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