Rescue Me Or Bury Me

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From: Paul D <PDMYTREWYCZ@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>

Okay, the majority of Vai requests have been for this song. Although I

must disagree with those who think that this and "Touching Tongues" are the

best songs on the album; what about "Sex & Religion" or "Survive"? Those

songs kick ass!

I didn't tab "Touching Tongues" because the rhythm track requires a 7-

string guitar, and the lead requires delay and a WHAMMY pedal. I don't

think the average guitarist has those things handy. :)

Anyway, all you need for this song is an acoustic guitar, an eletric

guitar, and a hell of a lot of patience! Some of the chords are a pain in

the ass (or should I say fingers?).

Some notes on the way I do ascii tab: "p" - pull-off

"h" - hammer-on

"v"s in front of a chord - upstroke

"nh" - natural harmonic

Rescue Me or Bury Me

by Steve Vai

Tab by Dave Whitehill for Hal Leonard Corp.

||---0-------0-----0-----|---------------------|---------0-------|
||-0---0-------0-----0---|-------------------3-|-3/5p3-----3-----|
||-4-----4-------------4-|-0---------------2---|p0-----5-----5-4-|
||-7-------7-----7-------|-0-----7\5-----0-----|-----------------|
||-5---------------------|-5-------------------|-----------------|
||-3---------------------|-3-3/5-----0h3-------|-----------------|
----0-----------0---------||-------0-------------0-----------------|
--3---3-------3---3-------||-----3---3---------1---1---------------|
--------0---0-------0-----||---0-------0-----0-------0-------------|
5---------4-----------4h5-||\3-----------3-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p0-|
--------------------------||---------------------------------------|
--------------------------||---------------------------------------|
--3---0---------|-----0-----------------|---------|
--3-----3-------|-3-----3---------------|-----3---|
--0-------0-----|-0-------0-------------|-----0---|
------------0---|-0---------0-----------|-----2---|
3-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p|-0---0---|
----------------|-----------------------|---------|

nh nh nh nh

0---------------------|--v0---0-|-----5---------------7-------12---|
--3-------------------|--v1---1-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|
----0-----------------|--v2p0-0-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---|
------2---------------|--v3---3-|-------------5--------------------|
--------0-3-2h3p2p0---|---------|-2/3---3-5/7---7-5-5---5/7/8----8-|
--------------------3-|-1-------|----------------------------------|

nh nh nh nh nh nh

------7---------------------------------------|-----------7---------||
------7-----------12--------------------------|---------------------||
------7----------------------12---------------|---7---------------0-||
---------------------------------------12-----|---------------------||
10-10---8-------------------------------------|---------------------||
----------10-9/10----12\10-8----10\8-7----8\7-|-5---7\5p3---5\3-1---||

It gets really orchestrated and complex after this.

If all you really wanted was the intro, there it is. If you want more,

ask me nicely.

Augmentations/Questions/CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism welcome!

Good luck,

Paul D. pdmytrewycz@music.transy.edu

pauld@worf.transy.edu

From alt.guitar.tab Sat Jan 14 19:11:15 1995

From: PDMYTREWYCZ@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU (Paul D)

Date: 12 Jan 1995 20:06:05 -0600

Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature

Subject: TAB: "Rescue Me or Bury Me" by Vai

'Lo all,