Desert Rose

Eric Johnson

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Key: 
DESERT ROSE

From the 1990 album ?Ah Via 
Musicom?.

        p  - pull off
        h  - hammer on
        T  - use your thumb
     ~~  - sustained note or vibrato
      /  - slide up
      \  - slide down
      b  - bend to second note
   ?b?r? - bend to second note and 
return to first
      PH - pinch harmonic
     (?) - passing note

I haven't put in any precise timing 
so you'll have to listen to the CD. 
Usually
if the notes are closer together 
they'll be faster but this is only a
 rough guide.
It's hard to tell where there are 
hammer ons and pull offs are so you 
can decide
for yourself. This tab is definitely
 correct. I worked the solos out 
using "pacemaker"
for winamp to slow it down.
Enjoy!


Verse/intro riff - 0:00


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clean with slapback delay           
                                    
     rpt

other verse parts


  0:20   |  0:24      | before chorus

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Chorus - 0:31


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  clean



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                      Dist
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  clean

1st time - to verse
2nd time - to solo

Solo - 1:33 This is all correct so 
if it sounds wrong it's not fast 
enough!


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dist w/ delay                       
     *feedback


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                       Ph                  1:55

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*chords - 2nd git


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E|----------------------------------
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Final chorus lead - 2:54


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   ?My desert rose, born are the 
few,?


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   ?Always with me,?


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    ?A vision of you,?          ?So,
 don?t fade away.?


Outro solo - 3:17
                            PH     
whammy bar


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                        *feedback


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              whammy bar       PH_____     3:47

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PH   4:20


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                                                                 PH

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    4:41                                                         T

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With wah


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                                                                         PH

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