Joe Satriani - Light Years Away Tab

Listen to the song for the timing etc. Key at the bottom for the symbols etc.

For the intro just basically hold a G note (doesn't really matter what one, just get
feedback off it)

Riff 1

  
E
                                                                                     
  
B
                                                                                     
  
G
                                                                                     
  
D
                                                                                     
  
A
              2                    2                    2                            
  
E
  4  2  4  2     4  2  4  2  4  2     4  2  4  2  4  2     4  2  4  2  4  2~~  4 2 4 
                                   x3

Then play it once more with it ending like this.


  
A
                   2             
  
E
  4  2  4  2  4  2    4  2\4~~~  

Riff 2

  
E
                                                                      
  
B
                                   4 4                                
  
G
       4 6 6 4~                    4 4          4 6 6 4~              
  
D
  4h6  4 6 6 4~  4h6 6 4 6~    4h6         4h6  4 6 6 4~  4h6 6 4 6~~ 
  
A
  4h6            4h6 6 4 6~  6             4h6            4h6 6 4 6~~ 
  
E
                                                                      

                                    x2

Riff 3
From what I can tell here there are 2 guitars harmonising with one playing low and the
high, personally when playing along with the track I think doing the low sounds better
I'll tab both.

Low:


  
E
                                                   
  
B
                                                   
  
G
     4h6 6   4 6  4\6~~/4~                         
  
D
   6       6                  4h6 6   4 6  4\6~~   
  
A
                            6       6              
  
E
                                                   


  
E
                                                     
  
B
                                                     
  
G
     4h6 6   4 6  4\6~~\8/4~                         
  
D
   6       6                      4h6 6   4 6  4\6~~ 
  
A
                                6       6            
  
E
                                                     

High:


  
E
                                                                       
  
B
      12h14 14    12 14  12\14~~/12~                                   
  
G
   13          13                          11h13 13    11 13  11\13~~  
  
D
                                        13          13                 
  
A
                                                                       
  
E
                                                                       


  
E
                                                                      
  
B
      12h14 14    12 14  12\14~~\16/12~                               
  
G
   13          13                          11h13 13    11 13  11\13~~ 
  
D
                                        13          13                
  
A
                                                                      
  
E
                                                                      

Riff 4
Like the last one, this has high and low.

Low:


  
E
                                        
  
B
         7~~                            
  
G
   4h6\8     6~ 4~~                     
  
D
                       4 6 4h6~~  6~    
  
A
                     6            6~    
  
E
                                  4~    

                      x2

High:


  
E
            14~~                                 
  
B
   12h14\16       14~ 12~~                       
  
G
                              11 13 11h13~~      
  
D
                           13                6~  
  
A
                                             6~  
  
E
                                             4~  

Riff 5

  
E
                                               
  
B
        9~~~  9~~~  11~ 9~~  9~~~  9~~~  9~~~  
  
G
  8~~~  8~~~  8~~~  10~ 8~~  8~~~  8~~~  8~~~  
  Then Dive Bomb
  
D
  6~~~  6~~~  6~~~  8~  6~~  6~~~  6~~~  6~~~  
  
A
  6~~~  6~~~  6~~~  8~  6~~  6~~~  6~~~  6~~~  
  
E
                                               

Play through riffs 1 and 2 again then we have the solo which I haven't worked out fully
so I post that on here when it's completed. Although it's a good one to just jam out to
G.

After the solo we go back through riffs 3, 4 and 5. Then back to 1 and 2 again.
For the ride out:


  
E
                        
  
B
                        
  
G
  8 8 8 9~~  9 9 9 8~~  
  
D
  6 6 6 6~~  6 6 6 6~~  
  
A
  6 6 6 7~~  7 7 7 6~~  
  
E
                        

           x2


  
E
                                                                                                
  
B
12p11p 12p11p 12p11p 12p11p  11p9 11p9 11p9 11p9 11p9 11p9 11p9 11p9 12p11p 12p11p 12p11p 12p11p
  
G
                                                                                                
  
D
                                                                                                
  
A
                                                                                                
  
E
                                                                                                

                               x4    On the 3rd time tap with the guitar pick on the 17th
fret for 11p9 and 16th fret for 12p11


  
E
                        
  
B
                        
  
G
  8 8 8 9~~  9 9 9 8~~  
  
D
  6 6 6 6~~  6 6 6 6~~  
  
A
  6 6 6 7~~  7 7 7 6~~  
  
E
                        

           x4


  
E
                        
  
B
          4             
  
G
      4 6        4 6    
  
D
  6 6        6 6     6  
  
A
                        
  
E
                        

            X5

End of song.

Any advice/any improvements just let me know and I'll look at changing the tab. Cheers

Key:
\ = slide up
/ = slide down
~ = vibrato/let note ring out
h = hammer on
p = pull off