JOE SATRIANI - "Chords Of Life" Tablature

Song: Chords Of Life
Artist: Joe Satriani
Album: Strange Beautiful Music
Year: 2002
Track: 4
Tabber: Eren Matthews

Tuning: Standard

Tablature:
----------

\: slide down
/: slide up
(): bend up or down
<>: natural harmonics
~~: vibrato


This is my favourite song on his new album. I couldnt tab the solo because it is extremely
fast. There are 3 guitars on this song: Joe Satriani lead, rhythm harmonics, and acoustic.

Rhythm goes like this then like this then this
for about 32 times: 8 times: 8 times:
(rhythm 1) (rhythm 2) (rhythm 3)
[---------<12>------] [-------<7>-----] [-------<5>-----]
[-----<12>----<12>--] [----<7>---<7>--] [----<5>---<5>--]
[-<12>--------------] [-<7>-----------] [-<5>-----------]
[-------------------] [---------------] [---------------]
[-------------------] [---------------] [---------------]
[-------------------] [---------------] [---------------]


Lead goes like this:
(rhythm 1 starts)
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------------------------10----11------------]
[----------------------------------------------12--12--------------12------]
[-8--8--8/10--12------8--10---10/12-12-------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]

[-------------------------------------------------------------------10------------]
[-------------------------------------------------------------10------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------12--12--------------12------]
[-8--8--8/10--10/12------8--8/10--10/12---12~~------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------------------------------]

(rhythm 2 starts)
[-------------8------------------9--------]
[----------8--------8---------------------]
[-8----10--------------10--9--------------]
[-----------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------]

(rhythm 3 starts)
[-10------------11---------------14---------------20(22)--------]
[-----------7---------------10---------14-15-17-----------------]
[-------7-8-----------10-12-------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------------------------------]


Acoustic guitar:
[-10-10-----8--6-6-----5--3-3-----5--6-6-----8------]
[-11-11-----8--6-6-----6--4-4-----6--6-6-----8------]
[-12-12-----10-8-8-----7--5-5-----7--8-8-----10-----]
[-12-12-----10-8-8-----7--5-5-----7--8-8-----10-----] x 4
[-10-10-----8--6-6-----5--3-3-----5--6-6-----8------]
[-10-10-----8--6-6-----5--3-3-----5--6-6-----8------]


Lead starts on when acoustic starts its second:
[-----------------------------------------------------------]
[-13(16)--11--13---------------13(16)--11--13-------13------]
[-----------------12---10----------------------12-----------]
[-----------------------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------------]

*[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------]
[-10--8-8---10-8-10---10-8---10--8-10-8--8-10---]
[-----------------------------------------------]

[------------------------------]
[-13(16)--11--13-------13------]
[-----------------12-----------]
[------------------------------]
[------------------------------]
[------------------------------]

*[--------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------]
[-10---10-10--8----------------8-10-8-10-8---]
[--------------------------------------------]


*: Im not sure of those two bars. You can bearly hear the
8 and 10's. And its all mixed up. ;)


Then comes the solo... but thats all for now.(sorry!)