17-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------17--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------10----------10----------10----------11----------11----------11-------11-------|
|----14b15r14-----13b15r13----14b15r14----13b15r13----15b16r15----14b16r14----15b16----15b16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-------------------11-14-15b17r15p14-11-14-11p10-[11p10]-------------10-------|
|----14b16r14r14r14-14---------------------------------------13h14-14b15----13b14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------------------------11s15h17-15s14-15-17-19b21r19-17-17b18r17b18r17-|
|----13b14----13b14b16======r[14b16]--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|----------------------------------------15b17----------------15-17-16b17b18---|
|-18r17-15-14-15-17-18b20-17-15-14-15-18-------18-15-14-15-18------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
fig 5.
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-18b21r18p17-18p17-18-18s21s18-18s21s18-18s21s18p17-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-18b22r18p17-18p17-18-18s22s18-18s22s18-18s22s18p17-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-18b20r18p17-18p17-18-18s20s18-18s20s18-18s20s18p17-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-18b22r18p17-18p17----------|
|-------------------20-19b20-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
T T T T T
|-17h22p17p15h17h20p17p15h17h22p17p15h17h20p17p15h17h22p17p15h17-20b22r20b21-pb22p17--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-18-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
T T
|-15h17p15h20p18h20p18p15h17p15h20p18h20p18p15h17p15h20p18h20p18p17p15-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------20p19p17p15-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------19p17p15p14-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19p17p15p14-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19p16-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
fig.6
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18—---------------18b20r18----------------17b18r17-----------------------------------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----17p14----------14--|
|----------------------19----------------------19----------------------19-------18-15-18-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18—---------------18b20r18----------------20b22r20-18----18--------------------------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----------------19----19-17-19-17--------------|
|----------------------19----------------------19-------------------------------19-17--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20-17--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18—---------------18b20r18----------------17b18r17-----------------------------------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----17p14----------14--|
|----------------------19----------------------19----------------------19-------18-15-18-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b19r18—---------------18b20r18----------------20b22r20-18----18-------15b17r15--------15-------|
|----------19-17-19-17-------------19-17-19-17----------------19----19-17----------17-14-----17-14-|
|----------------------19----------------------19--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13b15b13-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14-12-14-12----12b14r12-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------15----------15-12-15-12----12b14r12-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------15-----------15-12-15-12----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------16-|
|-----------------------------------13-|
|----------------------13-------15-----|
|----------13-------13-------12--------|
|----12-15-------15-------12-----------|
|-------------13-----------------------|
|-15-----------------------------------|
fig. 7
|------------------18-20-20b22-18----18-------|-----------------18-20-20b22-18----18---------|
|--21b23--21-20-21----------------21----21-20-|-21b23--21-20-21----------------21----21-20---|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------18-20-20b22-18----18----18-20b22-18----18----18-20b22-18----18----18-21b23r21p18-|
|-21b23--21-20-21----------------21----21-------------21----21-------------21----21----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|----18----18-21b23r21p18----18----18-21b23r21p18----18----18-21b23r21p18----18----18-23b25--|
|-21----21----------------21----21----------------21----21----------------21----21-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
fig.8A PM PM PM PM-|
|-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----||-----9--------7-x-----9-----------x-----9--------7------------------|
|-----||-----9--------7-x-----9-----------x-----9--------7------------------|
|-----||-----7--------5-x-----7--5-5-4----x-----7--------5--5/7\5/7\5-------|
|-13\-||-0-7----5-5-7-----0-7----------3----0-7----5-5-7--------------5-3-0-|
Solo 2 with wah-wah
/1\ /1 \1 /1 \1 /1 ~~~ \1 /1 \1/ \0.5
~~~
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------10--------10-13b15----|
|---12---12---p10---12--p10---12===b13p10pb11-------12===p10-12-----b14r12-12----12--------------12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
/1 /1\ \0.5/ \0.5/ /1
\0.5
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15------15-----p12--14-------------p12h14-15===p14-12h14h15p14-12h14h15p14-12h14h15p14-12h14h15p14-12h14h15p14-12h14h15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
/0.5 ~~~ \\\ /0.5 \1 ~~~ ~~~
|-12----------h15\-|---------15-----------14--------/18s16-14h16p14s12-14-12p11---------------------|
|------------------|-16---------16-----------14--------------------------------12p11—11======h12----|
|------------------|------------------16---------------------------------------------------------13-|
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
fig.8B PM PM PM PM-|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----9--------8-x-----9-----------x-----9--------8------------------||
||-----9--------8-x-----9-----------x-----9--------8------------------||
||-----7--------6-x-----7--6-6-3----x-----7--------6--6/7\6/7\6-------||
||-0-7----6-6-8-----0-7----------3----0-7----6-6-8--------------6-3-0-||
|-/17h18p17p15----15-------15s11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------17----17p16-------14-12-14-12----14s10------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------14-------12p9-12-9—8s9s6-6---6s4s6s4-6s4-3-4p3-[4p3]-[4p3]-1-3p1h3p1-3p1--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-1------------|
|---4s3s4/-----|
|-----------x\-|
with fig8A
\0.5 \0.5
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-7s9-8===s6-6-7s9p8s6—7s9p8s6-7s9p8s9s8s9s8s6--6-7s9-8s6s7--10-11-11s13-12=====s10-10h11-11s13p12\-10h11s13p12\-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\0.5 T T T
T
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10tr9h11b13--9pb10r9--|
|-10h11-12s16-12====s10-10h12-13s18b19p12—-------------------------13tr12h14b16--12pb13r12------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------13tr12h14b16--12pb14r12-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T ~~~
|-11tr10h13b15-10pb11r10--14tr13h15b17-13pb14r13-17p15-17p15-19p17-19p17-20p19----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
with fig 8B
~~~
|-17pb19-----19r17p15----15----15-17-17b18p15----15-17b18p15----15-17-17b18p15----15-18b19r18p16----|
|---------------------17----17----------------17-------------17----------------17----------------17-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~ (with bar) ~~~ \\\ \0.5
|-18p16----18p16----18p16-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------17-------17-------17s14h16p14p12-14s12p11s9-12===============p9-------------------|
* by the bar
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14p12h14p12s11h12s11s9h11-9s11b12r11s9s11s9s11b12r11s9-9s11p9h11p9h11p9s8h9p8h9s11p9p8p9s6-8p6h8b9r8b9p6h8s6p4h6p4s3-3b4r3---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
fig 9.
~
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-8-5----12-11-9----------------------------9-|-9-8-5---12-11-9-----9—8-9-------------------------------9--|
|-------9----------13---------------------------|-------9---------13---------9\8-----------------------------|
|----------------------10p9--10-7---------------|--------------------------------9/10-9-10\7p6---------------|
|---------------------------------7h8-8-3s2p0---|----------------------------------------------7h8-8-3s2p0---|
(Maybe a keyboard here)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------12-11-12------------------------------------------------|
|-9-8-5---12-11-9--------------12\11-8h9-9-9--------------------------------9-|
|-------9---------13-------------------------9\8------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------9h10-9-10-7\6----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------7h8-8-3s2p0----|
|------------------------12-11-12------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------13\12-11h12-12-12------------------------------------------------|
|-9-8-5---12-11-9-----------------------------------12\11-8h9-9-9--------------------------------9-|
|-------9----------13---------------------------------------------9\8------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------9h10-9-10-7\6----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------7h8-8—3s2p0----|
|---------------------19-18-19--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------20\19-16h17-17-13\12-11h12-12-12-----------------------------------------------|
|-9-8-5---12-11-9-----------------------------------------------12\11-8h9-9-9-------------------------------9-|
|-------9---------13----------------------------------------------------------9\8-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------9h10-9-10-7\6---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7h8-8-3s2p0---|
|--------------------------------12-11-8------|
|--------------------12-11-8-------------12---|
|-9-8-5---12-11-9------------11---------------|
|-------9---------13--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
fig.10 with sustain
~~~
|-12----------------12--------------------12----------------12-14----------------------([14])-|
|----13-12-10-12-13----13-12-10-12-13-12-----13-12-10-12-13-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|-12-14-12-----------12-14-12----------12------14-12----------12-14-16------------------([16])-|
|----------16-14--16----------16-14-16----16---------16-14-16----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16p14----------16-20-16h20p16----------16----20p16----------16-20-16h20p16----------16-------|
|-------17p15-17----------------19p17-19----19-------19p17-19----------------19p17-19----19----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------16p12----------12-16-12h16p12----------12-------|
|----------------------------------------------------16-14-16----------------16-14-16----16----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20p16-----------16-20p16---------16-20p16----------16-20p16----------16-|
|-------19-17h19----------19-17h19----------19-17h19----------19-17h19----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------16p12----------12----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------16-14-16----13p9------------9--13p9------------9---|
|-------------------------------------------11--9--11---------11--9--11------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-21p16-21p16----21p16-21p16----21p16-21p16----21p16-21p16-----21p16----16-21p16-----16-21p16-----16-21p16-----|
|-------------20-------------20-------------20--------------20-------20----------20-----------20------------20-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|-16-21p16----21p16---21p16----21p16----21-16-21-16-21-16-21-16-21-16-21-16-21-16-21-16-22b24----------(24)|
|----------20-------20------20-------20--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Instrumental
Big Solo!
