Up In The Sky (ver. 2) tab

Up In The Sky (ver. 2)

Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 11:31:56 +0100 (BST) 
From: Simon Grimshaw  
Subject: s/satriani_joe/up_in_the_sky.tab 
 
Joe Satriani: "Up in the Sky" from the album "Crystal Planet" 
TABbed and generally messed up by Simon Grimshaw, helped by Rob Howard. 
Date: 30/4/98 
 
This is the first track from Joe's new album... fairly simple really, 
unless you want to play the solo note for note.   Use a load of 
distortion, give the EQ a bit of a scooped out look, and have a single 
echo following a crotchet behind. 
 
Here we go... 
 
  natural harmonics............| 
  Riff    A                      end  
   
e--12----7-------5--12-------5------|---------------------------------- 
B---12----7-----5----12-----5-------|---------------------------------- 
G----12----7---5------12---5--------|---------------------------------- 
D-------------5-----------5---------|---------------------------------- 
A-----------------------------------|---------------------------------- 
E-----------------------------------|---------------------------------- 
 
  Repeat Riff A a few times (four if I remember rightly), then... 
 
  Riff    B  
 
e------------------------------------------------|-------------------- 
B------------------------------------------------|-------------------- 
G--9--9-----------------------7-7-7----------9---|-------------------- 
D--9--9---------7-x-x-9-x-x-9-------9p7------9---|-------------------- 
A--7--7--10-x-x-------------------------10-7-7---|-------------------- 
E------------------------------------------------|-------------------- 
 
 
 
e-----------------------------|-------------------------------------- 
B-----------------------------|-------------------------------------- 
G-----------------------------|--9--9-----------------------7-7-9p7-- 
D--------7-x-x-9-x-x-9p7------|--9--9---------7-x-x-9-x-x-9---------- 
A--10-x-x----------------7-7--|--7--7--10-x-x------------------------ 
E-----------------------------|-------------------------------------- 
 
 
                                 end Riff    B  
 
e-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------- 
B-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------- 
G---------9-9-|----------------------------|--------------------------- 
D--9p7----9-9-|--------7-x-x-9-x-x---------|--------------------------- 
A------10-7-7-|--10-x-x------------9/7~~~--|--------------------------- 
E-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------- 
 
Don't stop!   Straight into... 
  Riff    C                                           end Riff    C  
    .5                              .5 
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
B--7br-7---------------------------7br-7--------------------------|-- 
G---------10p9p7-------------------------10p9p7-------------------|-- 
D----------------9-9-----9-7-9------------------7-7---9-7-9-------|-- 
A------------------------------7-7---------------------------7-7--|-- 
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
 
Repeat Riff    C ,     then Riff A repeats but one octave up... 
 
 
e------------------------------10-10-10------------------------- 
B-------------10-x-x-12-x-x-12----------12p10------------------- 
G--9-9-12-x-x---------------------------------12-9-9~~~--------- 
D--------------------------------------------------------------- 
A--------------------------------------------------------------- 
E--------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
e------------------------------| 
B---------10-x-x-12-x-x--------| 
G--12-x-x---------------9\7-7--| 
D------------------------------| 
A------------------------------| 
E------------------------------| 
 
The next two bars follow the same pattern, then Joe blows us away with 
his musical inventiveness (sarcasm, sorry; I couldn't compose it) by  
repeating Riff    C  one octave up, which I play as... 
 
    .5                                 
e--14br-14--------------------------------------------------------|-- 
B-----------18p17p15----------------------------------------------|-- 
G--------------------16-16----14h16-------------------------------|-- 
D-----------------------------------14-14-------------------------|-- 
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
 
 
    .5                                 
e--14br-14--------------------------------------------------------|-- 
B-----------18p17p15----------------------------------------------|-- 
G--------------------14-14----14h16-------------------------------|-- 
D-----------------------------------14-14-------------------------|-- 
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
 
I think he repeats this Riff one more time, then hits an E barre chord 
for about four bars or so, it's either x799xx or x799(10)x I can't  
decide at the moment.   Then (cool bit coming!)... 
 
  Riff    D  
 
e--12--12-10--10-12--7--7---/17--17-15--15-14--12--10--12--------|-- 
B----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
G---9---9--7---7--9--4--4---/14--14-12--12-11---9---7---9--------|-- 
D----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
A----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
E----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
 
 
                                                  end Riff    D  
 
e--12--12-10--10-12--7--7----3--3-5--5-7--5----------------------|-- 
B---------------------------------------------3-5/7-7\5----------|-- 
G---9---9--7---7--9--4--4----0--0-2--2-4--2----------------------|-- 
D---------------------------------------------0-2/4-4\2----------|-- 
A----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
E----------------------------------------------------------------|-- 
 
This bit repeats in a similar way (the different bit is where he goes up 
for the high    A  - the second time it doesn't go down below E at 12th 
fret, but heads back up again). 
Then Riff A reappears. 
        solo here --> 
At the end of the solo, something akin to this happens: 
 
  natural harmonics.......| 
e--12----7---7--5--4--3.2-----------| 
B--12----7---7--5--4--3.2-----------| 
G--12----7---7--5--4--3.2-----------| 
D-----------------------------------| 
A-----------------------------------| 
E-----------------------------------| 
 
Then it's back to Riff    B ,     off to Riff    D ,     which this time Joe rounds 
off with an ascending scale of those octave things, with some fast 
strumming at the end; play some more natural harmonics (I think!) only 
descending this time, then out to Riff A and a huge E chord at the end! 
Phew! 
 
 

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