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/ Joe Satriani / Crystal Planet (1998) / Secret Prayer bass tab

SECRET PRAYER (Bassline)
As recorded by Joe Satriani
From the 1998 Album CRYSTAL PLANET
Words and Music by Joe Satriani
Arranged by Joe Satriani

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Elec Bass'

 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=132
 5/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


  E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------|
|---------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|


                                             4/4
  E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------1-1-1-1-1-|------------------|
|---------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-----------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|


  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-1-1-1-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-------4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                  $
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|-----------------||----------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||----------------|----------------|
|-----------------||-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-2-4-4-2-4-4--4-|
|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-|----------------|


  E E E E E Q  E     H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E
|----------------||----------------|---------------|
|----------------||o---------------|---------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-||o---------------|---------------|
|----------------||--4-------(4)-0-|-0-------(0)-0-|


  H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4-------(4)-0-|-0-------(0)-0-|-4-------(4)-0-|


                 1.
  H.      +E  E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E
|---------------|-1-------------|----------------||
|---------------|----4-1--------|-----------1---o||
|---------------|---------4-2---|-4--2--------4-o||
|-0-------(0)-0-|-------------1-|------4--2------||


  2.
                                              To Coda
  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    W
|---------------|-----------1-3-|-1----1-(1)-----|-------||
|-----------1-4-|----1-3--4-----|-------------1--|-------||
|------1--4-----|-4-------------|----------------|-------||
|-2--4----------|---------------|----------------|-4-----||


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-|-0-2-2----------|----------------|
|----------------|-------0-2-2--2-|-2-3-3-2-3-3--3-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-|-0-2-2----------|
|-2-3-3-0-0-0--0-|----------------|-------0-2-2--2-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------0-0-0--0-|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-|
|-2-3-3-2-3-3--3-|-2-3-3----------|----------------|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0-2-2----------|----------------|----------------|
|-------0-2-2--2-|-2-3-3-2-3-3--3-|-2-3-3-0-0-0--0-|


  E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E   E E E E E Q  E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------0-0-0--0-|---0-0---0-0--0-|----------------|
|-2-3-3----------|-3-----3--------|-2-3-3-2-2-2--2-|


                                      D.S. al Coda
  E E E E E Q  E     E E E E E Q  E  7x E E E E H
|----------------||------------------||--------------|
|----------------||o----------------o||--------------|
|----------------||o----------------o||--------------|
|-0-2-2-0-2-2--2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--||-0-0-0-0-0----|


   Outro
    &
   5/4
    E Q  E +E  E E  E E E   E  Q   E  +E  E E  E E E
||------------------------|-------------------11-----|
||o------8-(8)-----11-----|-------13-(13)---9----9---|
||o---6----------9----9---|---11----------7--------7-|
||--4----------7--------7-|-9------------------------|


                                 1.
   E  Q   E  +E   E  E  E  E  E   E  Q   E  +E  E  E     +E   E  E
|----------------------18-------|-----------------10b12r(10)--------||
|--------20-(20)----16----16----|-------13-(13)--------------11----o||
|----18----------14-------------|---11--------------------------11-o||
|-16-------------------------18-|-9-------------9-------------------||


  2.              H.=H
  E  Q   E  +E  E  E     +E   E  E   H.      +H
|-----------------10b12r(10)-------|----------------*|
|-------13-(13)--------------11----|----------------*|
|---11--------------------------11-|----------------*|
|-9-------------9------------------|-9-------(9)----*|


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

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


Joe Satriani albums
2004 Is There Love in Space?
2002 Strange Beautiful Music
2000 Engines of Creation
1998 Crystal Planet
1995 Joe Satriani
1993 Time Machine
1992 The Extremist
1989 Flying in a Blue Dream
1987 Surfing With the Alien
1986 Not of This Earth
Crystal Planet tabs
01Up in the Sky tabbass tab
02House Full of Bullets tabbass tab
03Crystal Planet tabbass tab
04Love Thing tabbass tab
06Lights of Heaven tabbass tab
07Raspberry Jam Delta-V tabbass tab
08Ceremony tabbass tab
10Secret Prayer tabbass tab
11A Train of Angels tabbass tab
12A Piece of Liquid tabbass tab
14Time tabbass tab
15Z.Z.'s Song tabbass tab

 

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