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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 03:52:38 -0400
From: Abhishek Ghosh 
Subject: s/satriani_joe/cryin.tab


Author/Artist: Joe Satriani
Title: Cryin'
Album: The Extremist
Transcribed by: Abhishek Ghosh
Email: mercuria@usa.net

Hi all!
Here's the complete tab to Satch's "Cryin'".  
I've been working on this for a real long time now, and I think I've
nailed most of it. There's lots of ghost notes and other subtleties
and I cant hope to tab them all out anyway, but i've done what I could.
I've tried to give some rough sense of the timing but you still need to
listen to the song to get it down.

Send all comments, criticisms, flames, fan mail (;P) to mercuria@usa.net
Cheers!
...Abhishek

PLAYING NOTES/ SUGGESTIONS:
This one's really emotional. So make sure you really work those bends
to get the feeling.

Embellish the bends using your own pre-bends, vibrato and harmonics.

One good idea is the delayed vibrato - hold a sustained note for a 
while and then vibrate gently - used pretty often.

In addition you can add pinch harmonics or feedback on top of notes 
that are sustained for a long time.

You can also fool around with the timing - sustain some notes a bit 
longer than neccessary and play the next part a bit faster - this can
give it a cooler vibe. Just remember to stay on beat!

I've included the fills and add-ons he plays when some parts are 
repeated. Feel free to leave some out and add others of your own.

You can give the song a touch of your own character by replacing the 
faster pentatonic bits with your own licks.

A good idea for improvisation would be to play out the last 16 bars using
your own stuff. It's a E5|Em/D|Esus4/C|E7sus4/B| progression that you can
repeat many times as you want. Great place to apply all those blues licks
that drove your neighbours crazy!

SUPPORTING CHORDS: (Piano arranged for guitar. Play as shown above main 
guitar part. I'm not too sure about the names. Pretty much took what the
tab editor suggested)

B/E		x7987x		A/E		x7765x
Emaj7/G#	4x6440		A/B		7x765x
A		x0765x		F#m7		2x4220
Eadd9/G#	4x2452		Bsus4		x24452
E5		079900		Em/D		xx0980
Esus4/C		8x79107		E7sus4/B	7x7700
C#m		x46654		F#/E		x78676
E		x76454		Em		0x9980	

Rhy. Fig. 1
(Used later in the song - as indicated)
(Clean electric guitar - let ring)

2-----2-------2-------2---------|4-----4-------4-------4---------|
----5-----5-------5-------5-----|----5-----5-------5-------5-----|
--4---------4-------4-------4---|--2---------2-------2-------2---|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

End Rhy. Fig. 1

2-----2-2-----2-------2---------|--------------------------------|
----5-----5-------5-------5-----|--------------------------------|
--4---------4-------4-------4---|-(4)----------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

(MAIN GUITAR - Use high sustain and mild distortion)

B/E				A/E
        pre-bend        hold bend, gradually release
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------(12)r11p9--11b13r11b13--|----r11-p9-------------9~~~~----|
--------------------------------|---------------11-9-11------11-9|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B/E				A/E
        
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------(12)r11p9--11b13r11b13--|----r11-p9----------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------9/11~~~---11/14\9|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 
B/E				A/E

--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------(12)r11p9--11b13r11b13--|----r11-p9-------------9~~~~----|
(9)~~---------------------------|---------------11-9-11------11-9|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Emaj7/G#			A/B

--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
----------11/13~~~13\9~~~~--9/11|--11/14\11---~~~~11\9~~~~~~~~~~~||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

B/E				A/E  
        pre-bend             
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------(20)r19p17-19b21r19b21--|----r19-p17----------17~~~~-----|
--------------------------------|---------------x--18-------18-16|
(9)~~~~~------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
feedback

B/E				A/E   
				delayed vibrato
---------------------19--19-----|-(19)~~~~--------19b21~~~~~~~r19|
--------(20)r19p17--------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B/E				A/E

~~~~----------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------x-20r19p17-19b21r19b21--|---r19p17-----------17~~17------|
--------------------------------|-----------18-16-18--------18-16|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                    
Emaj7/G#			A/B

--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
---------16~~~~~----------------|--------------------------------||
----------------16~~~--------18-|--18b21----r18~~~~~~~~~~~-------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
                                             
A				Emaj7/G#

------------17b19--------17b19--|-r17----------------------------|
---------17-----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~-----17--|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

F#m7				Eadd9/G#		

-16b17---r16~~------------------|--------------------------------|
-----------------17b19r17--17b19|~~~~~~~~--r17----17~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A				Emaj7/G#

------------17b19--------17b19--|-r17----------------------------|
~~~~-----17-----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~~----17--|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                         
F#m7				Bsus4

-19b21---r19~~~-16b17r16--------|--------------------------------|
---------------------------17b19|r17b19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
      
add feedback		(drums in)
--------------------------------||
-(19)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||

B/E				A/E
        
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------------2----4-2-4-x-4b6---|----r4p2-x-x-------2------------|
---------2-4--------------------|-------------4-2-4-----4-2p0----|
--------------------------------|-----------------------------2b3|
         . .      . . . .                     . . .

B/E				A/E

--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------------2----4-2-4-x-4b6---|----r4p2-x-x--------------------|
---------2-4--------------------|-------------2/4--4-/7-----7\2--|
-r2p0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
         . .          . .

B/E				A/E

--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------------2----4-2-x-x-4b6---|----r4p2-x-x-------2---2-2------|
-----------4--------------------|-------------4-2-4----------4-x-|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
           .          . .                     . . .          . .
      
Emaj7/G#			A/B

--------------------------------|--------9-----------------------||
--------------------------------|------9---12--------------12b14~||
---------------------4-4----6-4-|11b13--------12r11p9h11-9-------||
--------2----4-2-4/6------------|--------------------------------||
--x-x-4-------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

A				Emaj7/G#

------------17b19--------17b19--|-r17----------------------------|
~~~~~----17-----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~~----17--|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
      
F#m7				Eadd9/G#

-16b18--r16---------------------|--------------------------------|
-----------------17b19r17--17b19|~~~~~~r17~~~~-------------------|
--------------------------x-----|------------------16-16b18r16b18|
--------------------------x-----|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A				Emaj7/G#

-------------17b19-------17b19--|--------------------------------|
----------17----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~~~---17--|
~~~~~---------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

F#m7				Bsus4

-19b21---r19---16b17r16---------|--------------------------------|
------------------------17b19r17|17b19---------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
      
				E5
delayed vibrato				 
--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
-(19)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--17p15||-17~~~~~~~~~-----------17b21r\--|
--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
--------------------------------||--------------------------------|

(Insert your favorite Em pentatonic lick here. Here's what he plays)
Em/D                                             

-15b16-12----------------------------------12---------------------|
----------15-12-------------------------12-------15---------------|
----------------14b15r14p12----12-14b16-------12----15p14p12-14p12|
----------------------------14------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|

Esus4/C              

---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
-14~~~-----p12-----------14-14b15r14p12----12-14b16|
---------------h14p12-------------------14---------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|

E7sus4/B			C#m (love this part)
hold bend, virtate		(chords played by distorted guitar)
-------------------------x------||----------------------------5\7-|
--------------------------x-----||----------------4/5--7--9-------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~-r14\-/-\-----x----||-----------6--------------------|
----------------------------14\\||--------------------------------|
--------------------------------||----4---------------------------|
--------------------------------||--------------------------------|

F#/E		E		A

-6~~~---7--7-~~~~~---------17/9-|-9~~~---------------------------|
--------------------------------|-------12-----9b10r9~~~---------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------11\9-|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                                  
Bsus4				C#m            

--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------9----11h12-|
-9/11~~~~~~---11\8---8b9r8b9r8\4|/6~~----6/8----9/11--------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

F#/E		E		A

--------------------------------|--------11----12---14b16---r14p12|
-11~~~~---12--12--12-------12/14|-14~~~---------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bsus4				

-14--14-------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||
--------------------------------||

(With Rhy. Fig. 1 X 3)
feedback, delayed vibrato
-(14)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~(14)b(16)r(14)b(16)r(14)|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|


11h12p11\9-11-12-9~~~-----------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|-------------------------4--5----|
----------------------9h11p9\8-9|-8\6\4-6--------------6--------6-|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                                                       . 

--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
-4~~~---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
-----4--6----4------------------|----------------------------------------|
---------------7----6-4------6~~|~~4h6p4\2------------2h4h6p4p2----------|
---------------------------7----|---------------2h4h6-----------6p4p2----|
--------------------------------|-------------------------------------4p2|
     .    

(end Rhy. Fig. 1)
(sustain...........................................................)
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
-p0-----------------------------|----------------------------------||


B/E				A/E
(piano returns)   
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------(12)r11p9--11b13r11b13--|----r11-p9-------------9~~~~----|
--------------------------------|---------------11-9-11------11-9|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                    
B/E				A/E

--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----11--(12)r11p9--11b13r11b13--|----r11-p9----------------------|
--------------------------------|-----------x-x-11-9--~~~~~~~~~~~|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B/E				A/E

--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----11--(12)r11p9--11b13r11b13--|----r11-p9-------------9~~~~----|
~~~~----------------------------|-------------x-11-9-11------11-9|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Emaj7/G#			A/B
				           delayed vibrato
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
----------11/13~~~13\9~~~~--9/11|--11/14\11--------(11)~~~~~~~~~~||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
                                                               
A				Emaj7/G#               

------------17b19--------17b19--|-r17----------------------------|
---------17-----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~-----17--|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
~~~-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

F#m7				Eadd9/G#

-16b17---r16~~~-----------------|--------------------------------|
-----------------17b19r17--17b19|~~~~~~~~--r17----17~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A				Emaj7/G#

------------17b19--------17b19--|-r17----------------------------|
~~~~-----17-----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~~----17--|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

F#m7				Bsus4

-19b21---r19~~~-16b17r16--------|--------------------------------|
-------------------------x-17b19|r17b19~~~-----------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------9----9------------|
--------------------------------|--------------9h11-9------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------11-9p7-----|
--------------------------------|----------14\---------------9-7-|

A				Eadd9/G#

------------17b19--------17b19--|-r17----------------------------|
---------17-----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~-----17--|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-7~~~~\-------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                                  
F#m7				Eadd9/G#            

-16b17---r16~~-x---------19*----|---------------------------------|
---------------x-17b19r17--17b19|~~~~~~~~--r17---17b19r17b19r19b21|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

A				Emaj7/G#

-----19*----17b19--------17b19--|-r17----------------------------|
-17~~----17-----------17--------|-----16~~~~-17--17~~~~~~----17--|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                                                  
F#m7				Bsus4            

19b21--r19p17h19-19-19b21-r19p17|---19~~~~---------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------19b21-----r19p17|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|

				E5				
feedback
--------------------------------||------------------------------|
19~~~~~~----------------17--15--||---17~~~~~~~~-------------17\-|
--------------------------------||------------------------------|
--------------------------------||------------------------------|
--------------------------------||------------------------------|
--------------------------------||------------------------------|

(Let the wailing commence!)

Em/D				Esus4/C
		bend 1/4 step
----------------3b-----3--------|------------------------------|
--------------------0-----3--0--|------------------------------|
--------------------------------|-2b3p0-2---0-2-0-------2p0-2b4|
--------------------------------|-----------------2-0----------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7sus4/B  			E5

---------0-3-0------------------|------------------------------|
---------------3-0--------------|------------------------------|
-(4)~~~------------3-2p0--------|------------------------------|
-------------------------2-0----|------------------------------|
------------------------------2\|------------------------------|
--------------------------------|-0----------------------------|

Em/D 

-------------------------------------|
-----------------------------15------|
------------9-12-9----9~-/12----14b15|
-0-----9-12--------12----------------|
-------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|             

Esus4/C						 

-------------------------------------------------|
-----------------15-------15-15------------------|
-r14p12-14b16~~~----14b16-------14b16r14p12-14b16|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|

E7sus4/B			E5

---------17b18r-----17b19r17b19-|-r17b19~~~~~~\------------------|
---------17b18r-----------------|---------------------------17b20|
~~~--0--------------------------|---------------------h12p0------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Em/D				Esus4/C

--------------------------------|-------------19*-17b20----19-19-|
~~~~r17--15---------------------|-----------x--------------------|
------------14p14p12----------12|----------x---------------------|
---------------------14p12-14---|-14~~~\-------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E7sus4/B        		E5

~~~---19-19b22--19b22--19b22--19|-~~~~---22b24--~~~~~------22b24-|
--------------------------------|-------x------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Em/D

-~~~r22\--0-15-12----15b17---15b|
------------------15------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|

Esus4/C				

-17r15~~~--12-------12-15p12-------12----------------------------|
--------------15b17----------15b17----15p12----------------------|
--------------------------------------------14b15r14p12----------|
--------------------------------------------------------14-12-12-|
--------------------------------------------------------------14-|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E7sus4/B			Em
(gradually dive using tremolo arm)
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
--(12)-----\--------------------|--------------------------------||
--(14)-----\--------------------|--------------------------------||
--------------------------------|0-------------------------------||

------------------------------------------------------
LEGEND
------
 |  = bar		||  = double bar
 h  = hammer-on		 p  = pull-off		
 b  = bend		 r  = release bend	
 /  = slide up  	 \  = slide down	
 5* = harmonic		 x  = ghost note
 ~  = vibrato		 tr = trill			 
 T  = tap		 .  = palm mute
------------------------------------------------------

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