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Still My Bleeding Heart

Steve Vai
Tab

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Song

STILL MY BLEEDING HEART(By Steve Vai)

From Sex & Religon

Transcribed by steven jellard.

INTRO!!!

|-----0---(0)-------------0--(0)--0-0-0------0------0----|
|-----0---(0)-------------0--(0)--0-0-0------0------0----|
|-----3---(3)-------------4--(4)--8-8-8--(8)\6--(6)\4----|
|---2---------4/6\4~----2--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------2----------------------------------|
|-----0---(0)---------------0--(0)--0-0-0------0------0----|
|-----0---(0)---------------0--(0)--0-0-0------0------0----|
|-----3---(3)---------------4--(4)--8-8-8--(8)\6--(6)\4----|
|---2---------------------2--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------2----------------------------------|
| W\bar-------------------------------|                    |

| -1 |

|-19\-----------------------/19~~~~~~~---------------------|
|----\---------------------/-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

verse!!! fill 1 2x 4x fill 1

|-----0---(0)-------------0--(0)--0-0-0------0------0----|-------|do verse
|-----0---(0)-------------0--(0)--0-0-0------0------0----|-2-----|4x on the
|-----3---(3)-------------4--(4)--8-8-8--(8)\6--(6)\4----|---0---|4th time
|---2-------------------2--------------------------------|-----4-|do fill 1

|--------------------------------------------------------|-------|where writen

|-2-------------------2----------------------------------|-------|2x.

Pre Chorus!!!

|------0-0-0------0-0-0-0--------|
|------0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--------|
|------4---4-4----6---6-6--------|
|----2-2-----2----4-----4--------|
|-2-------------4----------------|
|-0-------------2----------------|

_________________________2x_______________________________

Chorus!!! 2x |

|--------0-0-0-0----------0-0---0-0---|------0-0---0-0--|
|--------0-0-0-0----------0-0---0-0---|------0-0---0-0--|
|--------8-8-8---8------4-4-4---4-4---|----6-6-6---6-6--|
|----9-9---9-9---9------2---2-2-----2-|----4---4-4------|
|----x-x-----x---x--------------------|-----------------|
|--9-9-9-----9---9----0---------------|--2--------------|

INTERLUDE!!! 1/2 1/2

|----16-------15-14---)-(---------------15-------15---------)-(-------------|
|-17----17-15-------11---(11)--------15----15-14----15-12-11---(11)---------|
|----13-------12-11---)-(-----11~~~-----12-------12---------)-(-----11~~~~~-|
|-14----14-12--------8---(8)---------12----12-11----12-9---8---(8)----------|
|----------------------------- 9~~~---------------------------------9~~~~~--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar solo

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p9~~~------7h9h11--11p9p7---------/9------------------------------|
|------------x----------------9~~~~--------8---8/9---9\6---6/8---8\4--|
|----------x-----------------------------6----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------6-----7-----4-----6------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Grad bend-------| w/bar

-2 full P.M P.H -1 switch neck pickup

|--------------------------)------------------19--/--(19)p16-------------|
|-------------14----/--(14)--14-14--14~~~---x--|-/-----------17----------|
|----4/6----x--|---/----------------------x----|/---------------16\14----|
|---------x----|--/---------------------------------------------------18-|
|-2--2/4-------|-/-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

P.H

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------17-----------------17-------------|
|-------------------------------15-16-18----18-16-15--16-18----18-16-15~~~-|
|-14-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----14--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------17-16-12-9-7h9h12-9~~~---------------------------------------------|

P.H P.H

|--------------------------------------------------------------14h18p14----|
|-------14h17p14-----------------14h17p14----------------14h17-------------|
|-15-16----------16-15~~~--16-15----------16-15~~--15h16-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14h18p14----------14h19p14----------14h19p14----------|
|-17p14h17----------17p14h17----------17p14h17----------17p14h17-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Grad bend

full full------------|

|-14h19p14h19p14h19p14h19------------)-----------------------)---------------|
|-------------------------21~~~~~--17---17-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

full 1/2 1/2 1/2

|----------|(--------------------------------------------------------)--|
|-(17)~~~-17-(17)-14----------------17\--14---)--14---)------------17---|
|--------------------15---------------------14------14------13~~~-------|
|-----------------------16------------------------------16--------------|
|--------------------------16-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------18-14-------------------------------------|

grad bend

full--------------|

)

|-15-17-17--17-17-17-17-17----------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

This was transcribed by steven jellard .

yo!! send me an e-mail if you have any coments or any corrections.

But i think the solo is perfect i used a special machine to slow it down

so e-mail me on:

jellard@xtra.co.nz

p.s i am still working on the tab for the whole sex & religon album.

And will be probably getting the tab book so i can tab them out for you.

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