Speed of Light Joe Satriani
Play 4 Times
[D5]
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| B|---------3----------1--------|--5--------3-----------------| G|o--------2----------0--------|--2--------0----------------o| D|o----------------------------|----------------------------o| A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| G|o----------------------------|----------------------------o| D|o----------------------------|----------------------------o| A|---5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5---| E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
[D5]
E|------------------------------|----------------------------| B|---10------------12-------10--|-----7----------------------| G|o--7-------------7--------7---|-----7----------9-----7-----| D|o-----------------------------|----------------------------| A|------------------------------|----------------------------| E|------------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.--------------------------------------------------| | E|------------------------------|----------------------------| B|------------------------------|----------------------------| G|o-----------------------------|----------------------------| D|o-----------------------------|----------------------------| A|---5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5---|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--| E|------------------------------|----------------------------| Harm---------| E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| B|--10------------12-------10--|--------------------------------------| G|--7-------------7--------7---|--------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|----------------------2.6--3.3--4--5--| A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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| P.M.-------------------------------------------------| | E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| A|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5---|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5------------| E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------|----------------------------| B|--10------------12-------10--|-----7----------------------| G|--7-------------7--------7---|-----7----------9-----7-----| D|-----------------------------|----------------------------| A|-----------------------------|----------------------------| E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.-------------------------------------------------| | E|-----------------------------|----------------------------| B|-----------------------------|----------------------------| G|-----------------------------|----------------------------| D|-----------------------------|----------------------------| A|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5---|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--| E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
[C5] [G5]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|--13------------15----------|--12------------------------| G|--12------------12----------|--12------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|--3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|--3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|
[D5]
E|-----------------------------|------------------------|--------------7h10-- B|--10---------------12----10--|----7-------------------|--10---------------- G|--7----------------7-----7---|----7----------9-----7--|--7----------------- D|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------- A|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------- E|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------- E------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------- B--10--|--------------------------|--10---------------12----10--|----7---- G--7---|--------------------------|--7----------------7-----7---|----7---- D------|----------2.6--3.3--4--5--|-----------------------------|--------- A------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------- E------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------
[C5] [G5]
E----------|----------------------------|----------------------------| B----------|--13------------15----------|--15------------------------| G--9----7--|--12------------12----------|--12------------------------| D----------|----------------------------|----------------------------| A----------|----------------------------|----------------------------| E----------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Riff A
[Am] [C]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|--1~~~~~~~~-----3~~~~~~~~---|--5~~~~~~~~-----7~~~~~~~~---| G|--2~~~~~~~~-----4~~~~~~~~---|--5~~~~~~~~-----7~~~~~~~~---| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--|--3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|
End Riff A
Em *
E|----------------------------|-------------------------0h-| B|--8~~~~~~~~-----10~~~~~~~~--|--12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----| G|--9~~~~~~~~-----11~~~~~~~~--|--12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|
*=1st Time though only
**
[Am] [C]
E|-h17p0--15p0----14p0--12p0--|--10p0--8p0-----7p0---5p0---| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|--3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--| E|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--|----------------------------|
**=2nd Time play Fill 1, see below.
[Em]
E|--3p0---2p0--------------0--|----------------------------| B|----------------5p0---3-----|--3sl5----------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.-------------------| | | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--|-----2 > 3 > 2--0--0--------|
Fill 1
[Am] [C]
E|--20p0--20p0--19p0--19p0----17p0--17p0--15p0--15p0--|--14p0--14p0---- B|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- G|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- D|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- A|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- E|----------------------------------------------------|----------------
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| P.M.--------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- B|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- G|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- D|----------------------------------------------------|---------------- A|----------------------------------------------------|--3-----3------- E|--5-----5-----5-----5-------5-----5-----5-----5-----|----------------
[Em]
E--12p0--12p0----10p0--10p0--8p0---8p0--|--7p0--7p0--5p0--5p0----3p0--3p0---- B---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ G---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ D---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ A---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ E---------------------------------------|------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ B---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ G---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ D---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ A---------------------------------------|------------------------------------ E--3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|--0----0----0----0------0----0------ E--2p0--2p0--|----------------------------| B------------|--3sl5----------------------| G------------|----------------------------| D------------|----------------------------| A------------|----------------------------| E------------|----------------------------|
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-------| | | E------------|----------------------------| B------------|----------------------------| G------------|----------------------------| D------------|----------------------------| A------------|----------------------------| E--0----0----|-----2 > 3 > 2--0--0--------|
End Fill 1
With Riff A
***
[Am] [C] [Em]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- B|-(5)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-(5)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|-(5)~~~~~~~~~~~~ G|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- D|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- A|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- E|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------
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| P.M.-------------------------------------------------------------------- E|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- B|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- G|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- D|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------- A|----------------------------|--3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|---------------- E|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--|----------------------------|--0--0--0--0----
***=Continues for next 12 bars with vibrato
[Am]
E--------------|-------------------22--22--22--|--22sl20---20------19----19--| B--~~~~~~~~~~--|-(5)~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------|-----------------------------| G--------------|-------------------23--23--23--|--23sl21---21------19----19--| D--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| A--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| E--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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------------------------------------------------------------------------| | E--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| B--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| G--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| D--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| A--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| E--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0-----|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5---|
[C] [G5]
E|--19sl17---17~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--15sl17---15sl----10sl12---| B|----------------------------|--15sl17---15sl----10sl12---| G|--19sl17---17~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|--3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|--3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|
[D5]
E|--12sl10--------------------|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--| B|--12sl10--------------------|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|-----------2----2--3--3--4--|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--| E|--3--3--3-------------------|----------------------------| E|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--| B|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|----------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------------------------|----------------------------| D|----------------------------|----------------------------| A|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
B|-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
G|----------------------------o| D|----------------------------o| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------|
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| P.M.-------------------| | E|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|----------------------------o| D|----------------------------o| A|--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5---| E|-----------------------------| Bm 1. 2. 3. |-------------------| E|-----------------------------|--0--------------------------| B|--------------------3--------|-----------3-----------------| G|o-----------0----------------|----------------------0-----o| D|o--------4-------------------|-------------------------4--o| A|---2-------------------------|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| P.M.------------------------------------------------| | E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| G|o----------------------------|----------------------------o| D|o----------------------------|----------------------------o| A|---2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2---| E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 4. |------------------------| E|--0-------------------------| B|-----------3----------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|
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| P.M.-------------------| | E|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|----------------------------| A|--2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--| E|----------------------------|
Up in the Sky
e--12----7-------5--12-------5------|---------------------------------- B---12----7-----5----12-----5-------|---------------------------------- G----12----7---5------12---5--------|---------------------------------- D-------------5-----------5---------|---------------------------------- A-----------------------------------|---------------------------------- E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------
Repeat Riff A a few times (four if I remember rightly), then...
Riff B
e------------------------------------------------|-------------------- B------------------------------------------------|-------------------- G--9--9-----------------------7-7-7----------9---|-------------------- D--9--9---------7-x-x-9-x-x-9-------9p7------9---|-------------------- A--7--7--10-x-x-------------------------10-7-7---|-------------------- E------------------------------------------------|-------------------- e-----------------------------|-------------------------------------- B-----------------------------|-------------------------------------- G-----------------------------|--9--9-----------------------7-7-9p7-- D--------7-x-x-9-x-x-9p7------|--9--9---------7-x-x-9-x-x-9---------- A--10-x-x----------------7-7--|--7--7--10-x-x------------------------ E-----------------------------|--------------------------------------
end Riff B
e-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------- B-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------- G---------9-9-|----------------------------|--------------------------- D--9p7----9-9-|--------7-x-x-9-x-x---------|--------------------------- A------10-7-7-|--10-x-x------------9/7~~~--|--------------------------- E-------------|----------------------------|---------------------------
Don't stop! Straight into...
Riff C end Riff C
.5 .5
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- B--7br-7---------------------------7br-7--------------------------|-- G---------10p9p7-------------------------10p9p7-------------------|-- D----------------9-9-----9-7-9------------------7-7---9-7-9-------|-- A------------------------------7-7---------------------------7-7--|-- E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
Repeat Riff C, then Riff A repeats but one octave up...
e------------------------------10-10-10------------------------- B-------------10-x-x-12-x-x-12----------12p10------------------- G--9-9-12-x-x---------------------------------12-9-9~~~--------- D--------------------------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------- e------------------------------| B---------10-x-x-12-x-x--------| G--12-x-x---------------9\7-7--| D------------------------------| A------------------------------| E------------------------------|
The next two bars follow the same pattern, then Joe blows us away with
his musical inventiveness (sarcasm, sorry; I couldn't compose it) by
repeating Riff C one octave up, which I play as...
.5
e--14br-14--------------------------------------------------------|-- B-----------18p17p15----------------------------------------------|-- G--------------------16-16----14h16-------------------------------|-- D-----------------------------------14-14-------------------------|-- A-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
.5
e--14br-14--------------------------------------------------------|-- B-----------18p17p15----------------------------------------------|-- G--------------------14-14----14h16-------------------------------|-- D-----------------------------------14-14-------------------------|-- A-----------------------------------------------------------------|-- E-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
I think he repeats this Riff one more time, then hits an E barre chord
for about four bars or so, it's either x799xx or x799(10)x I can't
decide at the moment. Then (cool bit coming!)...
Riff D
e--12--12-10--10-12--7--7---/17--17-15--15-14--12--10--12--------|-- B----------------------------------------------------------------|-- G---9---9--7---7--9--4--4---/14--14-12--12-11---9---7---9--------|-- D----------------------------------------------------------------|-- A----------------------------------------------------------------|-- E----------------------------------------------------------------|--
end Riff D
e--12--12-10--10-12--7--7----3--3-5--5-7--5----------------------|-- B---------------------------------------------3-5/7-7\5----------|-- G---9---9--7---7--9--4--4----0--0-2--2-4--2----------------------|-- D---------------------------------------------0-2/4-4\2----------|-- A----------------------------------------------------------------|-- E----------------------------------------------------------------|--
This bit repeats in a similar way (the different bit is where he goes up
for the high A - the second time it doesn't go down below E at 12th
fret, but heads back up again).
Then Riff A reappears.
Add solo here -->
At the end of the solo, something akin to this happens:
natural harmonics.......|
e--12----7---7--5--4--3.2-----------| B--12----7---7--5--4--3.2-----------| G--12----7---7--5--4--3.2-----------| D-----------------------------------| A-----------------------------------| E-----------------------------------|
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