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Big Trouble
Steve Vai
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www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Vai - dist electric'
Intro
Q=96
4/4
Gtr I
a E E S S S a S S S E S S S S a E E S S S a S S S E S S S S
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-11S13-11-x-x-x-11S13---x-11-11S9-x-x-|-11S13-11-x-x-x-11S13---x-11-11S9-x-x-|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--9S11--9-x-x-x--9S11---x--9--9S7-x-x-|--9S11--9-x-x-x--9S11---x--9--9S7-x-x-|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
a E E S S S a S S S E S S S S a E S S S S S S E E Q
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-11S13-11-x-x-x-11S13---x-11-11S9-x-x-|-11S13-11-11-11s13-13s16-16\------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--9S11--9-x-x-x--9S11---x--9--9S7-x-x-|--9S11--9--9--9s11-11s14-14\------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x---|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x-----|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x-|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2---------|
~~ PM--| PM
H S S E E E E. S S S S S S S S S +Q
|-^0--------------|-0-----------------------------------||
|-^0--------------|-0-------------9S7p5-----------------||
|-^4--------------|-4-------9S8---------[6]b8==(6)r\----||
|-^2--------------|-2-----------9-----------------------||
|-^4--------------|-4--4s11-----------------------------||
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------------------------------------||
Verse
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------| ~~ PM--|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S H S S E E E
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|-^0---------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x---|-^0---------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x-----|-^4---------------|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x-|-^2---------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------------|-^4---------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2---------|-------0-0-2-4-2--|
~~~ PM------|
Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-^0-----------------------------|
|-^0-----------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------|
|-^2--------------------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------|
|-------0-2---4---------------------|
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-^0--------------|-^0-------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x----|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x------|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x--|
|-^4--------------|-^4-------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2----------|
Chorus
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------| ~~
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S Q S S S S +S E S S E S S S S S
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------||-------------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------||-------------------------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4--------------------||-------------------------------|
|-^2--------------|-^2--------------------||-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-----------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4--------------------||-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-----------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2Sx\--||-2-2-2-0-(0)-2-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-|
PM--------|
Q. E +S S S S S S E S S S S +E E S S S S S S S S Q. E H
|-0----------0-----0-----|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-------|
|-2----4-(4)---4-----4---|-------------------------------|-2----0-------|
|-2----4-(4)-----4-------|-------------------------------|-2----4Sx\----|
|-2----4-(4)-----------4-|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-----------------|-2----2Sx\----|
|-0----------------------|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-----------------|-0----2Sx\----|
|------------------------|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2-----------------|------0-------|
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S Q. E +S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------7------------|
|---------------------------------|-2----4-(4)-----17p==16--(16)--16p==15--|
|---------------------------------|-2----4-(4)S16-(16)-(16)-(16)--16--(16)-|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-------------------|-2----4-(4)S16-(16)-(16)--16--(16)-(16)-|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-------------------|-0--------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2-x-x-x---x-x-x---x-|----------------------------------------|
\7 \7____/
~
S S S S +S S E S S S S S S E Q. E +Q +Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-------------------||
|--------------------------------|-2-----------------||
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4------------------|-2----2-(2)---(2)--||
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4------------------|-0----2-(2)---(2)--||
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2------------------|------0-(0)---(0)--||
Verse
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x---|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x-----|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x-|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2---------|
~~ PM--|
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
H S S E E E E a E E E E E E a Q +Q
|-^0--------------|---------------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b7==(5)r\----|
|-^4--------------|---------------------------------|
|-^2--------------|---------------------------------|
|-^4--------------|---------------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|---------------------------------|
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x---|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x-----|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x-|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2---------|
\7
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S E +E
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------------||
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------------||
|-^4--------------|-^4--------------------------||
|-^2--------------|-^2--------------------------||
|-^4--------------|-^4--------------------------||
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2-2b4==(2)r-||
Chorus
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S Q. E +E S S S S E
|---------------------------------|------------19--------------|
|---------------------------------|-2----4-(4)-19----17p16-16\-|
|---------------------------------|-2----4-(4)----16-16-16-16\-|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-------------------|-2----4-(4)----16-18p16-16\-|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-x-x-x---x-x-x---x-|-0--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2-------------------|----------------------------|
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S E Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------------|-0----0-(0)---------|
|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x\-|-2----0-(0)---------|
|--------------------------------|-2----4-(4)/--x\----|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4------------------|-2----2-(2)/--x\----|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4------------------|-0----2-(2)/--x\----|
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2------------------|------0-(0)---------|
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S Q. E +E S S S S E
|---------------------------------|------------20S16-16S14-14-|
|---------------------------------|-2----4-(4)-18S14-14S12-12-|
|---------------------------------|-2----4-(4)----------------|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-------------------|-2----4-(4)----------------|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4-x-x-x---x-x-x---x-|-0-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2-------------------|---------------------------|
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S E Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------------|------0-(0)---------||
|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x\-|------0-(0)---------||
|--------------------------------|-2----4-(4)/--x\----||
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4------------------|-2----2-(2)/--x\----||
|-4-4-4-2-(2)-4------------------|-0----2-(2)/--x\----||
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2------------------|------0-(0)---------||
Bridge
PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------|
\7
Q Q Q Q Q E E +Q +Q
|----19-(19)--19--19-----------------------------|-----0-(0)-(0)--(0)--|
|-------------17p=16-----------------------------|--------0--(0)--(0)--|
|-16-----16--(16)-16----------16----------16-----|-2/------------------|
|--------------------16h18p16-16----------16-----|-2/------------------|
|-----------------------------18-17-------18-17--|-0-------------------|
|-----------------------------------18-19--------|---------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E S S E E E S S S E. E E E E +E E E E
|--------0--0--0-----------|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|
|-----------2--0-----------|---4---------4-----|
|---2-2-(2)---(2)----------|-----4---------4---|
|-----2-(2)---(2)----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------2--|-4-----------------|
|-2-----------(2)-4-4-4----|-------------------|
H +E E Q W
+E E E E +E E S S E E E E E +E E Q
|-(0)-----0-(0)------------|--0------0-(0)-------|
|-----4----------4---4-----|-----4---------4-----|
|-------4--------4---4-----|-------4---------4---|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)------------4---2---0-|-(0)-----------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
+H Q.. S +W
E S S E E E E Q
|----------0-------0-----------||
|--------------0---2-----------||
|---2-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)----------||
|------2--(2)-(2)-(2)----------||
|---------------------------2--||
|-2----------------2--4-4-4----||
H E S S S E.
Guitar Solo
E E S S E E E S S S S S E S Q S S S S Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----4---2-2-----5---7-----------|--4S=2---4S2--2S4S2S4S2--|
|-------------------------6S4-2---|-------------------------|
|-2S4---4S2---2S6---6---4-------4-|-(4)-2-2---2--2S4S2S4S2--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E. S +S S E Q S S S S Q
E E +S E. S E S S S E
|-----0---(0)-0-------0--0---0-0--0-----|
|-4S5---5S=3---------------0--------0---|
|----------------4S6-(6)-------4------4-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
S E S E S S +E E E. S
PM|
|-----6-----| |-3--|
S S S S S S S S a Q Q S S S S S S a H +E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----7-7-7-5-5-5-12h14p=2--|-12p9---------------------------|
|-----8-8-8-6-6-6-----------|------11p9----------------------|
|-7S9-9-9-9-7-7-7-----------|-----------11p9-----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------11p9----(9)-7-9-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
~~
|-3-| |---3---|
E E E E E E Q. E
|-----------7----7S|
|-------9-----------------|
|-----8-------------------|
|---6---------------------|
|-4-----------------------|
|-------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~
|--3--|
T T T T T +E a +E a a S +S E S S E E
|-18h19p18h19-18-(18)-18b20==(18)r(18)p16h18-(18)h19-18p16-18p16-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E
|-19-16-18-19-18-16----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------19-17-16-17-19-17-16-17-16-14-16-17-16-14----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------16-14-13-14-16-14-13-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6-----| |------6------| |--3--|
a E. S E S S S S S S S S S S +E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-17h19h21-19p17h21p16h19p14S19p16h19p16S4-(4)p2--------|
|------------------------------------------------b6==|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
\7
T T
|------7------|
+E S +S +S S S S S S S +H
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-(4)-16r(16)-(16)p4p1---------------------|
|----------------------16p4p2--------------|
|-----------------------------4b6==(4)r----|
|------------------------------------------|
\1 \1 \1
~~~~~
a +Q E S S +S E +S S +E.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-16b17==(16)r--16p14-16--(16)-16--(16)-h16--(16)-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \7
|----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
E E E E E E E E E E. S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-17p==16p==14--------------------------------------|
|----------------16p==13h==16---xp==13h==16---x-----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------0--|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
|----------9:8----------| |----------10:8------------| |----------9:8----------| |----------10:8------------|
a a a T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-16-17-19-24p19p17p16----------------------------------------------19p16p14----------------------------------------19p16p14--|
|----------------------24p19p16h17h19-24p19p17p16s14-19p16p14----------------19p16p14----------------19p16p14-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------18p16-------------------18p16p14----------------18p16-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------18p16--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T
|----------9:8----------| |----------10:8------------| |---------10:8-----------| |--------10:8----------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------16p14p12---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19p16p14s12-16p14p12----------------16p14p12s10-14p12p10p9h10h12-16p12p10p9-----------------------------------|
|----------------------16p14--------------------------------------------------16p11p9s8h9h11-16p11p9p8----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16p11p7--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|--------10:8----------| |-------10:8---------| |------12:8-------| |---------9:8---------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E T T T T X X X X T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------14p9p7------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------14p9p7-------------14p9p7s5-14p7p5p4-14p7p5p4-14p6p4\-|
|-------------------------------14p8p6-------------14p9-------------------------------------------|
|-9h11-14p11p9p7-----------------------14p8-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------16p11p7h9-14p9-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
\7
T T T T T T T T T T
|-------10:8---------| |-------10:8---------| |-------10:8---------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q
|-----------------------------14p4p2----------------------------------------||
|-----------------14p4p2-------------14p4p2---------------------------------||
|-2h4p2-14p2-------------14p2---------------14p4p2--------------------------||
|------------11p4----------------------------------14p4p2-------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------14p4p2------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------14p4p2-0---||
Bridge
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM--|
E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-4s2-----2------------------|
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-4s2-----2--2S4-4-4-4-4S2-2-|
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-4s2-2-2-2--2S4-4-4-4-4S2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~ ~~~ PM|
Q E E +E E Q E S S E E E E Q
|-----0-0-(0)-17------|--------0--0--0-----------|
|-------0-(0)---------|-----------0--0-----------|
|-2/------------------|---2----2----(2)----------|
|-2/------------------|-----2-(2)---(2)----------|
|-0--------------14\--|-----------------------2--|
|---------------------|-2-----(2)----2--4-4-4----|
Q Q E S S S E.
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E S S E E E E E +E E Q
|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-(0)-----0-(0)---------|--0------0-(0)------|
|---4---------4-----|-----4---------4---4---|-----4---------4----|
|-----4---------4---|-------4-------4---4---|-------4---------4--|
|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|---------------4---2-0-|-(0)----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
+W
PM| ~~~~~
E S S E E E E Q W +W
|--------0--0--0-----------|------------|--------------|
|-----------0--0-----------|------------|--------------|
|---2----2----(2)----------|------------|--------------|
|-----2-(2)---(2)----------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------------2--|---------|-()--------|
|-2-----(2)---(2)-4-4-4----|------------|--------------|
Q Q +E S S S E.
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/
+E +E +E. +E. +E. +E. W
|-------------------------------|---------||
|-------------------------------|---------||
|-------------------------------|-[6]\----||
|-------------------------------|---------||
|-(4)--(4)--(4)--(4)--(4)--(4)--|---------||
|-------------------------------|---------||
Verse
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x---|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x-----|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x-|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2---------|
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x-----|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x-------|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x---|
|-^4--------------|-^4--------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2-----------|
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM--------| ~~ PM--|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S S S S S S H S S E E E
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|-^0---------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0--------------------x---|-^0---------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------x-----|-^4---------------|
|-^2--------------|-^2----------------------x-|-^2---------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------------|-^4---------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4---2---------|-------0-0-2-4-2--|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S
|-19-16-17-19-17-16-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-14-16-17-16-14-19-16-17-19-17-16-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------16-18-14-16-14-18-18-16-14-18-16-14-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------16-13-14-16-14-13-18-14-16-18-16-14-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------16-12-14-16-14-12-18-14-16-18-16-14-18\-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------16-12-14-16-14-12-16\-|
Outro
~~ PM--| ~~~ PM----|
H S S E E E Q. S S S S S a E E.
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|
|-^0--------------|-^0------------------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4--------------4h[6]\----|
|-^2--------------|-^2------------------------|
|-^4--------------|-^4------------------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|-------0-2---4-------------|
~~ PM--|
H S S E E E
|-^0--------------|
|-^0--------------|
|-^4--------------|
|-^2--------------|
|-^4--------------|
|-------0-0-2-4-2-|
a a a Q T T T T T E a a a E a +Q S.
|----------------------11-14S19-16---------------------------*|
|-------------------12-------------17-------19b21==(19)r-----*|
|----------------13-------------------18---------------------*|
|-------9h11--14-------------------------16------------------*|
|----11------------------------------------------------------*|
|-12---------------------------------------------------------*|