Hold Me Forever

Buckethead

Tom:
Afinação: 
E|E|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------|| 

                             Hold Me Forever - Buckethead
E|E|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------|| 

Tabbed by:periah
hey im still gonna keep adding to this song so keep checking back its 
quite the long and
extremely hard song to master by ear anyway here you go have fun

(edited)so I added more chords n stuff hope you guys keep checking back
 and checking out the rest of the song
(edited)the intro riff sounded off to me so I fixed that and I got the 
killswitch part down also the
power chord parts I fixed cause again sounded off
(edited) i added the first solo which took forever to get

Tuning:Eb-Half Step Down

"N"

intro riff 1
4x

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12-------
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9----------
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7------------
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

intro riff 2
2x
Página 1 / 15
E|-----------------------------------------------16h17-16h17-16-------
B|-------17-------16h1716---------------17----------------------------
G|-----------------------18-16h18-------------------------------------
D|----18-------18--------------------18-------18----------------------
A|-16-------16--------------------16-------16-------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

intro riff 1
4x

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12-------
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9----------
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7------------
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

clean riff
2x

E|---------------------------------| 
B|-------4p2--------------2p0------| 
G|-----4-----4----------2-----2----| 
D|---4---------4------2---------2--| 
A|-2----------------0--------------| 
E|---------------------------------| 

distortion riff
1x

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------4-------------------4-5-----------------4---------
G|-----4-4-4-----4---4-----4-4-4-----4---------4-4-4-----4---4----4-4
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-4-7--7-7-7-4-7------4-7--7-7-7-4-7-------4-7-7-7-7-4-7------4-7-7-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|-4--9998-9-| 
D|----9998-9-| 
A|7-7-7776-7-| 
E|-----------| 

power chord riff
4x
Página 2 / 15
E|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|-6666-6-9999-9-4444-4---4--4------| 
D|-6666-6-9999-9-4444-4--2--2----4--| 
A|-4444-4-7777-7-2222-2----0---2----| 
E|----------------------4-----------| 

intro riff 1
4x

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12-------
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9----------
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7------------
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

tremolo pick part
4x

E|------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----16///17///----------16///17///----------16///17///-----
G|18///----------18///16///----------16///14///----------14///
D|------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
E|19///17///16----| 
B|----------------| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 

arpeggio chord part
4x

E|------------------|  
B|------------------|  
G|---4--4---6666-6--|  
D|--2--2--4-6666-6--|  
A|----0--2--4444-4--|  
E|-4-----------------| 

intro riff clean this time
2x
Página 3 / 15
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12-------
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9----------
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7------------
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

this part from 3:00 to 3:12 he uses his killswitch (finally got it)

E|---11-12-11-14-12-11-12-11--|---11-12-11-7-9---------| 
B|-9--------------------------|-9--------------9-7-5-4-| 
G|----------------------------|------------------------| 
D|----------------------------|------------------------| 
A|----------------------------|------------------------| 
E|----------------------------|------------------------| 

little solo to next riff
E|-------------------------------| 
B|-/9-7-5/4-/9-7-5/4-/9-7-5/4\5--| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 

power chord riff
2x

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-6-666666-6-666666-6-666666---4--4----------------------------------
D|-6-666666-6-666666-6-666666--2--2--4--------------------------------
A|-4-444444-4-444444-4-444444----0--2---------------------------------
E|----------------------------4---------------------------------------

power chord riff 2
2x                                      end of 2nd x

E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------|------------------------------
G|-6--------6--------6----------4--4---|-6666666----------------------
D|-6--------6--------6---------2--2--4-|-6666666----------------------
A|-4-444444-4-444444-4-444444----0--2--|-4444444----------------------
E|----------------------------4--------|------------------------------

power chord/note riff 1
2x
Página 4 / 15
E|--------------------------------------------| 
B|----141617---191716---161719/211917161716---| 
G|-666------444------222-------------------16-| 
D|-666------444------222----------------------| 
A|-444------222------000----------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 

"Y"

power chord/note riff 2

E|----------------------------------------------------------------17-
B|----141617---161719---171921-22-21-19---141617---161719---171921---
G|-666------444------222---------------666------444------222---------
D|-666------444------222---------------666------444------222---------
A|-444------222------000---------------444------222------000---------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|19-21---| 
B|--------| 
G|--------| 
D|--------| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 

intro riff
2x

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----4-------5-7/9-------5-7/9-----12-------
G|-----6-----------6-----------------6-----------6---------9----------
D|---6-----------6-----------4-----6-----------6---------7------------
A|-4-----------4-----------2-----4-----------4------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

clean riff
2x

E|------------------------------------------------| 
B|--4--4p2-------2-2p0-----4-2h4p2-----2----------| 
G|--4------4-----2-----2---4-------4---2----------| 
D|--4--------4---2-------2-4---------4-2----------| 
A|--2----------2-0---------2-----------0----------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 

little solo
Página 5 / 15
E|-------9-7-9---9-7-9-----------9-7-9---9-7-9-----------| 
B|-7-7/9-------9-------7-5/7-7/9-------7-------5/4h5p4p0-| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 

complicated chord riff
4x

E|---------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------5p4-----------7-5---------5p4-------------| 
G|-----6-------6-----4---6-4-----6-------6-----4---4-| 
D|---6---6-------4h6---6-4-2---6---6-------4h6---6-4-| 
A|-4-------------------------4---------------------2-| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 

chord stop riff
3x

E|--------------------------12--------| 
B|----------------------------12---12-| 
G|-6-6-6-9-9-9-11-11-11--14-----14-14-| 
D|-6-6-6-9-9-9-11-11-11--14--------14-| 
A|-4-4-4-7-7-7-9--9--9---12-----------| 
E|------------------------------------| 

small wah riff
4x

E|----------12p11-----11---------------------11p9---------------------
B|-14--14--------14-----12--12h14-12-12--12------10---10-12-----------
G|---13--13--------13-----13------11---11--11------11-9--11-----------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

"C"

solo riff
10x or something

E|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 

G|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
Página 6 / 15
D|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
A|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|

E|---------------------------------| 

then he goes off into buckethead land
Solo 1
do this 19x then finish with this here

E|--------------------|-----------------------| 
B|--17-16-------------|--17-16----------------| 
G|--------18-16-------|--------18-16----18-18~| 
D|--------------18-16-|--------------18-------| 
A|--------------------|-----------------------| 
E|--------------------|-----------------------| 

then some of his wicked hybrid picking
E|---12p0---0-11---11p0---0-9---9p0---0-7---7p0---0-9p0-9-| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9------9------9------9-----9-----9-----9-----9---------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 

E|---11p0---0-9---9p0---0-12---12p0---0-11---11p0---0-9---9p0---0-0-| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-8------8-----8-----8------8------8------8------8-----8-----8-----| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------| 

E|---7p0---0-9---9p0---0-7---7p0---0-5---5p0---0-4---4---0-| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6---| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 

E|----------0-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|---12p0-----10---10p9---9---------9---9---------9---9---------9-| 
G|-9------9------9------9---11-9-11---9---11-9-11---9---11-9-11---| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 

where the true speed hybrid picking skill starts
all the 11s are palm muted
Página 7 / 15
e|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|-14-------------------------------------------14-------------------
G|----------13-------14-------13-------13----------------13-------14-
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----
A|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
e|----------------||---------------| 
B|------12-------------------|       
G|------------14----13-------|       
D|11-11----11----11----11-11-|       
A|----------------||---------------| 
E|----------------||---------------| 

e|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|-14----------------------------------12-------14-------------------
G|----------13-------14-------13-------------------------13-------14-
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----
A|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
e|----------------||--| 
B|--------------|       
G|------13\9----|       
D|11-11------11-|       
A|----------------||--| 
E|----------------||--| 

e|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|-14----------------------------------12-------14-------------------
G|----------13-------14-------13-------------------------13-------14-
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11----
A|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
e|----------------||---------------------| 
B|------12-------------------------|       
G|---------------14-------13-------|       
D|11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11-|       
A|----------------||---------------------| 
E|----------------||---------------------|
Página 8 / 15
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-14----------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------13-------14-------13-------9-------8-------9h11-11/13-13-
D|----11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11---11-11---11-11---------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----| 
B|----| 
G|13~-| 
D|----| 
A|----| 
E|----| 

so now the trippy tapping
e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t7-12p0t5-12p0t4-12p0t2p0-|

B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------| 
G|--------| 
D|--------| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 

e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t9-12p0t7-12p0t5-12p0t4-12p0t2-12p0-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---| 
G|---| 
D|---| 
A|---| 
E|---|
Página 9 / 15
e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t9-12p0t5-12p0t7-12p0t4-12p0t2-12p0-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---| 
G|---| 
D|---| 
A|---| 
E|---| 

e|-12p0t11-12p0t9-12p0t11-12p0t7-12p0t9-12p0t5-12p0t4-12p0t2-12p0t2-4p0-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--| 
G|--| 
D|--| 
A|--| 
E|--| 

Solo 2
                                                   * *

E|------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-5-4---------5-4---------5-4---------5-4--------------| 
G|-----6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----6-6~-| 
D|---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------| 

                                                         hold bend
E|------------------------------------------------------------19------
B|-17-16-------------17-16-------------17-16-------------19b^----19bv-
G|-------18-16-------------18-16-------------18-16--------------------
D|-------------18-16-------------18-16-------------18-16--------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------|                      
B|19----------------------------| 
G|-------------------|            
D|-------------------|            
A|-------|                        
E|-------|
Página 10 / 15
                                                                                                      bend 3/4
e|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|-5-4---------5-4---------5-4---------5-4---------------------------
G|-----6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----6-4-----6-4-----6-
D|---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----6-4-----6-4---
A|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------
e|----------------||----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------|       
G|4-----6-4-6-4-----6-4-6-4-----6-4-----6b|       
D|--6-4---------6-4---------6-4-----2-4---|       
A|----------------||----------------------------| 
E|----------------||----------------------------| 

more hybrid picking
E|----12p9---9h12---12p9---9h14---14p9---9h12---12p9---9h12---12p9---
B|-/9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9-
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|9h11-| 
B|-----| 
G|-----| 
D|-----| 
A|-----| 
E|-----| 

E|---11p9---9h11---11p9---9h11---11p9---9h12---12p9---9h11---11p9---9-
B|-9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9---
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--9-| 
B|9---| 
G|----| 
D|----| 
A|----| 
E|----|
Página 11 / 15
e|---9p5---5h7---7p5---5h9---9p5---9p5---5h7---7p5----------
B|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5/7-9-12-
G|E|E|------------------------------------------------------
D|E|E|------------------------------------------------------
A|E|E|------------------------------------------------------
E|E|E|------------------------------------------------------
e|9h11h12p11p9----9h11h12p11p9----9b-|       
B|-------------12--------------12----|       
G|-------------------------||--------------| 
D|-------------------------||--------------| 
A|-------------------------||--------------| 
E|-------------------------||--------------| 

\\=tremolo picking                                                                                       
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------12-14-14----------------------------------12-14-| 
G|---13-11-14-13-\\-------13-11-14-13-------------13-11-14-\\-\\-| 
D|11-\\-\\-\\-\\----------\\-\\-\\-\\-11-14/16-11-\\-\\-\\-------| 
A|-\\----------------------------------\\-\\----\\---------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 

                                               hold bend n release
E|-16b-17p16p14--14h17p14h16h17p16p14--------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------17p16p14-16b16-16-16-16r-| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 

killswitch part
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------12-
G|-9-9-9-8-8------------------------------9-9-9-8-8-----------------
D|-----------9-9-11-11-11---------------------------9-9-11-11-11----
A|------------------------9-9-11-11---------------------------------
E|----------------------------------12-12---------------------------
E|-----------| 
B|12-9-9-9-9-| 
G|-----------| 
D|-----------| 
A|-----------| 
E|-----------|
Página 12 / 15
E|---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-9-9-9-8-8--------------------------------------------9~-| 
D|-----------9-9-11-11-11----------------------------------| 
A|------------------------9-11-------------------9-9-11----| 
E|-----------------------------12-12-9-9-9-12-12-----------| 

"4"

little solo in between      chords behind this solo
E|-------------------------|-------------------------| 
B|----21-19-17-16-17-19-16-|-------------------------| 
G|-18----------------------|---2-----4-----6-----6---| 
D|-------------------------|-----2-----4-----6-----6-| 
A|-------------------------|-0-----2-----4-----4-----| 
E|-------------------------|-------------------------| 

more power chords

E|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/9-6-6-6-6-6-| 
D|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/9-6-6-6-6-6-| 
A|-0-0-2-2-/4-4-4-4-4-4--0-0-2-2-/7-4-4-4-4-4-| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 

tricky riff

E|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|----------7---6--2---2---1---1-----| 
A|-/4-4-7-4---4------4---4---2---2/4-| 
E|-----------------------------------| 
pm    - - - * - *                      

power chords he always uses these throughout the song
E|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6-| 
D|-2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6--2-2-4-4-/6-6-6-6-6-6-| 
A|-0-0-2-2-/4-4-4-4-4-4--0-0-2-2-/4-4-4-4-4-4-| 
E|--------------------------------------------|
Página 13 / 15
more chord play under the solos
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------
B|-----5-----4-----2-----4-|-------------------------|---------------
G|-----6-----4-----2-----4-|-------------------------|---------------
D|---6-----4-----2-----4---|-6-6/4-6-6/4-6-6/4-6/4/6-|---------------
A|-4-----2-----0-----2-----|-4-4/2-4-4/2-4-4/2/4/2/4-|-7-7/6-7-7/6-7-
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-5-5/4-5-5/4-5-
E|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|----------| 
D|----------| 
A|7/6/7/6/7-| 
E|5/4/5/4/5-| 

power chord long riff
follow the timing on this it might be wrong

E|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------| 

G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|

E|-----------------------------------------------| 

complicated chord riff
4x

E|---------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------5p4-----------7-5---------5p4-------------| 
G|-----6-------6-----4---6-4-----6-------6-----4---4-| 
D|---6---6-------4h6---6-4-2---6---6-------4h6---6-4-| 
A|-4-------------------------4---------------------2-| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 

eerie chord riff
4x(let these ring)

E|-0-------0------------------0-------0-------------------| 
B|---4-------4------------------4-------4-----------------| 
G|-----6-------6---4-6-6-6-6-6----6-------6---4-2-2-2-2-2-| 
D|-------6-------6-4-6-6-6-6-6------6-------6-4-2-2-2-2-2-| 
A|-----------------2-4-4-4-4-4----------------2-0-0-0-0-0-| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 

"Ev"
Página 14 / 15
and the rest will come in the future
************************************

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| *   Pinch harmonic
************************************
  • A
  • C
  • D
  • G
Página 15 / 15