Buckethead – Hold Me Forever (Guitar Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:periah-Leo Night FB Leo E-mail:[email protected] hey im still gonna keep adding to this song so keep checking back its quite the long and extremely hard song to master by ear anyway here you go have fun (edited)so I added more chords n stuff hope you guys keep checking back and checking out the rest of the song (edited)the intro riff sounded off to me so I fixed that and I got the killswitch part down also the power chord parts I fixed cause again sounded off (edited) i added the first solo which took forever to get Tuning:Eb-Half Step Down "N"

intro riff 1
4x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12--------------|
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9-----------------|
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7-------------------|
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

intro riff 2
2x
e|-----------------------------------------------16h17-16h17-16--------------|
B|-------17-------16h1716---------------17-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------18-16h18--------------------------------------------|
D|----18-------18--------------------18-------18-----------------------------|
A|-16-------16--------------------16-------16--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

intro riff 1
4x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12--------------|
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9-----------------|
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7-------------------|
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

clean riff
2x
e|---------------------------------|
B|-------4p2--------------2p0------|
G|-----4-----4----------2-----2----|
D|---4---------4------2---------2--|
A|-2----------------0--------------|
E|---------------------------------|

distortion riff
1x
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------4-------------------4-5-----------------4--------------------|
G|-----4-4-4-----4---4-----4-4-4-----4---------4-4-4-----4---4----4-4-4--9998-9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------9998-9-|
A|-4-7--7-7-7-4-7------4-7--7-7-7-4-7-------4-7-7-7-7-4-7------4-7-7-7-7-7776-7-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

power chord riff
4x
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-6666-6-9999-9-4444-4---4--4------|
D|-6666-6-9999-9-4444-4--2--2----4--|
A|-4444-4-7777-7-2222-2----0---2----|
E|----------------------4-----------|

intro riff 1
4x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12--------------|
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9-----------------|
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7-------------------|
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

tremolo pick part
4x
e|------------------------------------------------------------19///17///16----|
B|-----16///17///----------16///17///----------16///17///---------------------|
G|18///----------18///16///----------16///14///----------14///----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

arpeggio chord part
4x
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|---4--4---6666-6--|
D|--2--2--4-6666-6--|
A|----0--2--4444-4--|
E|-4-----------------|

intro riff clean this time
2x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12--------------|
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9-----------------|
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7-------------------|
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

this part from 3:00 to 3:12 he uses his killswitch (finally got it)

e|---11-12-11-14-12-11-12-11--|---11-12-11-7-9---------|
B|-9--------------------------|-9--------------9-7-5-4-|
G|----------------------------|------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------|

little solo to next riff
e|-------------------------------|
B|-/9-7-5/4-/9-7-5/4-/9-7-5/4\5--|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

power chord riff
2x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-666666-6-666666-6-666666---4--4-----------------------------------------|
D|-6-666666-6-666666-6-666666--2--2--4---------------------------------------|
A|-4-444444-4-444444-4-444444----0--2----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------4----------------------------------------------|

power chord riff 2
2x                                      end of 2nd x
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-6--------6--------6----------4--4---|-6666666-----------------------------|
D|-6--------6--------6---------2--2--4-|-6666666-----------------------------|
A|-4-444444-4-444444-4-444444----0--2--|-4444444-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------4--------|-------------------------------------|

power chord/note riff 1
2x
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|----141617---191716---161719/211917161716---|
G|-666------444------222-------------------16-|
D|-666------444------222----------------------|
A|-444------222------000----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

"Y" power chord/note riff 2

e|----------------------------------------------------------------17-19-21---|
B|----141617---161719---171921-22-21-19---141617---161719---171921-----------|
G|-666------444------222---------------666------444------222-----------------|
D|-666------444------222---------------666------444------222-----------------|
A|-444------222------000---------------444------222------000-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

intro riff
2x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12--------------|
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9-----------------|
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7-------------------|
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

clean riff
2x
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|--4--4p2-------2-2p0-----4-2h4p2-----2----------|
G|--4------4-----2-----2---4-------4---2----------|
D|--4--------4---2-------2-4---------4-2----------|
A|--2----------2-0---------2-----------0----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

little solo

e|-------9-7-9---9-7-9-----------9-7-9---9-7-9-----------|
B|-7-7/9-------9-------7-5/7-7/9-------7-------5/4h5p4p0-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

complicated chord riff
4x
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5p4-----------7-5---------5p4-------------|
G|-----6-------6-----4---6-4-----6-------6-----4---4-|
D|---6---6-------4h6---6-4-2---6---6-------4h6---6-4-|
A|-4-------------------------4---------------------2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

chord stop riff
3x
e|--------------------------12--------|
B|----------------------------12---12-|
G|-6-6-6-9-9-9-11-11-11--14-----14-14-|
D|-6-6-6-9-9-9-11-11-11--14--------14-|
A|-4-4-4-7-7-7-9--9--9---12-----------|
E|------------------------------------|

small wah riff
4x
e|----------12p11-----11---------------------11p9---------------------|
B|-14--14--------14-----12--12h14-12-12--12------10---10-12-----------|
G|---13--13--------13-----13------11---11--11------11-9--11-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

"C"

solo riff
10x or something
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
D|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
A|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
E|---------------------------------|

then he goes off into buckethead land
Solo 1
do this 19x then finish with this here
e|--------------------|-----------------------|
B|--17-16-------------|--17-16----------------|
G|--------18-16-------|--------18-16----18-18~|
D|--------------18-16-|--------------18-------|
A|--------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|

then some of his wicked hybrid picking
e|---12p0---0-11---11p0---0-9---9p0---0-7---7p0---0-9p0-9-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9------9------9------9-----9-----9-----9-----9---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|---11p0---0-9---9p0---0-12---12p0---0-11---11p0---0-9---9p0---0-0-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8------8-----8-----8------8------8------8------8-----8-----8-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---7p0---0-9---9p0---0-7---7p0---0-5---5p0---0-4---4---0-|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---12p0-----10---10p9---9---------9---9---------9---9---------9-|
G|-9------9------9------9---11-9-11---9---11-9-11---9---11-9-11---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

where the true speed hybrid picking skill starts 
all the 11s are palm muted
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14-------------------------------------------14-------------------------12-------------------|
G|----------13-------14-------13-------13----------------13-------14-------------14----13-------|
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11----11----11-11-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14----------------------------------12-------14---------------------------------|
G|----------13-------14-------13-------------------------13-------14-------13\9----|
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11------11-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14----------------------------------12-------14-------------------------12-------------------------|
G|----------13-------14-------13-------------------------13-------14----------------14-------13-------|
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------13-------14-------13-------9-------8-------9h11-11/13-13-13~-|
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11---11-11---11-11-------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

so now the trippy tapping
e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t7-12p0t5-12p0t4-12p0t2p0-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t9-12p0t7-12p0t5-12p0t4-12p0t2-12p0-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t9-12p0t5-12p0t7-12p0t4-12p0t2-12p0-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t9-12p0t5-12p0t4-12p0t2-12p0t2-4p0-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 2
                                                   * *
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-4---------5-4---------5-4---------5-4--------------|
G|-----6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----6-6~-|
D|---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

                                                         hold bend
e|------------------------------------------------------------19---------------|
B|-17-16-------------17-16-------------17-16-------------19b^----19bv-19----------------------------|
G|-------18-16-------------18-16-------------18-16---------------------------------------|
D|-------------18-16-------------18-16-------------18-16---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                                                      bend 3/4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-4---------5-4---------5-4---------5-4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----6-4-----6-4-----6-4-----6-4-6-4-----6-4-6-4-----6-4-----6b|
D|---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----6-4-----6-4-----6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----2-4---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

more hybrid picking
e|----12p9---9h12---12p9---9h14---14p9---9h12---12p9---9h12---12p9---9h11-|
B|-/9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---11p9---9h11---11p9---9h11---11p9---9h12---12p9---9h11---11p9---9---9-|
B|-9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9---9---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                                           3/4
e|---9p5---5h7---7p5---5h9---9p5---9p5---5h7---7p5----------9h11h12p11p9----9h11h12p11p9----9b-|
B|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5/7-9-12--------------12--------------12----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

\\=tremolo picking                                                                                       
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------12-14-14----------------------------------12-14-|
G|---13-11-14-13-\\-------13-11-14-13-------------13-11-14-\\-\\-|
D|11-\\-\\-\\-\\----------\\-\\-\\-\\-11-14/16-11-\\-\\-\\-------|
A|-\\----------------------------------\\-\\----\\---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

                                               hold bend n release
e|-16b-17p16p14--14h17p14h16h17p16p14--------------------------|
B|------------------------------------17p16p14-16b16-16-16-16r-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

killswitch part
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------12-12-9-9-9-9-|
G|-9-9-9-8-8------------------------------9-9-9-8-8----------------------------|
D|-----------9-9-11-11-11---------------------------9-9-11-11-11---------------|
A|------------------------9-9-11-11--------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------12-12--------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-8-8--------------------------------------------9~-|
D|-----------9-9-11-11-11----------------------------------|
A|------------------------9-11-------------------9-9-11----|
E|-----------------------------12-12-9-9-9-12-12-----------|

"4"

little solo in between      chords behind this solo
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----21-19-17-16-17-19-16-|-------------------------|
G|-18----------------------|---2-----4-----6-----6---|
D|-------------------------|-----2-----4-----6-----6-|
A|-------------------------|-0-----2-----4-----4-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

more power chords

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/9-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/9-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-0-0-2-2-/4-4-4-4-4-4--0-0-2-2-/7-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|--------------------------------------------|

tricky riff

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----------7---6--2---2---1---1-----|
A|-/4-4-7-4---4------4---4---2---2/4-|
E|-----------------------------------|
pm    - - - * - * 

power chords he always uses these throughout the song
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-0-0-2-2-/4-4-4-4-4-4--0-0-2-2-/4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|--------------------------------------------|

more chord play under the solos
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----5-----4-----2-----4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----6-----4-----2-----4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---6-----4-----2-----4---|-6-6/4-6-6/4-6-6/4-6/4/6-|-------------------------|
A|-4-----2-----0-----2-----|-4-4/2-4-4/2-4-4/2/4/2/4-|-7-7/6-7-7/6-7-7/6/7/6/7-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-5-5/4-5-5/4-5-5/4/5/4/5-|

power chord long riff
follow the timing on this it might be wrong
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

complicated chord riff
4x
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5p4-----------7-5---------5p4-------------|
G|-----6-------6-----4---6-4-----6-------6-----4---4-|
D|---6---6-------4h6---6-4-2---6---6-------4h6---6-4-|
A|-4-------------------------4---------------------2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

eerie chord riff
4x(let these ring)
e|-0-------0------------------0-------0-------------------|
B|---4-------4------------------4-------4-----------------|
G|-----6-------6---4-6-6-6-6-6----6-------6---4-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-------6-------6-4-6-6-6-6-6------6-------6-4-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------2-4-4-4-4-4----------------2-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

"Ev"

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|