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Star Wars Live

Buckethead

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STAR WARS (Live)
As recorded by Buckethead
(From the 1994 Album GIANT ROBOT)

Transcribed by Eduardo Zanetti
	

Music by J. Williams
Arranged by Buckethead

B5
x 2 4 4 x x
	
C#5
x 4 6 6 x x
	
F#5
2 4 4 x x x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

  Q=140
 4/4
                       Gtr I
  Wx3          H.      Q
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|---------x\--|
|------------|---------x\--|


   Intro (00:07)
    (B5)                                  N.C.
    PM----------------------------------|
                                          |-3--|
    E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S Q Q  Q
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2----------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-/4----||


  (B5)                                  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
  PM----------------------------------|
                                        |-3-|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|-------------------------|-------------4-0-4-|


  (C#5)
  PM----------------------------------------------|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


   Theme
    (B5)                                         N.C.
    Gtr II
                                                  |--3--|
     H             H              +H              Q  Q  Q
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------/19-----------|-(19)\-----------17-16----|
||--16-------------------------|-----------------------18-|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    PM----------------------------------------|
|                                                 |--3--|
|    E S S E S S   E S S E S S     E   S S E S S  Q  Q  Q
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2---2-2-2-2-2----------|
||-----------------------------|------------------4--0--4-|


  (B5)                                               N.C.
                                                      |--3--|
   H                H                 +H              Q  Q  Q
|-19b21r===========================|==========================|
|-----------------/19b21-----------|-(19)\-----------17-16----|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------18-|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  PM----------------------------------------------|
|                                                     |--3--|
|  E    S S E S S   E    S S E S S     E   S S E S S  Q  Q  Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2---2----2-2-2-2-2-|---2---2-2-2-2-2----------|
|----------------------------------|------------------4--0--4-|


  (B5)                                            N.C.
                                                   |--3--|
    H               H               +H             Q  Q  Q
|-/19b21-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------19\-----------|-(19)-----------17-16-17-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|   PM------------------------------------------|
|                                                  |--3--|
|   E    S S E S S  E  S S E S S     E  S S E S S  Q  Q  Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2----2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------4--0--4-|


  (C#5)
    W                           +W
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-[18]-----------------------|-(18)\--------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
|   PM---------------------------------------------------|
|   E  S S E S S E S S E S S     E   S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||


   Interlude
    (F#5)
      <                           >
      Q.   E  Q.    S  S    H     H
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||---------4h=6-----7h=9p|==7\-------------|
||o-^/4------------------|--------4--------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
|
|   Gtr IV
|     Q.   E  Q.    S  S    H     H
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o--------7-/9----10h12p|=10--------------|
||---/6------------------|--------6--------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|     W                    +H.       +E  E
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o---7------------------|-(7)-------(7)---|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|---------------4-|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|


       T T  T T  T T   T    T
            |3|  |--3--|
  Q.   S S  Q E  E E   E    Q.   Q.     E  S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------6p|==4S===5\-----4-------|
|------4h6h=7p4--7p4-----|----------------------|
|-4----------------------|-----------------4-4--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
|           |3|  |--3--|
| Q.   S S  Q E  E E   E    H.         +E  S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------7h9h10p7-10p7-/14p|=12---------(12)------|
|-6----------------------|-----------------6-6--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| W                        +H.         +E  S S
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-7----------------------|-(7)---------(7)------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------4-4--|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|


  (F#5)
                                        |---3---|
  Q.   E   E  E E  E     H.             E   E   E
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------6----|-/11tr13b13-----------------|
|------4Sh=7\p4----7-|----------------------------|
|-4------------------|-----------------12--11---9-|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|
|                                       |---3---|
| Q.   E   E  E E  E     H.             E   E   E
|---------------9----|--14------------------------|
|------7sh10\p7---10-|----------------------------|
|-6------------------|-----------------14--13--11-|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|
|                                       |---3---|
| W                     +H.            +E  +E   E
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|-7------------------|--(7)------------(7)-(7)----|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------4-|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|


                          ~~~
       |--3--|
   Q   E  E  E  Q   Q     W
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-11-------------------|------------------||
|-----12-11--9---------|--9--------------o||
|---------------9---9--|------------------||
|
|      |--3--|
|  Q   E  E  E  Q   Q     W
|----------------------|------------------||
|-14-------------------|-----------------o||
|-----14-13-11---------|-11---------------||
|--------------11--11--|------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|
|  W                     +H.      +E  E
|----------------------|------------------||
|--7-------------------|-(7)------(7)----o||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|--------------4---||
|----------------------|-----------------o||
|----------------------|------------------||


   Outro (01:14)
    (B5)
    Gtrs I, II
                            >      >
    PM--------------|              ~
    E S S E S S E S S E E   Q  E E H
||------------------------|-------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------|
||------------------------|-------------|
||------------------------|-------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-|-2----5-2----|
||--------------------3---|----3--------|


  (F#5)
  PM--------------|
  E S S E S S E S S E E   Q  E E H
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-5----5-2b4r====o||
|-----------------------|----3------------||


 Final (01:28)
  (B5)
                                      |--3--|
   Q.    S  S  Q.    S  S    Q    Q   Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16--|
|-14----14-14-14----14-14-|-14---14--14-14-14--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                                     |--3--|
|  Q.    S  S  Q.    S  S    Q    Q   Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-14----14-14-14----14-14-|-14---14--14-14-14--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                        +W
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)----------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)----------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|


                                      |--3--|
   Q.    S  S  Q.    S  S    Q    Q   Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-16----16-16-16----16-16-|-16---16--16-16-16-|
|-15----15-15-15----15-15-|-15---15--15-15-15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
|                                     |--3--|
|  Q.    S  S  Q.    S  S    Q    Q   Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-13----13-13-13----13-13-|-13---13--13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
|  W                        +W
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--4----------------------|-(4)---------------|
|--2----------------------|-(2)---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|


  (B5)
                                               |---3---|
    Q.     S   S   Q.     S   S     Q     Q    Q   Q   Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/19----/19-/19-/19----/19-/19-|-/19---/19--/19-/19-/19--|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|                                              |---3---|
|   Q.     S   S   Q.     S   S     Q     Q    Q   Q   Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--16-----16--16--16-----16--16-|--16----16---16--16--16--|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|   W                              +W
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---4---------------------------|--(4)--------------------|
|---4---------------------------|--(4)--------------------|
|---2---------------------------|--(2)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|


                                           |---3---|
   Q.    S   S   Q.    S   S     Q    Q    Q   Q   Q
|-19\---19\-19\-19\---19\-19\-|-19\--19\--19\-19\-19\-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
|                                          |---3---|
|  Q.    S   S   Q.    S   S     Q    Q    Q   Q   Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-16----16--16--16----16--16--|-16---16---16--16--16--|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  W                            +W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--4--------------------------|-(4)-------------------|
|--4--------------------------|-(4)-------------------|
|--2--------------------------|-(2)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|


                     B5
 7/4                4/4
  W        H.        W
|------------------|------|
|------------------|------|
|------------------|-4----|
|------------------|-4----|
|------------------|-2----|
|------------------|------|


  (B5)
     |---------7----------|  |--------7--------|  |--------7--------|  |--------7--------|
     S  S  S  S  S  T  T  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------14-16-17-16-14-------|
|------------------------------------------------------14-15-17-14-15-17----------------17----|
|------------------------------------13-14-16-13-14-17----------------------------------------|
|---------------12-12-14-16-12-14-16----------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-12-14-16-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


   |------7-------|  |--------7--------|  |--------7--------|  |-----------7-----------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  S  S  S  S
|----14-16-17-16-14-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17----------------17-16-14-17-15-14-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------17-14-13-16-14-13-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------16-14-12-16-14-12-12----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------16-14-12-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  W
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  W
|-------*|
|-------*|
|-4\----*|
|-4\----*|
|-2\----*|
|-------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths