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Spider Crawl

Buckethead
Tab
3.5(6)

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Song

Spider Crawl by Buckethead

from Cobra Strike II

tabbed by GGhggg

play fast (intro) muted sweep

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|--X-X--X--|
B|-13--11-9/8---11-9-8-----------------------------------------|--X-X--X--|
G|---------------------10-8-7---8-7-5--------------------------|--X-X--X--|
D|------------------------------------8-6-5---8-6-5------------|--X-X--X--|
A|--------------------------------------------------8-6-5---3--|--X-X--X--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|--X-X--X--|

main riff

e|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
D|---5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-5-3-5---5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-3-5-3-|------------------------------
A|-3-------------3-------------3-------------3-------------|----5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-5-3-5-
E|---------------------------------------------------------|--3-------------3-------------
e|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|---5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-5-3-5---5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-5-3-5-|
A|---5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-5-3-5--|-3-------------3-------------3-------------3-------------|
E|-3-------------3--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|

background riff during scratches w/ kill button (palm mute)

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------| x5
E|-3-3-3--3-3-3--4-4-4--|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3--(pause)--4-4-4--3-3-3--3-3-3--4-4-4--3-3-3--3-3-3-|

back to main riff

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-5-3-5---5-5-/8-5-6-5---5-5-1-5-3-5-|
A|-3-------------3-------------3--------------3-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

background riff with pauses (palm mute)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-3-3-3--3-3-3--4-4-4--3-3-3------3-3-3--3-3-3--6-6-6--3-3-3------3-3-3--3-3-3--4-4-4--3-3-3-
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|-3-3-3--3-3-3--6-6-6--3-3-3-|

main riff (final)

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-6-5-3-5---5-5-1-5-3-5---5-5-/8-5-6-5---5-5-1-5-3-|
A|-3-------------3-------------3--------------3-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

The end, well his cpu or something blows up and makes a crashing sound

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