Joe Satriani - Belly Dancer (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Joe Satriani - Belly Dancer First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Joe Satriani. Other chords and tabs for the "Belly Dancer" can find at the bottom of the page.

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Belly Dancer - by Joe Satriani - off Strange Beautiful Music (2002)


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standard tuning EADGBE

INTRO AND VERSE:
|-----------------------------------------------1-1-----|
|-----------------------------------------------1-1-----|
|-------2b3b2-0-------------5-5-5-7b8b7-5-------3-3-----|
|-------2b3b2-0-------------5-5-5-7b8b7-5-5-5-5-3-3-----|
|-5-5-5----------5-3-3-3-3--3-3-3---------3-3-3-1-1-----|
|-3-3-3----------3-1-1-1-1------------------------------|

MAIN THEME: (guitar w/wah pedal) (0:15)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-4-3---3-------------------|
|----------------2b3b2------------5---5-3-2-------------|
|-3-3-5~-3---3-5-------5~-------------------5-3-3-/8-5~-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-4-3---3-------------------|
|----------------3-5-5~-----------5---5-3-2-------------|
|-3-3-5~-3---3-5----------------------------5-----------|
|---------------------------------------------3/5-3~----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

sliding octaves (0:43)

Eb          D               C
|-6-66666666-6/8-8-8-88888888-8/10-10-10 10-10-|--|-------|
|----------------------------------------------|--|-15t16-|
|-3-33333333-3/5-5-5-55555555-5/7--7--7--7--7--|X2|-------|
|----------------------------------------------|--|-------|
|----------------------------------------------|--|-------|
|----------------------------------------------|--|-------|

this bit has an kinda arabic feel (0:56)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12h13p12p0-10p0h12-8h10p8p0-7p0h8-5h7p5p0-4h5p4p0-1h3p1p0------| X4
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-5--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

this is a tricky ascending run of pull offs and alternate picking (1:10)
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5p3p0---3p0-|-6p3p0---3p0-|-7p3p0---3p0-|-9p5p0---5p0-|-12p8p0---8p0-|-14p10p0----10p0-|-17p12p0----12p0-|-16p12p0----12p0--|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------5-----|--------8-----|---------10------|---------12------|---------12-------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

octaves again, can be played as single notes for lead part (listen to cd for variations) (1:37)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5/7-7-7--5-7-8-7-5-7/5-5-5------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8/10-10-10-8-10-12-10-8-10-8-7-7-5-3-3---|
|-3/5-5-5--3-5-6-5-3-5/3-3-3------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------6/8--8--8--6-8--10-8--6-8--6-5-5-3-1-1---|

now comes the tapping bit i had to slow the song down heaps to figure this one out (2:05)
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p12p0-|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-20p15-20p15p12p0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------x4---------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p12p0-|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-20p15-20p15p12p0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------x2---------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p12p0-|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------x2---------|--------x2--------|--------x4--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-22p21-22p21p19p0-|-20p19-20p19p17p0-|-20p19-20p19p17p0-|-19p17-19p17p15p0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------x4---------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-17p15-17p15p14p0-|-15p14-15p14p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p14p0-|-15p14-15p14p12p0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------x2---------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

series of trills before you switch back to main theme (2:28)
|-15t18--------------------------------------------|
|-------15t18--------------------------------------|
|-------------15t17-------15t17--------------------|
|-------------------15t17-------15t17--------------|
|-------------------------------------15t17--------|
|-------------------------------------------13t15--|

the crazy outro solo has this as backing (3:00)
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------(guitar 1)--------|-------(guitar 2)-------------|
|-5-5-4-4-3--------------|--5----6-----7----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-4-4-5-5-|---5-5--5-5---5-5-------------|
|------------3-3-4-4-5-5-|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|

sorry the outro solo is hard and i haven't figured it out at all anyway. here's the start of it (3:14)
my guitar is missing the high E so right now it is impossible for me to attempt to tab the rest!
|----------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------------|
|------x4--------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------------|
|-1/3-3-3-3/6/3--|--------------------------------------|

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TAB EXPLANATION
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h = hammer on
p = pull-off
t = trill
~ = vibrato