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Siberian Khatru 
                          (guitar parts by Steve Howe) 
                         transcribed by [email protected] 
 
The parts may look disjointed, but it should all make sense once you 
get the different riffs down.  Of course, following along with the 
record is a good idea.  I just cranked out a quick 'fake' for the 
harpsichord stuff because in the band I'm in now I have to do something 
since all the keyboard stuff is done via my MIDI guitar. 
 
                       brush & mute strings 
 
0h0--0--0---------------------------|----------------------------------|--------| 
3-5--3--3---------------------------|--1----1--1--------3----3---------|--------| 
-----------4p0h2p0------------------|--0h2--0--0--------2h4--2---------|--------| 
--------------------2---x--x--x--x--|-------------2-------------4p2h4--|--------| 
------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------| 
------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------| 
 
0h0--0--0------------------------|----------------------------------------------| 
3-5--3--3------------------------|----------------------------------------------| 
-----------4p0h2p0---------------|----------------------------------------------| 
--------------------2h0----------|----------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------2h0-----|----------------------------------------------| 
------------------------------0--|----------------------------------------------| 
 
----------------------------------------------|--17--14------12-14--------------| 
13--------13----------------15----------------|--19--15--14--14/15--------------| 
12h14-----12-----12---------14h16--14---------|----------14---------------------| 
------------------------14-------------16-----|---------------------------------| 
----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
 
     keyboard approx 
 
||----------------------10--9--5------------||----------------------------------| 
||----0-----2--3--5--7--10--7--5--5--7------||----------------------------------| 
||*---2-----4--4--7--9--12--9--7--7--9-----*||----------------------------------| 
||*---2-----4--5--7--9------------7--9-----*||----------------------------------| 
||------------------------------------------||----------------------------------| 
||------------------------------------------||----------------------------------| 
 
     guitar over prev chords 
 
||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| 
||-------------------5---------------------||-----------------------------------| 
||*---6--4-----4-----------6--4-----4-----*||-----------------------------------| 
||*---------7--------------------7--------*||-----------------------------------| 
||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| 
||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| 
 
||----------------------12-------------------------||---------------------------| 
||---14--12--10--12------------14--12--10--12------||---------------------------| 
||*-----------------------------------------------*||---------------------------| 
||*-----------------------------------------------*||---------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------------||---------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------------||---------------------------| 
 
||---21--19--17--19------------21--19--17--19------||---------------------------| 
||----------------------17-------------------------||---------------------------| 
||*-----------------------------------------------*||---------------------------| 
||*-----------------------------------------------*||---------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------------||---------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------------------||---------------------------| 
 
        kick-ass main riff!  :-) 
 
||---r--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
||---e------------------------------------------------------------3-------------| 
||*--s---------------------------------------------4--2--0--2-----------4--2----| 
||*--t------------5--------3----------------------------------------------------| 
||-------3--4--5--------5--------5--4--3----------------------------------------| 
||----------------------------------------5--3----------------------------------| 
 
                Even Siberia goes.(note funky Hendrix style riffs) 
 
------5\----||---||---------------------------------------------||--------------| 
------------||---||---------------------------------------------||--------------| 
0--2-------*||---||*-----------------------------7----7--9--7--*||--------------| 
-----------*||---||*-----------5-----5--7--5-----7h9--------7--*||--------------| 
------------||---||------------5-h7-----------7-----------------||--------------| 
------------||---||---3-----------------------------------------||--------------| 
 
Hold down the window...River running... 
 
----5--------12--|------r-----------|-------------------------------------------| 
----5--------12--|------e-----------|-------------------------------------------| 
----5--------12--|------s-----------|-------------------------------------------| 
----7--------14--|------t-----------|-------------------------------------------| 
----0------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
-----------------|--3---------------|-------------------------------------------| 
 
                                              back to main riff 
||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------------| 
||------------------5------------------||---------------------------------------| 
||*--6--4-----4-----------6--4-----4--*||---------------------------------------| 
||*--------7--------------------7-----*||---------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------------| 
||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------------| 
 
     Outboard... (in Hendrix riff sDah dah dit dah... 
 
||----7-----------4---------||---------------------|----------------------------| 
||----7-----------4---------||---------------------|----------------------------| 
||*---7-----------4--------*||---------------------|----------------------------| 
||*---9-----------6--------*||---------------------|----------------------------| 
||--------------------------||---------------------|----------------------------| 
||--------------------------||------3--------------|----------------------------| 
 
Electric sitar 
 
-------------7-----------|------------------------------------------------------| 
-5--7--8-----8--8--7--5--|------------------------------------------------------| 
-6--7--9--------9--7--6--|------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| 
 
----------9--10-----12--12--10--------------------------------------------------| 
7-----10------------------------12-----12--10-----------------9--10-------------| 
-----------------------------------------------11----------9---------11---------| 
---------------------------------------------------12--11----------------12-----| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
---11---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
     Harpsichord part (fake :-) 
 
||------------------------------------------14----------------------------------| 
||--------------------------------14p13h14------14------------------------------| 
||*---------------13--14--13--16--------------------14-----13--14-----13--------| 
||*---16--15--16----------------------------------------------------------16----| 
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
---14--------------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
-------16--17--16--14----------------|------------------------------------------| 
-----------------------17--14--------|------------------------------------------| 
 
-------------------------------------------------------14-----------------------| 
-----------------------------------------------------------14-------------------| 
----------------------------------------14--16--18-------------14-----13--14----| 
------------------------12--14--16--18------------------------------------------| 
------------12--14--16----------------------------------------------------------| 
12--14--16----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
                                               Slide guitar    ()=2nd 
slide gtr 
-------------------------------------------||------9/14-----12--12\10--|/9------| 
-------------------------------------------||--------------------------|--------| 
---13---------14--------------------------*||--------------------------|--------| 
-------16---------------------------------*||--------------------------|--------| 
------------------16--17--16--14-----------||--------------------------|--------| 
----------------------------------17--14---||--------------------------|--------| 
 
/9--(14)-----7-----7\3--|/5--(9)--4\2-----|--4/7\4-----7/9-----9/21--|----------| 
------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------| 
------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------| 
------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------| 
------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------| 
------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------| 
 
               Guitar solo 
 
------9/14--|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
------------|---11--9---------------------------|-------------------------------| 
------------|----------11--10--9----------------|-------------------------------| 
------------|---------------------12-----9------|-------------------------------| 
------------|-------------------------------12--|-------------------------------| 
 
--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
-----------------------------------10--10---------|-----------------------------| 
-------------11--9------9--10--11----------11-----|-----------------------------| 
--------------------11----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
9--8--10------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
 
12--12--14--9----------------12--12--14--|-----9---------7-----9-----|----------| 
------------------10---------------------|--------10-----5-----7-----|----------| 
----------------------11-----------------|---------------------------|----------| 
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------| 
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------| 
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------| 
 
10\14\10--9--7--|--9--------12-----16--|----------------------------------------| 
8--12-8---7--5--|--7--------14-----17--|----------------------------------------| 
----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------| 
----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------| 
----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------| 
----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------| 
 
---17--19--17------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
---------------19--17----------------------|------------------------------------| 
-----------------------18--16--14----------|------------------------------------| 
-----------------------------------16--14--|------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
 
---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
16--14---------------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
--------16--14---------------------------14--|----------------------------------| 
----------------16--14--12--------14/16------|----------------------------------| 
---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| 
----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| 
--------------14-----14-----|---------------------------------------------------| 
14-----14/16----------------|---------------------------------------------------| 
----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| 
----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| 
 
----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| 
------------17----------17----------17----------17----------17--|---------------| 
14--17--18------17--18------17--18------17--18------17--18------|---------------| 
----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| 
----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| 
----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| 
 
--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| 
2h4--2-----2--------------------------|-----------------------------------------| 
-----------------2p0--2p0--2p0--------|-----------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------2-----|-----------------------------------------| 
 
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
3-------3------------5----5---------|-------------------------------------------| 
2h4-----2------------4h6--4---------|-------------------------------------------| 
-----------4p2h4-------------6p4h6--|-------------------------------------------| 
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
 
---------0h2--0--0-----------------------|--------------------------------------| 
--------------------2--------------------|--------------------------------------| 
-----------------------2h4---------------|--------------------------------------| 
----------------------------4p2----------|--------------------------------------| 
---------------------------------4p2-----|--------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------2--|--------------------------------------| 
 
----------------------------------------------|--17--14------12-14--------|-----| 
15--------15--15---------17-----17------------|--19--15--14--14/15--------|-----| 
14h16-----14--14---------16h18--16------------|----------14---------------|-----| 
------------------16----------------16p14h16--|---------------------------|-----| 
----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----| 
----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----| 
 
Hold down the windo 
 
-5------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-7------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-7------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
     Main Riff style near the end 
 
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
||*---------------------------------------------4--2--0--2----------------------| 
||*------------5--------3--------------------------------------5-----4--3-------| 
||----3--4--5--------5--------5--4--3--------------------------------------5----| 
||-------------------------------------5--3-------------------------------------| 
 
                 that's it, just re-use the above licks! 
 
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------------*||---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
------5-----*||---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
4--3---------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
-------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
improvised guitar solo at end -- G -- Bm (see keyboard chords above)