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Steve Vai - Freak Show Excess Tabs

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Freak Show Excess Tabs

(ver. 3)
Steve Vai
(Intro)
This is the guitar at the begining that has he mild eastern sound to it.
Also its looped in the song (That means it constanty plays for a certain amount of time)

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5-----------7--5-|--------5----------------|
|------------6--6--7-------|-----------6--6--7--4----|
|-----7--------------------|----7------------------5-|
|-0------------------------|-0-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5-----------7--5-|--------5----------------|
|------------6--6--7-------|-----------6--6--4--6----|
|-----7--------------------|----7--------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|


Then, the more rocky riff kicks in. This is also looped for some time.

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---2--------2-------0----------------|----------2------0-------2------|
|----0--------0-------0-------0---0---|-----------0------0-------0-----|
|-------3----------------3----------3-|-0-3-0-3--------------3---------|



Heres the 1st main lick that plays.
This is played fast, so dont let the gaps between the numbers fool u to playing slow.

|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5--8-----------8/10--|
|--------------6--7------------------------|
|--7--7-5br-7------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|-7h8p7--------------------------------------|
|-------9-7-(9)/11-9--9--7/4-----------------|
|-----------------------------7--5--4-4--7~~-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|  


Heres the 2nd lick, its similar to the 1st on.

|------------------------7--7------------7--9--9h10p9-|
|---------------------5-------------------------------|
|---------------6--7----------------------------------|
|--7--7--5br-7----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|--7h8p7-------------------------------------------|
|--------10--8-(10)/12-10-10h12/8--8-6----5-5~---5-|
|----------------------------------------------7---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

Now play lick 1 and 2 again.


Heres the more mild  eastern sounding lick, that follows lick 1 and 2.
This next lick can be called lick 3

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--12-11-10tr11----------12-------------|
|----------------12--11---------12--14--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------10~~~~~~-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--11/14\11--12-------------------------------|
|---------------13-12-10-12--13--10-----------|
|---------------------------------------------|


Heres Lick 4, which is a follow on from lick 3.

|--10----------------------------12--12-10-|-----------------------------|
|-----11\8-11--10~--8--10------------------|-13-11----------13-11--------|
|------------------------------------------|-------12-10-10-------12~----|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
            
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