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ONIONS UNLEASHED
As recorded by Buckethead
(From the 1994 Album GIANT ROBOT)
Transcribed by scott666
Words and Music by Buckethead
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'
Intro
Q=80
A5 G5 F5 A5 G5 F5 A5 G5 F5 G5
4/4
Gtr I
E. S e E E. S Q E. S e E E. S Q E. S e E E. S Q W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------||
|-7--7-7---5--3-3--|-7--7-7---5--3-3--|-7--7-7---5--3-3--|-5----||
|-5--5-5---3--1-1--|-5--5-5---3--1-1--|-5--5-5---3--1-1--|-3----||
Verse
E5 F5 E5 Bb5
S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E. S E S S E.
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------3--|
||o-2----2----2-------3--|-2----2----2-------1--|
||--0----0----0---0-0-1--|-0----0----0---0-0----|
E5 F5 E5 Bb5
S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E. S E S S E.
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------3---||
|-2----2----2-------3--|-2----2----2-------1--o||
|-0----0----0---0-0-1--|-0----0----0---0-0-----||
Chorus
$
C#m7 Esus4/A C#m7 N.C.
S S S S E Q. Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
||--0-0-0-0---0-------|-0-0-0-0------0--------|
||o-0-0-0-0---0-------|-0-0-0-0--------4------|
||--6-6-6-6---2----2--|-6-6-6-6----------6----|
||--6-6-6-6---2----2--|-6-6-6-6------------6--|
||o-4-4-4-4---0-------|-4-4-4-4---------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
C#m7 Esus4/A C#m7 N.C.
S S S S E Q. Q S S S S H Q
|-0-0-0-0---0-------|-0-0-0-0------------||
|-0-0-0-0---0-------|-0-0-0-0-----------o||
|-6-6-6-6---2----2--|-6-6-6-6------------||
|-6-6-6-6---2----2--|-6-6-6-6------------||
|-4-4-4-4---0-------|-4-4-4-4-----------o||
|-------------------|--------------14\---||
Verse
E5 F5 E5 Bb5
~~~
S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E. S E S S E.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2----2----2-------3--|-2----2----2-------[1]-|
|-0----0----0---0-0-1--|-0----0----0---0-0-----|
E5 F5 E5 N.C.
S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E. S E S S E.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------3---|
|-2----2----2-------3--|-2----2----2-------1---|
|-0----0----0---0-0-1--|-0----0----0---0-0-----|
E5 F5 E5 Bb5
~~~
S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E. S E S S E.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2----2----2-------3--|-2----2----2-------[1]-|
|-0----0----0---0-0-1--|-0----0----0---0-0-----|
To Coda D.S. al Coda
E5 F5 E5 N.C.
5/4
~~~ ~~~
S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E. S E S S E S S E.
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-2----2----2-------3--|-2----2----2-------[1]-----[1]-||
|-0----0----0---0-0-1--|-0----0----0---0-0-----0-0-----||
Outro
&
E5 N.C.
4/4
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
S E. S E. S E S S E S S E S S E. +H Wx2
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--------*|
|-2----2----2-------[1]---|---[1]-----[1]-(1)----|--------*|
|-0----0----0---0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
