Transcribed and tabbed by Jere.
A Vai song for a change. This is like a Boy From Seattle part 2, or
actually part 1 coz this was written long before ALS was recorded. I
tabbed the most of this song a while ago and did the rest today. Flex-Able
Leftovers is a great record, especially the new one that has songs like
San Sebastian and Massacre.
NATURAL BORN BOY by Steve Vai
---------------------------------------------|--------------------------
5--------5-----5-----5-----------5--5--5--5--|--9-----------------------
4--------4-----4-----4-----------4--4--4--4--|--9-----------------------
6--------6-----6-----6-----------6--6--6--6--|--9----------9------------
5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-----12--11--9h11p9\7-----
---------------------------------------------|--------------------------
-----------------------|------------------------------------------|-----
-----------------------|--9-10-9----------------------------------|-----
-----------------------|--9h--p9----------------------------------|-----
9------------9---------|--9-11-9----------9--------------------7--|-----
9--11--------9-----11--|----------12--11--9h11p9\7--9--11\9\7--7--|-----
-------0--0------------|------------------------------------------|-----
-------------------------------------------------|----------------------
9-10-9-------------------------------------------|--9-10-9--------------
9h--p9-------------------------------------------|--9h--p9--------------
9-11-9----------9---------9------------9---------|--9-11-9--------------
--------12--11--9h11p9\7--9--11--------9-----11--|----------12--11------
---------------------------------0--0------------|----------------------
-----------------------------0----|-------------------------------------
-----------------------------0----|--9-10-9-----------------------------
-----------------------------9----|--9h--p9-----------------------------
9------------11--11---11--7-------|--9-11-9----------9---------9--------
9h11p9\7--9--11--11^--11--7-------|----------12--11--9h11p9\7--9--11----
------------------------------\---|-------------------------------------
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------
----------------|--9-10-9-----------------------------------------------
----------------|--9h--p9-----------------------------------------------
------9---------|--9-11-9----------9------------------------------------
------9-----11--|----------12--11--9h11p9\7--9--11--(11)^--(11)--7------
0--0------------|-------------------------------------------------------
----|------------------------------------------------------|------------
----|--9-10-9----------------------------------------------|--9-10------
----|--9h--p9----------------------------------------------|--9h--------
----|--9-11-9----------9---------9------------9------------|--9-11------
----|----------12--11--9h11p9\7--9--11--------9-----11-----|------------
\---|-----------------------------------0--0------------0--|------------
--------------------------------------------|---------------------------
-9------------------------------------------|-----------10\3/7----------
p9------------------------------------------|---------------------------
-9----------9------------11--11---11--7-----|--0-----0-------------0----
----12--11--9h11p9\7--9--11--11^--11--7~~~--|---------------------------
--------------------------------------------|---------------------------
-----------|-----------------------------------------------|------------
7^--(7)p5--|-----------8--10-------------------------------|------------
-----------|--5-----7---------9\7--7-----4--2--4^--(4)--2--|------------
-----------|--5--------------------------------------------|-----8------
-----------|--3--------------------------------------------|--6---------
-----------|-----------------------------------------------|------------
-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
---11-----8~~~-----8^--(8)--6--|--------4--13\11\9--9-------------------
8------8-----------------------|-----3-----12-10-8--8~~~--5--3--5^------
-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
----------------6--------------|--4-------------------------------------
-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
2x
--------||------------------------------------||------------------------
--------||------9--9\7--7--7-5--5--5--4---2---||------------------------
(5)--3--||*--8-----8-6--6--6\4--4--4--3^--1--*||--8---------------------
--------||*----------------------------------*||------------------------
--------||------------------------------------||-----------------2------
--------||------------------------------------||--------4--4--4---------
trill
------0----------------------------------------4----------------|-------
---------4----------------------------------------------5~~~/---|-------
------------4-------------------------------6-------------------|-------
----------------------------------------------------------------|-------
4-----------------2--2--4--2h4--------------------4--4----------|-------
---------------4------------------------------------------------|-------
With neck pickup
12-------------------------------------------------------|--12----------
12h14p12----------12------------12------------12---------|--12h14p12----
----------14--13--11h13p11------11--13--------11-----13--|--------------
----------------------------14---------------------------|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
----------------------------------------0--0-------------|--------------
------------------------------------------------|--12-------------------
--------12------------12--12---12--10--10-------|--12h14p12-------------
14--13--11h13p11------11--11^--11--9---9-/------|------------14--13-----
------------------14-------------------------7--|-----------------------
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
--------------------------------|-------16------------------------------
12------------12----------------|--19^------19p17------19p17--14h15-----
11h13p11------11--13------------|------------------18-------------------
----------14--------------------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
----------------------0--0--2^--|---------------------------------------
-----------------------12-------------12--12--|-------------------------
p14------------------------12---------12--12--|-----------10\3----------
-----16p14------------------------------------|-------------------------
------------16p14--11----------12-------------|--0-----0----------------
----------------------------------------------|-------------------------
----------------------------------------------|-------------------------
pinch harmonic
------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
/7--------7^--(7)p5-----|--------8/10-----------------------------------
------------------------|-----7--------9\7------------------------------
-------0----------------|-------------------9\7-------------------------
------------------------|--3---------------------7\5--7--7^--(7)--5-----
------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
t
|--------------------------------------|------------11h13--15p13p11-----
|-----------11------------13---13--11--|--11----------------------------
|--------8--10--8--12-----12^--12--10--|--10~~~-------------------------
|-----8---------8--12------------------|--------------------------------
|--6-----------------------------------|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
t------t-------------t------t---------t---------------------------------
14p13--14p13p11------14p13--14p13p11--14------t------t------t-----------
-----------------13-----------------------15--18p15--18p15--18p13\12----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2x
||------------------------------------||-----------------0--------------
||---9---9-----7--5--5--5--4---4--2---||--------------------4-----------
||*--8^--8--9-----4--4--4--3^--3--1--*||--8--------------------4--------
||*----------------------------------*||--8-----------------------------
||------------------------------------||--------2--4--------------------
||------------------------------------||--------------------------4-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------6----------4^--(4)--(4)^--(4)--2h4p2p1-----2--1h2p1------------
---------6\---------------------------------------------------4--2------
2--2--4----------2------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
pinch harmonic
|----------------0------------------------|-----------------------------
|-------------------4---------------------|-----------------------------
|----------------------4------------------|----------------6-----9------
|--6\-------------------------------------|-----------------------------
|----------2--4--------------2--2--4^-----|--4p2--------2---------------
|-------4-----------------4---------------|-------4--2------------------
t
11^--(11)--(11)^--(11)p9--7^--|--7^--(7)~~~--9h11--16p11p9p7h11p7-------
------------------------------|------------------------------------9----
------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
t-----------t-----------------------------------------------------------
16---p12p9--16p7--9^--(9)p7---------------------------------------------
-----------------------------9--9p6-----t--------t----------------------
-------------------------------------9--13p11p9--14p11p9--t-------------
----------------------------------------------------------14p11p9\7-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------|--9h12h14--9h12h14--9h12h14--9h12h14p12p9------9----
-------------------|-------------------------------------------14-------
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------
9--9/11--7--7^-----|----------------------------------------------------
----------------9--|----------------------------------------------------
9--------------------9h12h14p12p9------9--------------------9h12h14-----
---14p12p9--9h12h14----------------14-----14p12p9--9h12h14--------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
p12p9------9--------------------|--9------------------9-----------------
-------14-----14p12p9--9h12h14--|-----14p12--9h12h14-----14p12--9h12----
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----9------------------9------------------12h14p12p9------9------------
h14-----14p12--9h12h14-----14p12--9h12h14--------------14-----14p12-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------9------------------------------|---------------------------
p9--9h12h14-----14p12p9---------------------|---------------------------
-------------------------12p11p9------------|---------------14--11------
----------------------------------11p9------|-----------11--------------
----------------------------------------11--|--9------------------------
--------------------------------------------|---------------------------
---------------12-------------12------16------|--17^--16h19p16----------
14-----12----------10--12---------10------14--|-----------------17------
----9------11--------------9------------------|-------------------------
----------------------------------------------|-------------------------
----------------------------------------------|-------------------------
----------------------------------------------|-------------------------
with wah
---------------------------------------------------------|--9-----------
p16------------------------------------------------------|--12^--9------
-----13h14p13p11------13h14p13p11h13p11\8p6--------------|-------11-----
------------------14-------------------------9p6---------|--------------
--------------------------------------------------9p7\4--|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
dive with bar
------------------9----|--19~~~--16----------16^~~~--16-----------------
---9----9----9----8\---|-------------17------------------17-------------
^--11^--11^--11^-------|-----------------18------------------18--16-----
-----------------------|------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|------------------------------------------------
h18~~~--18h20p16-------|-----------------------------11h13p11h13--16----
------------------16^--|--16~~~---------14h16p14h16---------------------
-----------------------|---------14h16----------------------------------
-----------------------|------------------------------------------------
t
------------------------17h19p17h19--19h21p19h21--|--17--21p17p16h17----
-----------17h19p17h19----------------------------|---------------------
h18p16h18-----------------------------------------|---------------------
--------------------------------------------------|---------------------
--------------------------------------------------|---------------------
--------------------------------------------------|---------------------
t t t t
21p17--21p17p16--17--21p17p16h17p16------16h17--21p17p16h17p16----------
-------------------------------------17-------------------------17------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
t------t------t------|--------------------------------------------14----
21p17--21p17--21p17--|--17-----15h17p15------15h17p15------15h17--------
---------------------|-------------------16------------16---------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------
t t t t t t
16p14--14h16h17--21p17--21p17--21p17p16--22p17--22p17p16--24p19--19-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
t t t t
19--19--|--23p19p17p14h17h19--23p19p17p14h17h19--23p19--23p19p17p14-----
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------------------
t t t
h17h19--23p19p17p14h17h19--23p19p17p14--23p19p17h19--19--|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
pick scratch with push string against the middle pickup
---------------------------------------------------|--------------------
---------------------------------------------------|--9-----------------
x--------------------------------------------------|--9-----------------
x--------------------------------------------------|--9----------9------
x~~~-----------------------------------------------|-----12--11--9------
x--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------|--9-10-9-------------------------------
--------------------------------|--9h--p9-------------------------------
---------9------------9---------|--9-11-9----------9------------11------
h11p9\7--9--11--------9-----11--|----------12--11--9h11p9\7--9--11------
----------------0--0------------|---------------------------------------
------------------0--|--12----------------------------------------------
------------------0--|--12h14p12----------12------------12--------------
---------------------|------------14--13--11h13p11------11--13----------
---11------11--7-----|------------------------------14------------------
---11^-----11--7-----|--------------------------------------------------
---------------------|------------------------------------------0--0----
14----16--|--12--------------------------------12p9-----------|---------
14/---16--|--12h14p12----------12--------12\9--------10-------|---------
----------|------------14--13--11h13p11--------------9----/---|---------
----------|---------------------------------------------------|--0------
----------|---------------------------------------------------|---------
----------|---------------------------------------------------|---------
-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
------10\3/7--------7^--(7)p5--|-----------8--10------------------------
-------------------------------|--5-----7---------9\7--7-----4--2--4----
---0-------------0-------------|--5-------------------------------------
-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------------
-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-----------|------------------------------------------------|-----------
-----------|-----------11---------------8--8^--(8)--6h8--4--|-----------
^--(4)--2--|--------8------8--12----------------------------|-----3-----
-----------|-----8------------12~~~-------------------------|-----------
-----------|--6----------------------6----------------------|--4--------
-----------|------------------------------------------------|-----------
----------------------------------------|------16------14-----14--14----
4--13\11\9--9---------------------------|--16------16--14-----14--14----
---12-10-8--8~~~--5----3--5----3--3-----|-------------------------------
------------------5\---3--5\---3--3~~~--|-------------------------------
----------------------------------------|-------------------------------
----------------------------------------|-------------------------------
---12-----12--12-----11---9--|----------------------------------|-------
---12-----12--12-----11^--9--|-----9--9\7--7--7-5--5--5--4---2--|-------
-----------------------------|--8-----8-6--6--6\4--4--4--3^--1--|-------
-----------------------------|----------------------------------|-------
-----------------------------|----------------------------------|-------
-----------------------------|----------------------------------|-------
----------------------------------------------|-------------------------
----------------------------------------------|--5----------------------
----------------------------------------------|--4----------------------
----------------------------------------------|-------------------------
----11------9-----9--9--7-----7--7--6------4--|--------------2--4-------
11------11--9-----9--9--7-----7--7--6^-----4--|--------4----------------
0--------------------|-----------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-----
---4-----------------|--5-----------------------5--5--4--4--2--2--|-----
------4--------------|--4-----------------------------------------|-----
---------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----
------------2--2--4--|--------------2--4--------------------------|-----
---------4-----------|--------4-----------------------------------|-----
0--0--0-------------------------|---------------------------------------
0--0--0-------------------------|----------------------------------7----
4--4--2-----1--1----------------|--------------------------7h9h11-------
------------------2--2----4--2--|------------------7h9h11---------------
---------------------2/---4--2--|----------7h9h10-----------------------
--------------------------------|--7h9h10-------------------------------
--------------------------------7--12p7---------------------------------
h9h10--9--------9h10p9p7-----7-----------7------------------------------
--------------------------9-----------------9-----11\9p7----------------
-----------------------------------------------9----------9p7-----------
---------------------------------------------------------------9p7------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------7-----14p9------------------------------------------------------
---8\7--------------12--12^--(12)-----10h12p10p9--10p9------------------
--------------------------------------------------------11p9--7h9p7-----
9-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
pick scrapes
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
p6--7p6-----------------------------------------|-----------------------
---------9p7p6--7-------------------------------|-----------------------
-------------------9\5-----4h5p4\2--4p2---------|--------x-----x--------
-----------------------------------------4p2p0--|-----------------------
------------||----------------------------------------------------------
------------||----------------------------------------------------------
------------||----------------------------------------------------------
------------||----------------------------------------------------------
x-----x~~~--||----------------------------------------------------------
------------||----------------------------------------------------------
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