Cryin' Lyrics

Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 03:52:38 -0400
From: Abhishek Ghosh
Subject: s/satriani_joe/cryin.tab
Author/Artist: Joe Satriani
Title: Cryin'
Email: mercuria@usa.net
Hi all!
Here's the complete tab to Satch's "Cryin'".
I've been working on this for a real long time now, and I think I've
nailed most of it. There's lots of ghost notes and other subtleties
and I cant hope to tab them all out anyway, but i've done what I could.
I've tried to give some rough sense of the timing but you still need to
listen to the song to get it down.
Send all comments, criticisms, flames, fan mail (;P) to mercuria@usa.net
Cheers!
...Abhishek
PLAYING NOTES/ SUGGESTIONS:
This one's really emotional. So make sure you really work those bends
to get the feeling.
Embellish the bends using your own pre-bends, vibrato and harmonics.
One good idea is the delayed vibrato - hold a sustained note for a
while and then vibrate gently - used pretty often.
In addition you can add pinch harmonics or feedback on top of notes
that are sustained for a long time.
You can also fool around with the timing - sustain some notes a bit
longer than neccessary and play the next part a bit faster - this can
give it a cooler vibe. Just remember to stay on beat!
I've included the fills and add-ons he plays when some parts are
repeated. Feel free to leave some out and add others of your own.
You can give the song a touch of your own character by replacing the
faster pentatonic bits with your own licks.
A good idea for improvisation would be to play out the last 16 bars using
your own stuff. It's a E5|Em/D|Esus4/C|E7sus4/B| progression that you can
repeat many times as you want. Great place to apply all those blues licks
that drove your neighbours crazy!
SUPPORTING CHORDS: (Piano arranged for guitar. Play as shown above main
guitar part. I'm not too sure about the names. Pretty much took what the
tab editor suggested)
Emaj7/G# 4x6440 A/B 7x765x
Eadd9/G# 4x2452 Bsus4 x24452
Esus4/C 8x79107 E7sus4/B 7x7700
Rhy. Fig. 1
(Used later in the song - as indicated)
(Clean electric guitar - let ring)
End Rhy. Fig. 1
(MAIN GUITAR - Use high sustain and mild distortion)
pre-bend hold bend, gradually release
(9)~~---------------------------|---------------11-9-11------11-9|
pre-bend
(9)~~~~~------------------------|--------------------------------|
feedback
delayed vibrato
add feedback (drums in)
-(19)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------||
delayed vibrato
-(19)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--17p15||-17~~~~~~~~~-----------17b21r--|
(Insert your favorite Em pentatonic lick here. Here's what he plays)
E7sus4/B C#m (love this part)
hold bend, virtate (chords played by distorted guitar)
(With Rhy. Fig. 1 X 3)
feedback, delayed vibrato
-(14)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~(14)b(16)r(14)b(16)r(14)|
(end Rhy. Fig. 1)
(sustain...........................................................)
(piano returns)
delayed vibrato
feedback
(Let the wailing commence!)
bend 1/4 step
us4/
-(4)~~~------------3-2p0--------|------------------------------|
us4/
us4/
(gradually dive using tremolo arm)
LEGEND
| = bar || = double bar
h = hammer-on p = pull-off
b = bend r = release bend
/ = slide up = slide down
5* = harmonic x = ghost note
~ = vibrato tr = trill
T = tap . = palm mute
"I know the air is cold
I know the streets are cruel
But I'll enjoy the ride today" - Dream Theater