Ceremony chords

Joe Satriani

Simplify chords 

  			Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:29:05 -0700 (PDT) 
From: Yuri Zhukov  
Subject: s/satriani_joe/ceremony.tab 
 
Joe Satriani: "Ceremony" off Crystal Planet 
tab by Yuri Zhukov 
 
Comments, corrections, constructive critisism welcome. 
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This is pretty straightforward. For a Satch song, "Ceremony" is 
pretty easy. I know he uses a ton of effects on this song, but 
all you really need is a wah and overdrive. I tabbed it out the 
way I play it. I know some of the positions can be kind of awkward 
for some people, especially when you get to the solo. I don't 
know, I love long streches, and I know Joe does, too. Just 
make sure you warm up first. 
 
Key: 
^=legato 
9(11)=bend note to pitch in parentheses 
~=vibrato 
ph=pinch harmonic 
t=tap 
 
 
w/ wah 
|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|---------------------------*| 
|-6--------6--------6---6-----|-6--------6----------9--9--*| 
|-6^7^6----6^7^6----6^7-6^7---|-6^7^6----6^7^6------6--6---| 
|-------^9-------^9-----------|-------^9-------^9---7--7---| 
 
|-------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-------------------------|----------------------------*| 
|-------------------------|----------------------------*| 
|---------7---------------|----------7------------------| 
|-7^9-9-9---9-9-9---7-9-9-|--7-9-9-9---9-9-9--9-7-7-7---| 
 
Fill: 
|--12-9--9---9--|--9-9(11)(9)-9-9--|--9-11---------| 
|----------13---|------------------|---------------| 
|---------------|------------------|---------------| 
|---------------|------------------|-------11~~~---| 
|---------------|------------------|---------------| 
|---------------|------------------|---------------| 
 
Now bass and rhythm guitar pedal C# for a while. 
 
Main melody: 
|------------------------------|---------------------------| 
|------------------------------|---------------------------| 
|-----9-11(13)(11)^9-11-9-6-4--|-----9-11(13)(11)-8(9)^6--*| 
|--11--------------------------|--11----------------------*| 
|------------------------------|---------------------------| 
|------------------------------|---------------------------| 
 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|-11(13)-11(13)^9^6^4---11(13)-11(13)^9^6^4--11(13)(11)-11*| 
|---------------------------------------------------------*| 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
 
1st time: 
|----9----| 
|-12------| 
|---------| 
|---------| 
|---------| 
|---------| 
 
2nd time: 
|----------| 
|-12(14)~~~| 
|----------| 
|----------| 
|----------| 
|----------| 
 
 
Play main melody 1 more time. 
 
 
Solo: 
|-12^11^9^11--12^11^9^11^12^11^9^11/| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
 
|12/14~~14^12^11^12^11^12^11^9^11^9^11^9^7^9| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
 
|-11----------------------|----------------------------------------| 
|---9-9(10)(9)(10)(9)(10)-|-10^9^7^9~~~9-12^9--9-------4-----------| 
|-------------------------|------------------11-11^8-6--6(7)^4---6-| 
|-------------------------|------------------------------------6---| 
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------| 
 
|----------------------------------------------|------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------|------------------| 
|---4------------------------------------------|---------------8--| 
|-6---6^4---------1-4-6-4\2/4-7-9-7^9^7^6-6(7)-|--6-------9^11----| 
|---------6^4^2-4------------------------------|-7--^9/11---------| 
|----------------------------------------------|------------------| 
 
|-------/9-11/14-14-14^11^14/16-|-14-16/19/21~~~--| 
|-7/9-9-------------------------|-----------------| 
|-------------------------------|-----------------| 
|-------------------------------|-----------------| 
|-------------------------------|-----------------| 
|-------------------------------|-----------------| 
 
|-12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
 
|16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^-| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
|------------------------------------| 
|-14^16^14^12^14^16^14^12^14^16^14^12| 
|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------| 
 
|12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12--| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
 
|12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12^16^17^16^12--| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
 
|-----------------| 
|-14(16)^12-9-4-3-| 
|-----------------| 
|-----------------| 
|-----------------| 
|-----------------| 
 
|-11^12^11^9----11^12^11^9----11^12^11^9--------------------| 
|------------12-------------12-----------12^10^9-6-9--------| 
|----------------------------------------------------11(13)-| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
 
|-------------------9^12^9----------9^7---| 
|-9----------------9-------9-12(14)-----9-| 
|--11(13)--9^11(13)-----------------------| 
|--------11-------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------| 
 
|-12-14-7^14-7^14---------------------------| 
|------------------9^12^9----------9--------| 
|-------------------------11(13)^9---11(13)-| 
|----------------------------------11-------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
 
|------------------------------------| 
|-12---------------------------------| 
|----11(13)-11-9-6-9-11-9-6-9-11-12--| 
|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------| 
 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|-11^9-6-11----9-6-4--------------------------| 
|-----------11-------6\4-2-4---2--------------| 
|--------------------------------4-4-2(4)~~~--| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
 
Back to main theme. 
 
Then Joe does a little outro solo, it's basically 
just tremolo picking triads on the C#minor scale.