Welcome to Bucketheadland by Buckethead
from Giant Robot


as tabbed By: Shane McCartney (shanethealmighty@yahoo.com)

This is the bare bones. It is up to you to listen to the song and figure out how many times to repeat or palm mute.

Main Riff:

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------0-----|
A|-------------7-10-7-10-7-9-7-9----------------4-----5-|
E|-7-10-7-10-----------------------7-10-7-10--5-------3-|

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-----5------------------|
|-2-2-4-5-4~--5-5-4-5--------------2-2-4-5-4~--5-5-|
|-2-2---------3-3-----3-3---3-3----2-2---------3-3-|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-7p6p4-------------------|
|------h7p5p4-------------|
|------------h7p5p4-------|
|------------------h7p5p3-|

Chorus:

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|---2--------2---|
|-4-2-4--5-5-2-4-|
|-2-0-2--3-3-0-2-|

|-------------------------|
|----------------20-19-17-|
|-16...18...19...---------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Solo:

|-------------|
|-19----------|
|-19----------|
|----21p19-21~|
|-------------|
|-------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-19---------------------19-------------22----------------|
|-19---------------------19----------21^--21^21p19-21^-19-|
|----21p19-21~--------------21p19-21----------------------|
|--------------17/19\17-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

|-16~16~16~16~16~16~16~16~16...|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

|-t20-18p16p13-t21-18p16p13-t21-18p16p13-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|-t19-18p16p14-|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|

|-t19-18p16p14-t21-18p16p14-t19-18p16p14-t21-18p16p14...-21^21p19----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------21~|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Symbols:

h= hammer on
p= pull off
t= tap
~= tremolo
^= full bend
/= slide up
\= slide down

...= keep repeating, I don’t feel like tabbing it out

as tabbed by Boogie Bonnett

Verse 1 4x
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D------------------------5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--0--0--0--0---------------------||
A------------2--2--2--2-----------------------------------------4--5------------||
E------------------------------------------------------------2--------3~~~------||

Chorus
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------7--------5------------------|
A---------------4-----5-----4~~~--5--5--4--5------------------------------------|
E---------2--2-----2-----2--------3--3--------3--3-----3--3---------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------4--2--0---------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------4--2--0------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------4--2--0---------|
A------------------4-----5-----4~~~--5--5---------------------------------------|
E------------2--2-----2-----2--------3--3---------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------7--------5---|
A--------4-----5-----4~~~--5--5--4--5---------------------|
E--2--2-----2-----2--------3--3--------3--3-----3--3------|

E------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------4-----5-----4~~~--5--5--|
E------------------2--2-----2-----2--------3--3--|

4x
E----------------------------------||
B----------------------------------||
G---------------------------------*||
D---------------------------------*||
A------4-----4--5--5-----4---------||
E------2--0--2--3--3--0--2--0--2---||

Bridge
2x
E--------------------------------------------------------15--14--12---||
B--12--12--12--12\14--14--14--14---14\15--15--15--15--15\-------------||
G--------------------------------------------------------------------*||
D--------------------------------------------------------------------*||
A---------------------------------------------------------------------||
E---------------------------------------------------------------------||

Solo

E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------19--------------19----------------------------------------|
G----------19^--16--0--16--19^--16--0--16--0-------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------14~~~------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

2x
E----------------------------------------------19-----------17---------||
B--------------------------19--------------19------19--17--------------||
G--------------------------19^--16--0--16----------------------19~~~--*||
D---------------------------------------------------------------------*||
A----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E----------------------------------------------------------------------||

4x
E--16--16--16--16--16--16---||
B---------------------------||
G--------------------------*||
D--------------------------*||
A---------------------------||
E---------------------------||

2x
E-16h18--16h19--16h18--16h19--16h18--16h19--16h18--16h19---||
B----------------------------------------------------------||
G---------------------------------------------------------*||
D---------------------------------------------------------*||
A----------------------------------------------------------||
E----------------------------------------------------------||

4x
E---------------------19h21--19h21--19h21--19h21---||--21--19----------|
B--------------------------------------------------||----------19--21--|
G-------------------------------------------------*||------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------*||------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------||------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------||------------------|


fast ending solo as tabbed by Mike Gallagher mike@midnightangel.net

8x
E---16h18p16------16--19--18h19p18p16----------||
B-------------19-----------------------19p16---||
G*--------------------------------------------*||
D*--------------------------------------------*||
A----------------------------------------------||
E----------------------------------------------||

8x
E---21p19p16------16--19--21p19p16------16--19---||
B-------------19--------------------19-----------||
G*----------------------------------------------*||
D*----------------------------------------------*||
A------------------------------------------------||
E------------------------------------------------||

E---21^--21p19--------|
B---------------21~~~\|
G---------------------|
D---------------------|
A---------------------|
E---------------------|

a modification to the verse portion by Jo Stephens

verse 1 4x
E----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G----------------------------------------------------------------------||
D-------------------5p0-5p0-4p0-4p0--------------------------------||
A--------5p2h5p2-----------------------4p0-4p0--0--4--5-----------||
E-------------------------------------------------------------3~~~----||

of course the picking on this may be different, but with the pull offs/hammer ons not much picking is usually required,
especially with a good amount of distortion.


as tabbed by : Jean-Michel Ménard (menardjm@sympatico.ca)

Tempo around 144 bpms

Riff A :
(4x)
e-|-----------------------------------|-------------------||
B-|-----------------------------------|-------------------||
G-|*----------------------------------|------------------*||
D-|*----------5p0-5p0-4p0-4p0---------|------------------*||
A-|---5p2-5p2-----------------4p0-4p0-|--0--4--5--5-------||
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------3-------||

Riff B :
(This riff seems to be inspired by Ozzy Osbourne's powerful "Crazy Train",
but as I play Buckethead's song more and more, I don't think anymore about
Ozzy or Randy Rhoads during this section...)

e-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|------------------7------5--|
A-|---------4-----5-----4-----|--------4--5----------------|
E-|---2--2-----2-----2--------|--3--3--------3-3----3-3----|

e-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|------------4p2p0-----------|
D-|---------------------------|-----------------4p2p0------|
A-|---------4-----5-----4-----|--5--5----------------4p2p0-|
E-|---2--2-----2-----2--------|--3--3----------------------|

e-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G-|---------------------------|----------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|------------------7------5--|
A-|---------4-----5-----4-----|--------4--5----------------|
E-|---2--2-----2-----2--------|--3--3--------3-3----3-3----|

e-|---------------------------|---------------------------||
B-|---------------------------|---------------------------||
G-|---------------------------|---------BREAK-------------||
D-|---------------------------|---------------------------||
A-|---------4-----5-----4-----|--5------------------------||
E-|---2--2-----2-----2--------|--3------------------------||

Riff C :
(4x)
e-|------------------|--------------------||
B-|------------------|--------------------||
G-|------------------|-------------------*||
D-|------------------|-------------------*|| REPEAT FROM TOP
A-|---4-------4---5--|--5------4-----4----||
E-|---2----0--2---3--|--3---0--2--0--2----||

Riff D :
(Feel the rhythm)
e-|----------------------|----------------------|---------------15--|---15---15\14--14--12---||
B-|---12---12------12/14-|---14---14------14/15-|---15---15---------|------------------------||
G-|*---------------------|----------------------|---------------12--|---12---12\11--11--9---*||
D-|*--9----9-------9-/11-|---11---11------11/12-|---12---12---------|-----------------------*||
A-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
E-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
  |                      |                      |                   |                        ||
  |   B                  |   A                  |   G               |   G               A    ||
e-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
B-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
G-|*---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------*||
D-|*--9------------------|---7------------------|---5---------------|---5---------------7---*||
A-|---9------------------|---7------------------|---5---------------|---5---------------7----||
E-|---7------------------|---5------------------|---3---------------|---3---------------5----||

then the sections are going in this order:
Riff C
Riff A
Riff B
Riff D
-Solo-

the Solo (find Buckethead's one or play your own):

the Chords under the solo are the ones from Riff D, then it goes like:

     G#5       F#5        E5      F#5 (4x)     G#5
e-|---------|---------|---------|---------||---------
B-|---------|---------|---------|---------||---------
G-|*--------|---------|---------|--------*||--------- Drum continues...
D-|*--6-----|---4-----|---2-----|---4----*||---6-----
A-|---6-----|---4-----|---2-----|---4-----||---6-----
E-|---4-----|---2-----|---0-----|---2-----||---4-----

here is a way you can play the Riff D by adding some notes in the melody to link with the supporting chord...
note this: you could also add the 3rd on the 12th fret instead of the 5th,
at the beginning of the last bar (with the G chord)

(5th added) (13th added) (G added) (5th added) (3rd added) (9th added)
e-|----------------------|----------------------|---------------15--|---15---15\14--14-------12---||
B-|---12---12------12/14-|---14---14------14/15-|---15---15-----15--|---15---15\12--12-------12---||
G-|*--11---11------11/11-|---11---11------11/12-|---12---12-----12--|---12---12\11--11-------9---*||
D-|*--9----9-------9-/11-|---11---11------11/12-|---12---12---------|----------------------------*||
A-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
E-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
  |                      |                      |                   |                             ||
  |   B                  |   A                  |   G               |   G                    A    ||
e-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
B-|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------||
G-|*---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------*||
D-|*--9------------------|---7------------------|---5---------------|---5--------------------7---*||
A-|---9------------------|---7------------------|---5---------------|---5--------------------7----||
E-|---7------------------|---5------------------|---3---------------|---3--------------------5----||

as tabbed by Magnus Nilsson

Mainriff
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0-----0-----5-----5-----4-----4-----0-----0----------------------------------
A-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------4----5------------------
E--------------------------------------------------5--------------3-------------

I recommend strictly alternate picking starting with a downstroke. Great picking exercise.
PS! Apply palm muting.

Fast decending lick in the Crazy Train inspired part, fast part played in 16th thirds.
Alternate picking starting with a downstroke.
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--7--6--4---------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------7--5--4------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------7--5--4---------------------4---------5---------4---
E-----------------------------7--5--3--2----2---------2---------2--------


as tabbed by Kyle Hussey

the correct Welcome to Bucketheadland main riff

e-|-------------------------------------|------------------||
B-|-------------------------------------|------------------||
G-|*------------------------------------|-----------------*||
D-|*----------5p2-5p2-4p2-4p2-----------|-----------------*||
A-|---5p2-5p2-----------------4p2-4p2---|----4--5---5------||
E-|-------------------------------------|-2---------3------||