Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy (Guitar Solo Tab)

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This is just the solo of GnR's Chinese Democracy. I REPEAT just the solo. I didn't feel it was necessary to copy down all the other parts because the other versions pretty much got it. WAH toe down- + heel down- o right after the chorus:
wah on
        + o +  + o+  o +       o    + o + o +   o  +   o
E-|--15b17r15--14-14--14b15r14-----14---------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------13------13--13-15---15-----------------|
G-|----------------------------------------------------14-------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

       + o +      + o + o   +  o  +  o       o  + o +   o              
E-|--15b17-17~---15--14-14b15r14--------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------13-13-13---13-15/19--15-15-------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

    + o  +  o        +             wah off
E-|-----15-12--------20b22-22\----------------------------------------|
B-|---13-------13-15--------------------------------------------------|
G-|-12-------12-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Here Buckethead (I think) uses a whammy pedal to achieve that extreme "bending effect"
whammy set on two octaves up
whammy toe down- + 
      heel down- o
                                         slowly rock pedal forward
     o         +   o         +   o         o-----------------+
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------killswitch------------|
G-|----------------------------------------13-13-13-13-13-13-13~------|
D-|--10h12p10h12---10h12p10h12---10h12p10h----------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                          slowly rock pedal forward
     o         +   o         +             o-----------------+    
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--10h12p10h12---10h12p10h12---10h12p10h-12~------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|--17-17-14----------17-17-14-----------12b13r12--12----------------|
D-|-----------17-17-15----------17-17-15----------12--12-15~----------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

       &nbs p;                               Whammy
                                     o + o + o +
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------15--13b15---------------13--14--15~--------------------|
G-|---------14---14---------------------------------------------------|
D-|--15-12---------------------15-12----------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Not so sure about this last fill here...
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--18-17h18p17p15--------15-----------------------------------------|
G-|----------------17p14h17--17p14h17---------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------17p15----------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------17p15h17~~~~~~--------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to the chorus:
           Y'know it don't really matter...
E-|------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------|
G-|------------------------------------|
D-|--0---0-x-x-3-3-5--5--5-x-x-6-6-----|
A-|--0---0-x-x-3-3-5--5--5-x-x-6-6-----|
D-|--0---0-x-x-3-3-5--5--5-x-x-6-6-----|.........