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Siberian Khatru Tab

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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 18:31:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Carl Christensen 
Subject: TAB:  Siberian Khatru by Yes

                                Siberian Khatru
                          (guitar parts by Steve Howe)
                         transcribed by carl@netaxs.com

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--1210--|/9------
-------------------------------------------||--------------------------|--------
---13---------14--------------------------*||--------------------------|--------
-------16---------------------------------*||--------------------------|--------
------------------16--17--16--14-----------||--------------------------|--------
----------------------------------17--14---||--------------------------|--------





/9--(14)-----7-----73--|/5--(9)--42-----|--4/74-----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-----------------|---------------------------|----------
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------





101410--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

||------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*---------------------------------------------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!

-------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------
-------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------
------------*||---------------------------------|-------------------------------
------5-----*||---------------------------------|-------------------------------
4--3---------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------
-------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------



improvised guitar solo at end -- G -- Bm (see keyboard chords above)

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Siberian Khatru Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture klown Rhythm Player	#1 by klown at Apr 16, 1971 at 6:30 AM EST
	I love this song, its the second best on CTTE( after CTTE) the lyrics are very dark and hard to tell what they are about. But i hate how ppl like beach bum try to find jesus and God in every song. Get over it . They are not everywhere.

No Picture Mike Average	#2 by Mike heidkamp at Feb 27, 1973 at 6:44 PM EST
	I'v e researched this a bit. This song has a very profound meaning. Khatru supposedly means "Your will be done" in Yemeni. I haven't found that. It is a word used for a feminist writing group from the 50s - 70s. Anderson is talking about the life of Christ and how the message goes all over the world, reaching even the most remote places like Siberia. It talks about how it has changed over time (gold stainless nail, torn through the distance of man) and even includes references to Islam (moongate climber). He's talking about how it was nurtured and kept alive by women under the nose of the cold hearted king. And, with the help of the apostles (Shelter the women who sing, as they produce the movement). Sure, some of the lyrics are impenetrable, but the metaphor is the same. Please, actually read the lyrics.

No Picture Cicely aka Icic Badass	#3 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Jul 17, 1989 at 9:50 PM EST
	I believe "Khatru" is ancient Egyptian for "King". Siberian King, cold heartless ruler....