Written by Joe Satriani
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 11:31:56 +0100 (BST)
From: Simon Grimshaw
Subject: s/satriani_joe/up_in_the_sky.tab
Joe Satriani: "Up in the Sky" from the album "Crystal Planet"
TABbed and generally messed up by Simon Grimshaw, helped by Rob Howard.
Date: 30/4/98
This is the first track from Joe's new album... fairly simple really,
unless you want to play the solo note for note. Use a load of
distortion, give the EQ a bit of a scooped out look, and have a single
echo following a crotchet behind.
Here we go...
natural harmonics............|
Riff A end
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.
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-----------------------------------|
Then it's back to Riff B , off to Riff D , which this time Joe rounds
off with an ascending scale of those octave things, with some fast
strumming at the end; play some more natural harmonics (I think!) only
descending this time, then out to Riff A and a huge E chord at the end!
Phew!
