Bangkok by Steve Vai
from the album 'Fire Garden'

Transcribed by Keith Railton (http://www.mooworldorder.com/)

NOTES:

Important things to remember in this tune are:

o Keep an ear out for the time... it's easy to get lost!
o Notice the subtle changes in swing and feel that happen throughout
  this ditty.
o The vast majority of this was worked out on an out of tune 
  acoustic... ;)

Okay, the transcription's not perfect, but there's enough here to 
impress your friends.  I'd love it to be more accurate, but this is all 
from memory as I've lost the damn CD!  Anyhow, the first coupla parts 
of the Fire Garden Suite are coming up (once I find the CD of 
course...) so I hope you're all looking forward to that!  ;)

_____________________________________________________________________
 

INTRO

|--------4--5--7--5--4--8--7--6--5--|-------0---0-0---0--0-0---------|
|--5--6-----------------------------|--4h5--5---5-5---5--5-5---5--5--|
|--------6--7--8--7--6--10-9--------|*-x----------------------------*|
|--7--8-----------------------8--7--|*-2----2---2-2---2--2-2---2-2--*|
|--------4--5--7--5--4--8--7--------|--0----0---0-0---0--0-0---0-0---|
|--5--6-----------------------6--5--|-(0)----------------------------|



MAIN BIT

|------------------------------|
|----2-3-5-3/5-6-5h6p5---5--5--|
|--2-------------------7---7---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------|
|--8-6h8p6-5-6-5h6p5-3-5-3h5p3-2-5-3h5p3-2-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


              (can't remember this bit...)  =)
|-----------|-----------------------|
|--3--------|-----------------------|
|----6p3-2--|--0h2-2-2h3-0h2-3p2-2-*|
|-----------|----------------------*|
|-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------|



SECTION B

|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----10-9h10p9----10-9h10p9-9-------------|---------------------------|
|*-9-----------10-------------13p10-9~----|-9-8h9p8----9-8h9p8----8/9~|
|*-------------------------------------10-|---------10---------10-----|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|


|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----10-9h10p9----10-9h10p9-9--------------|--------------------------|
|--9-----------10-------------13p10-9~--8--|-9------8~-8-9------------|
|------------------------------------------|---10-7-------7-10--------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--8-8-9------7-------------|
|--------10-7---10-9-10-8-6-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----10-11-13~-13-14-13h14p13----13~|-13-16-14h16p14-13-14-13h14p13-11-|
|-10--------------------------15----|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--13-11h13p11-10-13-11h13p11-10-11----------|
|-----------------------------------14p11-10~|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

 (Fill, first time only)
|-----------------------------------------------| Repeat from Section B
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--8-10-10-10~-10-11--10-10-10~-10-8-6--11--10-*|
|----------------------------------------------*|
|--6/8--8--8~--8--9-\-8--8--8~--8--6/8--9-\-8---|
|------p.m----p.m-------p.m----p.m--------------|


 (Fill, second time)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--7-6h7p6---6-------------------------------|
|----------8---8-6-6-5h6p5-3-5-3-2-3---------|
|------------------------------------7p4-3~--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

That's it! 

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