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CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE

Steve Vai

Intro

Q.=60

FMaj7/C Fm7/C

9/8

Gtr I

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Pre-Verse

FMaj7 Eb9b5 FMaj7

~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~

|-11s12--------------|-------------------|-11s12-----------------------|

|-------13--13-------|-------------------|-------13--[12]s13-----------|

|-----------------14-|-12s14------(14)---|----------------------14p12--|

|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|

Eb9b5 Bm7b5 Bbm7bAm7 Abm7

~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~~~~

|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|

|-14p12s14-(14)------|-12s14s10-10--9--|-9s12s9-9---8--(8)s7--|

|--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|

Verse

Gm7 C9sus4 FMaj7/C C9sus4 FMaj7

\1____/

~ ~~ ~~ ~~

|------------------------|---------------------||-11s12----------------------|

|------------------------|---------------------||-------13--13---------------|

|-7-7s10-10s7---(7)s10---|-(10)s12------12/----||-----------------14---(14)--|

|------------------------|---------------------||----------------------------|

Eb9b5

/0.5\ /0.5\ /0.5\ \2____|

~~~~

|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|-(14)-(14)----(14)-(14)----(14)-(14)----(14)---(14)--(14)--|

|-----------------------------------------------------------|

FMaj7 Eb9b5

\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \4_____________|

~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~

|-12--------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-------13----13--------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------14p==12-|-14---(14)----(14)---(14)---/14-|

|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

Bm7b5 Bbm7b5

|--17s=13-13-(13)/--12-(12)/--|

|-----------------------------|

|-(14)s10-10-(10)/---9--(9)/--|

|-----------------------------|

Am7 Abm7 Gm7 C9sus4

|-14s15s12-12-(12)/--11-(11)/--|-10s13--10-(10)/--13-(13)/---|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-11s12s=9--9--(9)/---8--(8)/--|--7s10---7--(7)/--10-(10)/---|

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

FMaj7

~~~~~~~~

|-13s15--(15)---------------------||

|------------------------------11-||

|-10s12--(12)---------------12----||

|---------------------10-14-------||

|----------------7s12-------------||

|---------------------------------||

DbMaj7 Gb9b5

\2_____|

|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

|-12s13-----------13pb14r(13)-|-13tr14---(13)---(13)-----|

|--------13-13----------------|--------------------------|

|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

DbMaj7

\0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \1________/

|-20------16-----16-------21-----(21)--(21)p20-|

|----------------------------------------------|

Gb9b5 Am7 Eb9

~~ ~~

|-20---------|-----------------------------------|

|------------|-----------------------------------|

|------------|-14b17r=(14)-14----14pb17r(14)b17==|

|------------|-----------------------------------|

D9 Abm7

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-(14)r=(14)-14--(14)\-------------------11-------|

|--------------------------------9-11s13----13-11-|

|---------------------------9-11------------------|

|----------------------9h11-----------------------|

Gm7 D9

~~~~

|--------------------------------------------|

|-[12]b15r=(12)-[12]--(12)\--12pb14r(12)b14==|

|--------------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo

C9 GbMaj7 FMaj7

T T T ~ ~~~~~~~

|-----------------------------------------------||-------20p15-(15)---|

|-----------------------------------------------||--------------------|

|-(12)--22r(22)p12p10-21s22---------------------||--------------------|

|---------------------------23p11---------------||--------------------|

|---------------------------------13p11---------||--------------------|

|---------------------------------------13s11p9s||=8------------------|

Eb9b5

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|-/16-14h16p14p13-14--14p13-------------------------------|

|---------------------------15-14b15r(14)s12p10-12s14-----|

|------------------------------------------------------11-|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

FMaj7

~~~~~~~

|-----------------------|

|-----12-(12)----12p10--|

|-10--------------------|

|-----------------------|

Eb9b5

|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------12b13==(12)r(12)p10----10-12-10-(10)\----------------------|

|-----x---------------------13-----------------11-10h11p10---------|

|---x------------------------------------------------------12-10s8-|

|-x----------------------------------------------------------------|

Bm7b5 Bbm7b5

|-----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------15s=17s13----|

|-10s9s10------14s12s14-------------------|

|------------------------12-(12)s14s10-10-|

|--8s7s=8--/12-12s10s12-------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

Am7 Abm7 Gm7 C9sus4

|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|--13----(13)/--------------------11-14s15-|------------------15-----------|

|------------------------------11----------|-14--14p12--14p12----14-14s12s=|

|-(10)---(10)/---------9-11s13-------------|-------------------------------|

|----------------10s11---------------------|-------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

FMaj7 C9sus4

|--------------------------/20-||

|------------------/18-/20-----||

|-14---(14)s21-/19-------------||

|------------------------------||

FMaj7

\1____/

|-17pb20r==17b18==(17)r(17)b18==(17)r(17)-17pb18r(17)p15p13-13---(13)-|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Eb9b5

\0.5/

|-(13)-(13)----------------------------------------13-------------11-------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------13-------------11----------|

|--------------18p17p15-17-18-17b18==(17)r(17)-15--------14-------------12-------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------15s13----------13s11-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

FMaj7

|--------------------------------------------------------------15-15s==|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------17-17---------|

|-10b11==(10)r(10)b11==(10)r(10)-(10)--------10----17-17---------------|

|---------------------------------------8-10----15---------------------|

|-------------------------------------8--------------------------------|

Eb9b5

\0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/

|-11-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----14-14p====11-11h====13-13p====10-10h====11-11p====8-8h====10-10p====6-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bm7b5 Bbm7b5

|-----------------------------7----------------------|

|-------------------------------7-9b10-9p6-----------|

|-9b10r(9)p7-----------7-9b11--------------8-6-(6)s==|

|------------9-(9)p7h9-------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

Am7 Abm7

~~~

|-------------7----------------------|

|---7b8--(7)----7pb8r(7)-(7)p4-------|

|-5----------------------------6-4---|

|----------------------------------4-|

|------------------------------------|

Gm7 C9sus4

\0.5/ \0.5/

|-------------8-8p5-----12-12p====8-----15-15p====12-|

|---------6-6-------/10-------------/13--------------|

|-----5-5--------------------------------------------|

|-4s3------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

FMaj7

~~~~~~

|---------------/20-17-----------13-------------------------||

|-15b17===(15)\--------18-17\-13----15-13-------------------||

|-----------------------------------------15-14s12s14-------||

|-----------------------------------------------------14s12-||

|-----------------------------------------------------------||

SOLO

DbMaj7

~~~~~

|---------13-15-15pb16r(15)b16==(15)r(15)s13-11----------------------|

|-16b18-----------------------------------------14b16==(14)b18-(14)--|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gb9b5

|-14-11h12h14p12p11----11-------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------14----14-13-11h13p11----11----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------13----13-11s9h11p9-9h11-9--------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------10p8-[10]\---|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

DbMaj7

\1.5/ \0.5____| \0.5/

|------------------------------------------|

|--------------14-----(14)----(14)---------|

|-----------------------------------13-----|

|------------------------------------------|

|--x-x--x/-x\------------------------------|

Gb9b5

\1_____| \1.5_________|

|--------------------------------------------|

|-------------13-----------------------------|

|-[10]---(10)--------------------------------|

|--------------------13-----(13)-(13)--------|

|--------------------------------------------|

|----------------[9]------------------11s16\-|

Am7 Eb9

~~~~~~~

|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-------20----------------------------18----------------|

|-19b21----19-17-19b21----------20b22----20-18----20-18-|

|----------------------19-(19)-----------------20-------|

|-------------------------------------------------------|

D9 Abm7

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-18----|

|-19h21p19p17--------------------------------------------------------------16-18----------|

|-------------21b22==(21)r(21)-19-17---------------------------------16-18----------------|

|------------------------------------21b22==(21)r(21)p19p17----16-18----------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------20----------------------------|

Gm7 Db9

\0.5/

|-19-17b18r(17)p15------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------18-17----------15------------------------------------|

|------------------------15s14----------------14----14s16-17-16-(16)s===|

|------------------------------15----14s12------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------13----12---------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------18-20-22--||

|-----------------18-20-22-----------||

|-17--15s17-19-21--------------------||

|------------------------------------||

Theme 4 [2:43]

FMaj7

|-22b24r(22)-20-20---(20)\------------|

|--------------------------20b22r(20)-|

|-------------------------------------|

Eb9b5 FMaj7

~~~~~~~ ~~

|--------------------------------------------------------|-22b24r(22)-20-20---(20)\------------|

|-20b22===(20)r(20)-18-20-20s22--------------------------|--------------------------20b22r(20)-|

|-------------------------------18-18-(18)-(18)s17h18p17-|-------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Eb9b5

~~~~~~~

|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-20s22-22b23-(22)-22p20-22b23==(22)r(22)-20-20-20-(20)-(20)\--8s|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Bm7b5 Bbm7b5

\2/

|-----------------------------------------------|

|-20--22---18---17b18==(17)r(17)b18==(17)r(17)--|

|-----------------------------------------------|

Am7 Abm7

~~ ~~~~~~~

|---------------------------------------|

|-17b20==(17)r=(17)-17-17--(17)\-16-----|

|--------------------------------18b20--|

|---------------------------------------|

Gm7 C9sus4 FMaj7

~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~

|-------------------------------|---------------------||

|-15-----18----15-------18------|---------------------||

|-17b19--20b22-17b19----20b22---|-----22b24---(22)----||

|---------------------0---------|---x-----------------||

|-------------------------------|-x-------------------||

|-------------------------------|---------------------||

SOLO

DbMaj7 Gb9b5 DbMaj7 Gb9b5

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Am7 D9 Gm7 C9

|----------|----------|----------|-----||

FMaj7 Eb9b5 FMaj7

Gtr II

\1____/ \0.5/ \1____/

~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-11s12---------------------|------------------|-12-------------------------|

|-------13--13--------------|------------------|----13--13------------------|

|-----------------14---(14)-|-(14)------(14)---|------------------14---(14)-|

|---------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|

Eb9b5 Bm7b5 Bbm7b5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|------------------|-15s17s13-13-(13)/--12-(12)/--|

|------------------|------------------------------|

|-(14)------(14)---|-12s14s10-10-(10)/---9--(9)/--|

|------------------|------------------------------|

Am7 Abm7

|-13s15s12-12-(12)/--11-(11)/--|

|------------------------------|

|-10s12s=9--9--(9)/---8--(8)/--|

|------------------------------|

H.=H

Gm7 C9sus4

|-10-10s13--13s10--(10)-10-(10)-13-10----10----13----13----13----:

|----------------------------------------------------------------:

|--7--7s10--10s=7---(7)------7--10----10----10----10----10----10-:

|----------------------------------------------------------------:

~~~~

|-13----13----13----13----13----13----13----13----13----13-----13--(13)--(13)\-:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------:

|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10-(10)-(10)--(10)\-:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------:

Fsus2

\3.5_____/

|-1-------(1)------:-(1)------(1)---*|

|-0-------(0)------:-(0)------(0)---*|

|-3-------(3)------:-(3)------(3)---*|

|-1-------(1)------:-(1)------(1)---*|