'Friends' by Satriani Joe - Guitar Tutorial

Gtp chords: Friends
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            Song:       Friends
Artist:     Joe Satriani
From:       The Extremist (and Live In San Fracisco DVD)
Tabbed by:  Nathan Scully ([email protected])

Tuning:     Db,ab,db,gb,bb,eb

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[Riff 1]

eb|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
bb|----3--------------------------|----3---------------3----|
gb|------2-------------2-----2----|----------------------2--|
db|---0---------------2--2--2--2--|---4--4--/5-/7----0---0-|
ab|-0--------------0------0-----0-|-2-----2-/5-/7--0-------|
Db|-0-------/4--/5----------------|---------/5-/7--0-------|
    **************x3*************


[Riff 2] (Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

eb|-17~~~-17h19-17---------------------------------|
bb|-----------------15-h17-17-b19-r17~~~--15-------|
gb|------------------------------------------16-14-|
db|------------------------------------------------|
ab|------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------------|

eb|-17~~~-17-17-19--/22--17---------------------------|
bb|-------------------------15-h17-17-b19-r17~~-------|
gb|---------------------------------------------14-16-|
db|---------------------------------------------------|
ab|---------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
bb|-15~----------15-17b19-17b19-r17-17-b19-r17-17-15----15~-17-15---------------|
gb|-----16-14-16-------------------------------------16-----------14b16-r14-----|
db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12~-|
ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Riff 3] (Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

eb|-14-14-14/15-14-12-10-12-12-14-10-12-|-14-15-17-14-15-17-12-10-12-|
bb|-x--x--x---------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
gb|-11-11-11/12-11-9--7--9--9--11-7--9--|-11-12-14-11-12-14-9--7--9--|
db|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
ab|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|

eb|-10--10-10-10/12-14-/1514-12-10-12--12-x--x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--x--x---|
bb|-x---x--x--x-----x---------x--x--x---x--12-10-10-12-14-|-15-12-10-12-10-x---|
gb|-7---7--7--7/-9--11-/1211-9--7--9---9--x--x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--x--7~~-|
db|----------------------------------------9--7--7--9--11-|-12-9--7--9--7--x---|
ab|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------5~~-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|


[Riff 4]

eb|-----------------------------|------------------0------0---|
bb|----3------3------2------2---|----3------3-----------------|
gb|---2--2---2--2-2----2-2----2-|---2--2---2--2-2----2-2----2-|
db|-5------0------2-2----2-2----|-5------0------2-2----2-2----|
ab|-5------0------0------0------|-5------0------0------0------|
Db|-5------0--------------------|-5------0--------------------|


[Riff 5] (Riff 4 is played as rhythm)

eb|-17b19~~-r17-15-14--15-17-15-14----------------|
bb|--------------------------------15b17-r15------|
gb|------------------------------------------14~~-|
db|-----------------------------------------------|
ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------|

     ****Hold Bend****
eb|--21b22-22-22~~-r21-19-21-22-22b24r-22b24r-22-21-22-22b24-|
bb|----------------------------------------------------------|
gb|----------------------------------------------------------|
db|----------------------------------------------------------|
ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-17b19-17-15-14-------14-15-16-17-----------------------------------|
bb|----------------17b19-------------17b19r17-15-17b19r17--------------|
gb|-------------------------------------------------------16-b18-14-14-|
db|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Last half of Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

    *Hold Bend* (see Note 1 below)
eb|-20b22---------------17-19-------17-19-------17----------------|
bb|---------------18b19-------18b19-------18b19----18b19----------|
gb|------------------------------------------------------17~~~~~~-|
db|-----------------------------------------------------------x--|
ab|-----------------------------------------------------------x--|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
							(see Note 2)

[Riff 6] 
				 Harmonics  T.Bar
eb|------------------------------------------------|
bb|--------------------------------7---7-----------|
gb|-------------------------------7-7-7-7~--///-|
db|--------------5-5-----7-7-----------------------|
ab|-4-0-5-0--4/5-5-5-5/7-7-7---------------------|
Db|-4--------4/5-----5/7-------------------------|


[Riff 7] (Riff 1 is played as rhythm)

Not so sure of this Riff, but it's as accurate as I could get it.

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
db|-0--0h2h4p2p0--0--0h2h4p2p0--0--0h2h4p2p0--0--0h2p0----|
ab|-------------h4------------h4------------h4---------h4-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|

eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
db|-0h2p0-------0h2p0-------0h2p0-------0h2p0-------0h2p0-------0h2p0----------|
ab|-------4p2h4-------4p2p0-------4p2h4-------4p2p0-------4p2h4-------4p2-0~~~-|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
db|-4-0h2h4-0h4h5-0h5h7-0h7h9-0h9h11-0h11h12-0h12h14-0h14h16-0h16h17-0h17h19-
ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

eb-------------------------------------|
bb-------------------------------------|
gb----------0h16h18-0h18h19-019h21--19-|
db--0h19h21----------------------------|
ab-------------------------------------|
Db-------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------------------------------------------19b21r-17-----|
bb|-------22-------22-------22-------22---------------------------20~-|
gb|-21b23----21b23----21b23----21b23----21b23r21-16-19---------------|
db|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-20b22~~--17b19-r17-16-15---------------------------------------------------------|
bb|--------------------------17b19-r17-15--------------------------------------------|
gb|---------------------------------------16-14b16r14--------------------------------|
db|---------------------------------------------------14b15r14-12----12----12-14b16~-|
ab|---------------------------------------------------------------14----14-----------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Riff 8] (Riff 4 is played as rhythm)

eb|-17b19~~-r17-15-14--15-17-15-14----------------|
bb|--------------------------------15b17-r15------|
gb|------------------------------------------14~~-|
db|-----------------------------------------------|
ab|-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------|

eb|----------------------------------------------|
bb|-15-14-12-10-8-7-5----------------------------|
gb|-16-14-12-11-9-7-6----------------------------|
db|----------------------------------------------|
ab|----------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
  | (see Note 3)				 |
eb|-----------------------5-------5-----5--------|
bb|---------------------5-------5----------------|
gb|-----------------7b9-----7b9-----7b9---7b9~~~-|
db|----------------------------------------------|
ab|----------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------|

eb|-10b12r-7-9-9b10r-9-7-10-9-7----7-9-7----7---------7-----------------
bb|-----------------------------10-------10---10-8-10---10-8-7-8-10-8-7-
gb|---------------------------------------------------------------------
db|---------------------------------------------------------------------
ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------

eb-----------------------------------|
bb----7-8-7-------7------------------|
gb--9-------9-7-9---9-7-6-7-9-7-6----|
db--------------------------------7~-|
ab-----------------------------------|
Db-----------------------------------|

eb|--------------10-12b14r-10-----10------------------------------------------------|
bb|-10b12-r10--12------------12b14--12b14r12-10-------------------------------------|
gb|--------------------------------------------12b14-14r12-10--12--------12---------|
db|----------------------------------------------------------12--14b16-12--14b16-12-|
ab|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|--------------------------15-15--------17~--2b122~~~-|
bb|----------------19-19--------------------------------|
gb|--------15------------/16-------/18-18---------------|
db|-/16-16-----/19--------------------------------------|
ab|-----------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------|


[Riff 2] (Only play Riff 1 as rhythm on last bar. Also, when playing Riff 1 for this
	  time, do not repeat the first bar 3 times as noted. Only play it once.)


[RIff 9] (First Bar of Riff 10 is played as rhythm)

eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
bb|----------------15-17-15--------------------------------------------------------|
gb|-/16-14-16-14------------14b16-r14----------------------------------------------|
db|-----------------------------------12~~--14b16-r14-12--14b16-r14-12-------------|
ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------14-12-14-12-|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|----------------------------------15-------15-------15----------|
bb|-----------------------15~~-17b19----17b19----17b19----17b19r17-|
gb|-------------14b16-r14------------------------------------------|
db|-12~~-14-12-----------------------------------------------------|
ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|------------------------------------|
bb|-15----15--17-15--------------------|
gb|----16-----------14b16-r14----------|
db|---------------------------12~~--x-|
ab|---------------------------------x-|
Db|------------------------------------|


[Riff 10] (after Riff 9 finishes, play the first bar of this riff three times before 
	   finishing the song off with the last bar.)

eb|------------------|------------|
bb|----3-------------|------------|
gb|------2-----------|------------|
db|---0------/5-/7--|-0~~~~~~~~--|
ab|-0--------/5-/7--|-0~~~~~~~~--|
Db|-0--------/5-/7--|-0~~~~~~~~--|

[END OF SONG]


Note 1: Live, Joe holds this note until the next note, but on the studio album,
	Joe holds the note until the end of Riff 5, and another guitar plays
	the next few notes. This is also where the last half of Riff 1 is played.

Note 2: This pick slide is played by another guitar underneath note 17. 
	This may be the guitar that played up until the 20b22 bend (Note 1). 
	Live, Joe does the pick slide by simply not holding note 17 for very long.

Note 3: These two connected bars are two guitars. As one guitar stops (the top bar),
	the other guitar starts (the bottom bar). Live, Joe plays the top bar until
	the '7 7' bit, then plays the bottom bar, ignoring the '5 6' of the top bar.


Notation Key:

h  =  hammer on		b  =  bend
p  =  pull off		r  =  release bend
/  =  slide up		x  =  muted string
  =  slide down	x =  pick slide
~  =  hold note		Also, / and  can mean T.Bar if stated.
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