Joe Satriani - Friends Tab

I'll just add that I can't download any attachments that anyone sends to
my yahoo e-mail address because every attachment seems to have some virus
on it. So if anyone sends me attachments, then make sure they are virus free
and send them as .doc or .txt files or something - not those weird .p**
files (the **'s just mean i can't remember the file extention exactly)
and lets see if that will work.
Thanks,
Nathan

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[Riff 1]

eb
bb 3 3 3
gb 2 2 2 2
db 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 /5 /7 \ 0 0
ab 0 0 0 0 2 2 /5 /7 \ 0
Db 0 /4 /5 /5 /7 \ 0
**************x3*************

[Riff 2] (Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

eb 17~~~ 17h19 17
bb 15 h17 17 b19 r17~~~ 15
gb 16 14
db
ab
Db
eb 17~~~ 17 17 19 /22 17
bb 15 h17 17 b19 r17~~
gb 14 16
db
ab
Db
eb
bb 15~ 15 17b19 17b19 r17 17 b19 r17 17 15 15~ 17 15
gb 16 14 16 16 14b16 r14
db 12~
ab
Db

[Riff 3] (Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

eb 14 14 14/15 \14 12 10 12 12 14 10 12 14 15 17 14 15 17 12 10 12
bb x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
gb 11 11 11/12 \11 9 7 9 9 11 7 9 11 12 14 11 12 14 9 7 9
db
ab
Db
eb 10 10 10 10/12 14 /15\14 12 10 12 12 x x x x x x x x x x x
bb x x x x x x x x x 12 10 10 12 14 15 12 10 12 10 x
gb 7 7 7 7/ 9 11 /12\11 9 7 9 9 x x x x x x x x x x 7~~
db 9 7 7 9 11 12 9 7 9 7 x
ab 5~~
Db

[Riff 4]

eb 0 0
bb 3 3 2 2 3 3
gb 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
db 5 0 2 2 2 2 5 0 2 2 2 2
ab 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Db 5 0 5 0

[Riff 5] (Riff 4 is played as rhythm)

eb 17b19~~ r17 15 14 15 17 15 14
bb 15b17 r15
gb 14~~
db
ab
Db
****Hold Bend****
eb 21b22 22 22~~ r21 19 21 22 22b24r 22b24r 22 21 22 22b24
bb
gb
db
ab
Db
eb 17b19 17 15 14 14 15 16 17
bb 17b19 17b19r17 15 17b19r17
gb 16 b18 14 14
db
ab
Db

(Last half of Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

*Hold Bend* (see Note 1 below)
eb 20b22 17 19 17 19 17
bb 18b19 18b19 18b19 18b19
gb 17~~~~~~
db x\
ab x\
Db
(see Note 2)

[Riff 6]

Harmonics T.Bar
eb
bb 7 7
gb 7 7 7 7~ \/\/\/
db 5 5 7 7
ab 4 0 5 0 4/5 5 5 5/7 7 7 \0
Db 4 4/5 5/7 \0

[Riff 7] (Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

Not so sure of this Riff, but it's as accurate as I could get it.

eb
bb
gb
db 0 0h2h4p2p0 0 0h2h4p2p0 0 0h2h4p2p0 0 0h2p0
ab h4 h4 h4 h4
Db
eb
bb
gb
db 0h2p0 0h2p0 0h2p0 0h2p0 0h2p0 0h2p0
ab 4p2h4 4p2p0 4p2h4 4p2p0 4p2h4 4p2 0~~~
Db
eb
bb
gb
db 4 0h2h4 0h4h5 0h5h7 0h7h9 0h9h11 0h11h12 0h12h14 0h14h16 0h16h17 0h17h19
ab
Db
eb
bb
gb 0h16h18 0h18h19 019h21 19
db 0h19h21
ab
Db
eb 19b21r 17
bb 22 22 22 22 20~
gb 21b23 21b23 21b23 21b23 21b23r21 \16 19
db
ab
Db
eb 20b22~~ 17b19 r17 16 15
bb 17b19 r17 15
gb 16 14b16r14
db 14b15r14 12 12 12 14b16~
ab 14 14
Db

[Riff 8] (Riff 4 is played as rhythm)

eb 17b19~~ r17 15 14 15 17 15 14
bb 15b17 r15
gb 14~~
db
ab
Db
eb
bb 15 14 12 10 8 7 5
gb 16 14 12 11 9 7 6
db
ab
Db
| (see Note 3) |
eb 5 5 5
bb 5 5
gb 7b9 7b9 7b9 7b9~~~
db
ab
Db
eb 10b12r 7 9 9b10r 9 7 10 9 7 7 9 7 7 7
bb 10 10 10 8 10 10 8 7 8 10 8 7
gb
db
ab
Db
eb
bb 7 8 7 7
gb 9 9 7 9 9 7 6 7 9 7 6
db 7~
ab
Db
eb 10 12b14r 10 10
bb 10b12 r10 12 12b14 12b14r12 10
gb 12b14 14r12 10 12 12
db 12 14b16 12 14b16 12
ab
Db
eb 15 15 17~ 2b122~~~
bb 19 19
gb 15 /16 /18 18
db /16 16 /19
ab
Db

[Riff 2] (Only play Riff 1 as rhythm on last bar. Also, when playing Riff 1 for this

time, do not repeat the first bar 3 times as noted. Only play it once.)

[RIff 9] (First Bar of Riff 10 is played as rhythm)

eb
bb 15 17 15
gb /16 14 16 14 14b16 r14
db 12~~ 14b16 r14 12 14b16 r14 12
ab 14 12 14 12
Db
eb 15 15 15
bb 15~~ 17b19 17b19 17b19 17b19r17
gb 14b16 r14
db 12~~ 14 12
ab
Db
eb
bb 15 15 17 15
gb 16 14b16 r14
db 12~~ x\
ab x\
Db

[Riff 10] (after Riff 9 finishes, play the first bar of this riff three times before

finishing the song off with the last bar.)
eb
bb 3
gb 2
db 0 /5 /7 \ 0~~~~~~~~
ab 0 /5 /7 \ 0~~~~~~~~
Db 0 /5 /7 \ 0~~~~~~~~
[END OF SONG] Note 1: Live, Joe holds this note until the next note, but on the studio album,

Joe holds the note until the end of Riff 5, and another guitar plays

the next few notes. This is also where the last half of Riff 1 is played.

Note 2: This pick slide is played by another guitar underneath note 17. This may be the guitar that played up until the 20b22 bend (Note 1). Live, Joe does the pick slide by simply not holding note 17 for very long. Note 3: These two connected bars are two guitars. As one guitar stops (the top bar), the other guitar starts (the bottom bar). Live, Joe plays the top bar until the '7 7' bit, then plays the bottom bar, ignoring the '5 6' of the top bar. Notation Key: h = hammer on b = bend p = pull off r = release bend / = slide up x = muted string \ = slide down x\ = pick slide ~ = hold note Also, / and \ can mean T.Bar if stated.

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