Cab Window (Guitar)
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'CAB WINDOW'
by Buckethead


tabbed by:    Dropdeee
tuning:       Half-step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
effects:      Clean, distortion
video:        (at 29:15)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeY4MMLfz1A&t=1216s


              ****  backing track  -  https://youtu.be/26afJvNqW-E  ****

 [Intro]

eb|--------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------|----------------------|-----14-15-17-15p14-------|
Gb|--11~-----11-9---------h9-11----|--11-9----9-/11-14~---|--16----------------16~---|
Db|---------------12\11/12---------|-------12-------------|--------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|

eb|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|--14h15p14----------------------------------------|-14h15p14p12-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------14~-----12-14-12\11--------------------|-------------14------------------14------------|
Db|-------------------------------14/16--\14--12--11-|-----------------14-(14)-g14/16------17--16~---|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

eb|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------|-17-15~~~------|---------------|-19h20p19p17----------------|
Gb|--16------------|---------------|-16------------|----------------19-\18------|
Db|-----16~~~------|---------------|----16~~~------|------------------------16--|
Ab|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------|

eb|----------------|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
Bb|----------------|-17/19-\17--15-----------|---------------|-17/19~---20--19~~--------|
Gb|--16------------|----------------18~~~----|-16------------|--------------------------|
Db|-----16~~~------|-------------------------|----16~~~------|--------------------------|
Ab|----------------|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
Eb|----------------|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|

eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|
Gb|-16--14/16~~~~--(16)--------------|
Db|----------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|


  
 [Solo]

   00:39
       (hold the bend)
eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--17fb~---17~~--17-17fb------17--15---------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------18hb----16~~-------|
Db|--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------|

eb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-9fb-9-7h9-7~~----------------------7--\----------------|
Db|---------------9-7------------------7--\------\\--------|
Ab|------------------9-7-7~-------9~---7--\------\\--h5----|
Eb|--------------------------10-7-7~-------------\\--h3----|
                                       v       

                   (hold  the  bend)
eb|-------------17fb~~~17~~-17~~~---17fbr--------------------------------|
Bb|-17fbrfbrp15--------------------------19-17-17fbrp15-17-17fb-15-------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------------------------16\-|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


      slow release          PM------|                      
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|  scrape to
Bb|------------------10-----------------------------7~--------------------------|slide+scrape
Gb|-9fb-----------r-----9fb-9-7-9-9fb-7qb-----------7~------------\------/-\----|     to
Db|----------------------------------------9-7--7-9-7~--------sss-\sss---/-\----|slide up then
Ab|-------------------------------------------9-----7~------------\------/-\-h5-| slide down
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------\------/-\-h3-|finish on chord
                                                    v 

       ( hold  the  bend )
eb|-17fb~~~-17~~-17~~--17-pr+b-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------17fbr-15\14-14hbr~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------14~~~~~--14----------------------\--/-\--------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------14-12h14-g14/16~~----\--/-\--12-12-|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\--/-\--12-12-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\--/-\--10-10-|
                                                                                                 v  v
       hold bend
eb|-17fb--17~~~~~--20fbr--19-19~~-19~~~~-|-17x---------17--17--17--17--17~~----17--17--17--17--------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|-17fb----17--17b-17b-17b-17b-17b~~---17b-17b-17b-17fbrp15--------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------h16-16\-|
Db|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                           or bend 16 up 3 semitones if it's easier for you to do

eb|-------7--------------------------------------------|
Bb|-7---7---7-10/12--12~~~~12-12---12~~~---------------|
Gb|-9fb------------------------------------\-----------|
Db|----------------------------------------\---9--\----|
Ab|----------------------------------------\---9--\----|
Eb|----------------------------------------\---7--\----|



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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| b   Bend
| qb  Quarter-bend
| hb  Half-bend
| fb  Full-bend
| pr  Partial-release
|( )  Ghost note
| ~   Vibrato
|sss  Pick-scrape 
| v   Up-stroke (shown under tab bar)
| x   Mute note after playing
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| PM  Palm mute


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