Steve Vai - Freak Show Excess Chords & Tabs

This is the guitar at the begining that has he mild eastern sound to it.
Also its looped in the song (That means it constanty plays for a certain amount of time)

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5-----------7--5-|--------5----------------|
|------------6--6--7-------|-----------6--6--7--4----|
|-----7--------------------|----7------------------5-|
|-0------------------------|-0-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5-----------7--5-|--------5----------------|
|------------6--6--7-------|-----------6--6--4--6----|
|-----7--------------------|----7--------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|


Then, the more rocky riff kicks in. This is also looped for some time.

|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---2--------2-------0----------------|----------2------0-------2------|
|----0--------0-------0-------0---0---|-----------0------0-------0-----|
|-------3----------------3----------3-|-0-3-0-3--------------3---------|



Heres the 1st main lick that plays.
This is played fast, so dont let the gaps between the numbers fool u to playing slow.

|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5--8-----------8/10--|
|--------------6--7------------------------|
|--7--7-5br-7------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_vai/freak_show_excess_tab_ver_2.html ]
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7h8p7--------------------------------------|
|-------9-7-(9)/11-9--9--7/4-----------------|
|-----------------------------7--5--4-4--7~~-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|  


Heres the 2nd lick, its similar to the 1st on.

|------------------------7--7------------7--9--9h10p9-|
|---------------------5-------------------------------|
|---------------6--7----------------------------------|
|--7--7--5br-7----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|--7h8p7-------------------------------------------|
|--------10--8-(10)/12-10-10h12/8--8-6----5-5~---5-|
|----------------------------------------------7---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

Now play lick 1 and 2 again.


Heres the more mild  eastern sounding lick, that follows lick 1 and 2.
This next lick can be called lick 3

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--12-11-10tr11----------12-------------|
|----------------12--11---------12--14--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------10~~~~~~-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--11/14\11--12-------------------------------|
|---------------13-12-10-12--13--10-----------|
|---------------------------------------------|


Heres Lick 4, which is a follow on from lick 3.

|--10----------------------------12--12-10-|-----------------------------|
|-----11\8-11--10~--8--10------------------|-13-11----------13-11--------|
|------------------------------------------|-------12-10-10-------12~----|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|


right thats ur lot if u want anymore of this song email me or somthing
sgt_snakepit@hotmail.co.uk