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Steve Vai - Paganinis 5th Caprice tab

Steve Vai
Paganini's 5th Caprice
from the movie CROSSROADS

In the movie, Ralph Maccio played this part, where the devil loses.
This is a good song to improve speed.

Enjoy.

 Q=192
 4/4

  H    S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    5x
|----------------------||-------------------------------------||
|----------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|--------2h4p2h5p2h4p2h||==5p2h4p2h5p2h4p2h5p2h4p2h5p2h4p2h===||
|----------------------||-------------------------------------||
|----------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|----------------------||-------------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S E. +Q   Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-5p2h4p2h5p2h4p2h5p2h4p2h5p2h4p2h|=5p2h4p2h5p2--(2)------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||


  Q=130
  S S S S S S  S S  S S  S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S
|----------------8-12-8--------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------10--------10-----------|---------------9-12p9---------------|
|---------5-9--------------9-5-------|-----------7-9--------9p7-----------|
|-------7----------------------7-----|-------6-9----------------9-6-------|
|-----7------------------------------|---5-7------------------------7-5---|
|-5h8----------------------------5h8-|-7----------------------------------|


  S S S  S S  S S S  S S S  S S  S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-10-8---------------|
|---------------9--------9-------------|
|----------7-11------------11-7--------|
|-----7-10----------------------10-7---|
|-5-9--------------------------------9-|


  S  S S S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S S  S
|------------------10-13-10------------------|
|---------------10----------10---------------|
|----------7-10----------------10-7----------|
|--------7--------------------------7--------|
|------8------------------------------8------|
|-5h10----------------------------------10---|


  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------12--------------------|
|----------------10-13----13-10--------------|
|-----------9h12----------------12-9---------|
|------8h11--------------------------11-8----|
|-7h10------------------------------------10-|


                          H.=H
          PM------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S  S
|-------------------5---8-5-12-8-16---|
|---------------5-----5---------------|
|-----------5-----5-------------------|
|-------7-----7-----------------------|
|---7-----7---------------------------|
|-5---8-------------------------------|


               Q=150
    H.      Q       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-(16)---------||-----------------------------17-15-13--------------||
|--------------||o----13-17-13----15-17-15-13----------17-15-13----o||
|--------------||--14----------16-------------------------------16--||
|--------------||---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------||o-------------------------------------------------o||
|---0----------||---------------------------------------------------||


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------17-15-13----------19-17-15----------|
|----14-17-14----------17-14-15----------18-17-15-|
|-14----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------17-15-13-------------|
|-------15----18-17-15----------------17-15-13----|
|----16----16----------16-17-------------------16-|
|-17----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------17----||
|-------------18-17-15----------18-15----------16s||
|----14-17-14----------17-13-16-------17-14-------||
|-15----------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------||

[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/steve-vai/173833.html ]
 3/4
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----16-------14-------12-------10-----|
|-17----17s15----15s14----14s12----12s=|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


                               4/4
   S S  S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----9------7-----5-----4---||--7-4---0-7-4---0-7-4---0-7-4---0--||
|-10---10s9---9s7---7s5---5-||o-----5-------5-------5-------5---o||
|---------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------||-----------------------------------||


    S S S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S S  S S  4x
||--7-4---0-14-11----0-17-14----0-12-9----0--||
||o-----5---------12---------15--------10---o||
||-------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------||


       S  S  S S S S S S  S  S  S S S S S S
|-||--19-16----0-7-4---0-17-14----0-5-2---0--||
|-||o-------17-------5---------15-------3---o||
|-||-----------------------------------------||
|-||-----------------------------------------||
|-||o---------------------------------------o||
|-||-----------------------------------------||


     S  S  S S  S S S S  S  S  S S S S S S
||--22-19----0-10-7---0-20-17----0-8-5---0--||
||o-------20--------8---------18-------6---o||
||------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------------||


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-22-19-------19-----------------------------------|
|-------21-18----21-18----21-18-------18-----------|
|----------------------19-------19-16----19-16-----|
|----------------------------------------------18--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    H     H
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-19-16-------16----------------------------------|--------2----|
|-------18-15----18-15----18-15-------15----------|--------2----|
|----------------------17-------17-14----17-14----|--------0----|
|----------------------------------------------16-|-17---------|


                                                                      H.=H
     PM----------------------------------------------|
     |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|   |----6----| |-3-| |--3---|  |-3--|
  Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E E E E   E  E  E E  E
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------24|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------17------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------9-------------|
|-2--------------------------------------|---------------------/14----21---|
|-2--------------------------------------|-------------7s2s7---------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------0-|


  W          S S S S S S S S S  S S S  S S  S  S
|----------|-------------------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------------9-10-12-|
|----------|----------------------7-9-10---------|
|----------|-------------6s7-9-10----------------|
|----------|-------5-7-8-------------------------|
|----------|-5-7-8-------------------------------|


   |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|----10-12-13-16-17-19-20-22-24-|
|-13----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


                                       ~~~~~
   a      +Q    Q   a      +Q    Q     H.        Q
|-24b25==(24)r-----24b26==(24)r-----|-29b31---------*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------*|
|-----------------------------------|-18------------*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------*|
|-----------------------------------|-19------------*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------*|

well, I know some bends here are impossible - just try using whammy-bar harmonics or slide.
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