Words and Music by Buckethead



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'High Strings'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Low Strings'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'



 Intro

  Q=127

  N.C.

 4/4

  Gtrs I, II

  Wx16          Q.   E +H       +H     Q  Q    Q.   E +H       +W

|-------------|---------------|--------7--5--|-3-------------|--------|

|-------------|------7-(7)----|-(7)----------|------7-(7)----|-(7)----|

|-------------|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|





  Q.   E +H       +H     Q  Q    Q.   S S H      +W

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|------7-(7)----|-(7)----5--3--|-2----3p2p0----|-(0)----|

|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|





  Q.   E H      +H     Q  Q    Q.   E H      +W

|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|

|------8-8----|-(8)----------|-------------|--------|

|-------------|--------7--6--|-4------4----|-(4)----|

|-5-----------|--------------|------4------|--------|

|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|

|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|





  Q.   E H      +H     E. E. E   Q.   E H      +W

|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||

|------8-8----|-(8)------------|-------------|--------||

|-------------|--------9--7--6-|-4------4----|-(4)----||

|-5-----------|----------------|------4------|--------||

|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||

|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||





 Guitar and Drums Enter

  Gtrs I, II, III

  Q.   E +H       +H     Q  Q    Q.   E +H       +W

|---------------|--------7--5--|-3-------------|--------|

|------7-(7)----|-(7)----------|------7-(7)----|-(7)----|

|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|





  Q.   E +H       +H     Q  Q    Q.   S S H      +W

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|------7-(7)----|-(7)----5--3--|-2----3p2p0----|-(0)----|

|-4-------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|

|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------|





  Q.   E H      +H     Q  Q    Q.   E H      +W

|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|

|------8-8----|-(8)----------|-------------|--------|

|-------------|--------7--6--|-4------4----|-(4)----|

|-5-----------|--------------|------4------|--------|

|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|

|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|





                                               H=H

  Q.   E H      +H     E. E. E   Q.   E H      +W

|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||

|------8-8----|-(8)------------|-------------|--------||

|-------------|--------9--7--6-|-4------4----|-(4)----||

|-5-----------|----------------|------4------|--------||

|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||

|-------------|----------------|-------------|--------||





 Theme 1

  Q=146

  $

  B5

  Gtr III

  Q.       E   +H              +H            Q     Q

|----------------------------|---------------7-----5-----|

|----------7---(7)-----------|-(7)-----------------------|

|-4--------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| E  S S E S S  E  S S E S S    E  S S E S S E S S E S S

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|





                                                   D5

  Q.       E   +H              +W

|-3--------------------------|------------------------|

|----------7---(7)-----------|-(7)--------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|

| E  S S E S S  E  S S E S S    E  S S E S S E S S Q

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|----------------------------|------------------------|

|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7--|

|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5--|

|----------------------------|------------------------|





  B5

  Q.       E   +H              +H            Q     Q

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------7---(7)-----------|-(7)-----------5-----3-----|

|-4--------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|

| E  S S E S S  E  S S E S S    E  S S E S S E S S E S S

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|

|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

|----------------------------|---------------------------|





                                           A5G5  F#5

  Q.       S S H             +W

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|-2--------3p2p0-----------|-(0)--------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|

| E  S S E S S E S S E S S    E  S S E S S E E E E

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4-4-4-4----------|

|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-7s5-5s4--|

|--------------------------|---------------5s3-3s2--|





  G5

  Q.       E   H             +H            Q     Q

|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------8---8-----------|-(8)-----------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------7-----6-----|

|-5------------------------|---------------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|

| E  S S E S S E S S E S S    E  S S E S S E S S E S S

|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------------------|

|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|





                                           A5G5  F#5

  Q.       E   H             +W

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|-4------------4-----------|-(4)--------------------|

|----------4---------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|

| E  S S E S S E S S E S S    E  S S E S S E E E E

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------|

|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-7s5-5s4--|

|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-5s3-3s2--|





  G5

  Q.       E   H             +H            E.   E.   E

|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

|----------8---8-----------|-(8)-------------------------|

|--------------------------|---------------9----7----6---|

|-5------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

| E  S S E S S E S S E S S    E  S S E S S E  S S  E S S

|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-|

|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|





                                              To Coda

  Q.       E   H             +W

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|-4------------4-----------|-(4)--------------------------||

|----------4---------------|------------------------------||

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|

| E  S S E S S E S S E S S    E  S S E S S E S S E S S

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|--------------------------|------------------------------||

|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||

|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||





   Theme 2

    A5                              G5

    Q.   E H      +H     E. E. E     Q.   E H      +H      E.  E.  E

||--5----2-2----|-(2)----3--2--0--|-10----9-9----|-(9)----10--12------|

||o-------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------12--|

||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|

||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|

||o-------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|

||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|

|

|   W             +W                 W             +W

||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|

||o-------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|

||--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|

||--2-----------|-(2)-------------|--------------|--------------------|

||o-0-----------|-(0)-------------|--5-----------|-(5)----------------|

||--------------|-----------------|--3-----------|-(3)----------------|





  B5                                         F#5

   Q.    E  a  H       +H      a  E.  E. E    W           +W

|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||

|-12----10-10h12----|-(12)----10h12--10--8-|-----------|---------o||

|-------------------|----------------------|-11--------|-(11)-----||

|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||

|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------o||

|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||

|

|  W                   +W                     W           +W

|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||

|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|---------o||

|-------------------|----------------------|-----------|----------||

|--4----------------|--(4)-----------------|-----------|----------||

|--2----------------|--(2)-----------------|--4--------|--(4)----o||

|-------------------|----------------------|--2--------|--(2)-----||





   Theme 3

                              D.S. al Coda

    B5      A5 B5      A5   B5      A5 B5 E5

                                          PM

    E S S S E. E S S S E.   E S S S E. q  Q

||------------------------|--------------------||

||o-----------------------|-------------------o||

||------------------------|--------------------||

||--4-x-x-4-2--4-x-x-4-2--|-4-x-x-4-2--4-------||

||o-2-x-x-2-0--2-x-x-2-0--|-2-x-x-2-0--2--2\--o||

||------------------------|---------------0\---||





   Outro

    &

    B5      A5 B5      A5   B5      A5 B5 E5

                                          PM

    E S S S E. E S S S E.   E S S S E. q  Q    4x

||------------------------|--------------------||

||o-----------------------|-------------------o||

||------------------------|--------------------||

||--4-x-x-4-2--4-x-x-4-2--|-4-x-x-4-2--4-------||

||o-2-x-x-2-0--2-x-x-2-0--|-2-x-x-2-0--2--2\--o||

||------------------------|---------------0\---||







Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low

melody durations appear below the staff



Tablature Legend

----------------

 h   - hammer-on

 p   - pull-off

 b   - bend

 pb  - pre-bend

 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

 s   - legato slide

 S   - shift slide

 - natural harmonic

[n]  - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

 ~   - vibrato

 tr  - trill

 T   - tap

 TP  - trem. picking

 PM  - palm muting

\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

 \n  - tremolo bar down

 n/  - tremolo bar up

/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip

 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)

 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash