Love Thing

Joe Satriani

Tom: E

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    Backround 2                      
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                   Lead- with heavy wah and distortion                   
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                   Solo 1                                                
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          back to the Lead again                                         
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I don't feel like tabbing any more of it, just stay in this key: 
 
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======================================================================== 
==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        == 
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----------                ----------                ----t--- 
----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6--- Tap 
----------                ---------- Note           -------- 
----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                -------- 


 
----------                ----------                -----p-- 
----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7-- Pop 
----------                ---------- Note           --s----- 
----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5----- Slap  


 
----------                ||------|| Repeat         -------- 
----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^--- Bend 
----------                ||*----*||                -------- 
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----------                ----------                -------- 
-4:------- Time           ----------                -------- 
-4:------- Signature      ----------                -------- 
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Rhythm: 
  w = whole note            W = dotted whole 
  h = half note             H = dotted half 
  q = quarter note          Q = dotted quarter 
  e = eighth note           E = dotted eighth 
  s = sixteenth note        S = dotted sixteenth 
  t = 32nd note             T = dotted 32nd 
  x = 64th note             X = dotted 64th 
  ^ = triplet 
 
Love Thing - written/performed by: Joe Satriani (from the album: Crystal Planet) 

 
-transcribed by: tab master DUVAN 

gusduv@yahoo.com.mx 
 
 
RHYTHM GUITAR: 
(clean) 
 
Tuning : E A D G B E    Time Signature 4/4 
riff 1 

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                                  riff 2 

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riff 3 

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1st time 

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2nd time 

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LEAD GUITAR: 
(distortion w/ wah) 
 
Tuning : E A D G B E    Time Signature 4/4 
 

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   3         3     3     3     3 

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LEAD GUITAR SOLO: 
(distortion w/ wah) 
 
 

Legend 
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 h  = hammer-on 
 p  = pull-off 
 b  = bend (the number after the "b" is the note that the bend is to sound like) 
 r  = bend release 
 /  = slide up/down 
<5> = natural harmonic 
{5} = artifical harmonic 
 ~  = vibrato 
 tr = trill 
 
 

 
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                still bent to 21 
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