Rescue me or bury me

Okay, the majority of Vai requests have been for this song.  Although I 
must disagree with those who think that this and "Touching Tongues" are the 
best songs on the album; what about "Sex & Religion" or "Survive"?  Those 
songs kick ass! 
I didn't tab "Touching Tongues" because the rhythm track requires a 7- 
string guitar, and the lead requires delay and a WHAMMY pedal.  I don't 
think the average guitarist has those things handy. :) 
Anyway, all you need for this song is an acoustic guitar, an eletric 
guitar, and a hell of a lot of patience!  Some of the chords are a pain in 
the ass (or should I say fingers?). 
Some notes on the way I do ascii tab:  "p" - pull-off 
                                       "h" - hammer-on 
                  "v"s in front of a chord - upstroke 
                                      "nh" - natural harmonic 
 
||---0-------0-----0-----|---------------------|---------0-------| 
||-0---0-------0-----0---|-------------------3-|-3/5p3-----3-----| 
||-4-----4-------------4-|-0---------------2---|p0-----5-----5-4-| 
||-7-------7-----7-------|-0-----75-----0-----|-----------------| 
||-5---------------------|-5-------------------|-----------------| 
||-3---------------------|-3-3/5-----0h3-------|-----------------| 
 
 
----0-----------0---------||-------0-------------0-----------------| 
--3---3-------3---3-------||-----3---3---------1---1---------------| 
--------0---0-------0-----||---0-------0-----0-------0-------------| 
5---------4-----------4h5-||3-----------3-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p0-| 
--------------------------||---------------------------------------| 
--------------------------||---------------------------------------| 
 
 
--3---0---------|-----0-----------------|---------| 
--3-----3-------|-3-----3---------------|-----3---| 
--0-------0-----|-0-------0-------------|-----0---| 
------------0---|-0---------0-----------|-----2---| 
3-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p|-0---0---| 
----------------|-----------------------|---------| 
 
                                      nh      nh      nh      nh 
0---------------------|--v0---0-|-----5---------------7-------12---| 
--3-------------------|--v1---1-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---| 
----0-----------------|--v2p0-0-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---| 
------2---------------|--v3---3-|-------------5--------------------| 
--------0-3-2h3p2p0---|---------|-2/3---3-5/7---7-5-5---5/7/8----8-| 
--------------------3-|-1-------|----------------------------------| 
 
      nh          nh         nh        nh         nh      nh 
------7---------------------------------------|-----------7---------|| 
------7-----------12--------------------------|---------------------|| 
------7----------------------12---------------|---7---------------0-|| 
---------------------------------------12-----|---------------------|| 
10-10---8-------------------------------------|---------------------|| 
----------10-9/10----1210-8----108-7----87-|-5---75p3---53-1---|| 
 
It gets really orchestrated and complex after this. 
If all you really wanted was the intro, there it is.  If you want more, 
ask me nicely. 
Augmentations/Questions/CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism welcome! 
Good luck, 
Paul D.  [email protected] 
                     OR 
         [email protected] 
 
From alt.guitar.tab Sat Jan 14 19:11:15 1995 
From: [email protected] (Paul D) 
Date: 12 Jan 1995 20:06:05 -0600 
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature 
Subject: TAB: "Rescue Me or Bury Me" by Vai 
 
'Lo all, 
 
Okay, the majority of Vai requests have been for this song.  Although I 
must disagree with those who think that this and "Touching Tongues" are the 
best songs on the album; what about "Sex & Religion" or "Survive"?  Those 
songs kick ass! 
I didn't tab "Touching Tongues" because the rhythm track requires a 7- 
string guitar, and the lead requires delay and a WHAMMY pedal.  I don't 
think the average guitarist has those things handy. :) 
Anyway, all you need for this song is an acoustic guitar, an eletric 
guitar, and a hell of a lot of patience!  Some of the chords are a pain in 
the ass (or should I say fingers?). 
Some notes on the way I do ascii tab:  "p" - pull-off 
                                       "h" - hammer-on 
                  "v"s in front of a chord - upstroke 
                                      "nh" - natural harmonic 
 
 
 
Rescue Me or Bury Me 
by Steve Vai 
Tab by Dave Whitehill for Hal Leonard Corp. 
 
 
||---0-------0-----0-----|---------------------|---------0-------| 
||-0---0-------0-----0---|-------------------3-|-3/5p3-----3-----| 
||-4-----4-------------4-|-0---------------2---|p0-----5-----5-4-| 
||-7-------7-----7-------|-0-----75-----0-----|-----------------| 
||-5---------------------|-5-------------------|-----------------| 
||-3---------------------|-3-3/5-----0h3-------|-----------------| 
 
 
----0-----------0---------||-------0-------------0-----------------| 
--3---3-------3---3-------||-----3---3---------1---1---------------| 
--------0---0-------0-----||---0-------0-----0-------0-------------| 
5---------4-----------4h5-||3-----------3-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p0-| 
--------------------------||---------------------------------------| 
--------------------------||---------------------------------------| 
 
 
--3---0---------|-----0-----------------|---------| 
--3-----3-------|-3-----3---------------|-----3---| 
--0-------0-----|-0-------0-------------|-----0---| 
------------0---|-0---------0-----------|-----2---| 
3-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-3-2h3p2p|-0---0---| 
----------------|-----------------------|---------| 
 
                                      nh      nh      nh      nh 
0---------------------|--v0---0-|-----5---------------7-------12---| 
--3-------------------|--v1---1-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---| 
----0-----------------|--v2p0-0-|-----5-------5-------7-------12---| 
------2---------------|--v3---3-|-------------5--------------------| 
--------0-3-2h3p2p0---|---------|-2/3---3-5/7---7-5-5---5/7/8----8-| 
--------------------3-|-1-------|----------------------------------| 
 
      nh          nh         nh        nh         nh      nh 
------7---------------------------------------|-----------7---------|| 
------7-----------12--------------------------|---------------------|| 
------7----------------------12---------------|---7---------------0-|| 
---------------------------------------12-----|---------------------|| 
10-10---8-------------------------------------|---------------------|| 
----------10-9/10----1210-8----108-7----87-|-5---75p3---53-1---|| 
 
 
 
 
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Contribuição: Eduardo([email protected])