BLOWIN? UP THE RADIO
                             As recorded by Racer X
                       (From the 1986 Album STREET LETHAL)

Words by Jeff Martin

Music by Paul Gilbert
Arranged by Racer X
Transcribed by Peter Lidstr?m

 Intro Riff
  Furious Metal Q=272
        G/E   G5/E     GsusG/E  Gsus4/EF#b5/E#
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                            ~~~
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------4-----7-|-(7)--5---4--|-5------5-|-(5)----|
|-------5-----5-|-(5)--5---5--|-5s==4--4-|-(4)----|
|---------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-0-0-0---0-0---|-------------|----------|--------|


        G/E   G5/E      GsusG/E  Csus2/E D/F#
                                                ~~~
|----------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------------------------|
|-------------8--|------3---3--|-3--------3--|-(3)------------------|
|-------7-----7--|-(7)--2---4--|-5\-------2--|-(2)------------------|
|-------5-----5--|-(5)---------|----------0--|-(0)---------------------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0----|-------------|------2--(2)-|-(2)---------------------------|


        G/E   G5/E      GsusG/E  Gsus4/EF#b5/E#
                                             ~~~    PM---|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-------------------|
|-------4-----7--|-(7)--5---4--|-5------5-|-(5)---------------|
|-------5-----5--|-(5)--5---5--|-5s==4--4-|-(4)---------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0----|-------------|----------|--------15-17-19---|


  (E5)
   PM------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------16----------------|
|-------------------16----------------|-16-17-19-16-17-19----19-17-16-17-19-|
|-15-17-19-15-17-19----19-17-15-17-19-|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


 ------------------------------------------------|   ~~
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-16----16----------------16----|-16----------------16----|
|----19----19-17-16-17-19----19-|----19-17-16-17-19-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|


 Pre-solo Breakdown
  N.C.(Em)                                 E5
  PM------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0-|---2h5p2p0--2--2--|
|---------2---------2---------|-0----------2--2--|
|-----------------------------|------------0--0--|


                                              E5
              PM----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|
|-[2]h5p2p0---2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0-|---2h5p2p0---2----|
|-----------0---------0---------|-0---------0-2----|
|-------------------------------|-------------0----|


                                           E5
  PM------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0---2h5p2p0-|---2h5p2p0--2--2--|
|---------0---------0---------|-0----------2--2--|
|-----------------------------|------------0--0--|


|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|
|------------0---|---------0----|
|--------7-------|-----7--------|
|-4s=7-----------|-5------------|
|----------------|--------------|


 Guitar Solo
  C#m
  Gtr II
                  ~
|---------------|--------|--------------------|-9---------11p9----9----|
|---------------|--------|-9-------12p10p9----|---12p10p9------12------|
|----------7s9--|-8------|----11-9---------11-|------------------------|
|-2s=5--7-------|--------|--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|--------|--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|--------|--------------------|------------------------|


  A
|-12-11h12p11p9----9------------------|
|---------------12---12p10h12p10p9----|
|----------------------------------11-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


                           ~~            ~~~~
|------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-9----------------------|-----------|---------17h19h21---|
|---11p9p8h9h11p9p8----8-|-9s=====21-|-(21)---------------|
|-------------------11---|-----------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------|--------------------|


  C#m
|-17h19h21p19p17----17-21b23=====|=21r21p19p17----17-------------------------|
|----------------21--------------|-------------21----21-19h21p19p17s16h17h19-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


|-16h17h19p17p16----16---------------------|
|----------------19----19-17h19p17p16------|
|-------------------------------------18---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


  (C#m)                                  A
|-----16h21p16s14h16h17p16-14----14----|-----------14-16h17p16p14----------|
|-16--------------------------17----17-|-14--14-17----------------17-16-14-|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16-14-13----------------13-14-16-14-13----|
|----------16-14-13-14-16-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  (A)                                               C#m
                                    ~               PM--------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
|-16-14-13S11---------------------|---------------|-------------6--------------|
|-------------14-12-11------------|-----------x/--|-6-7-9-6-7-9---9-7-6-7-9----|
|----------------------14-12-11S9-|-9-------------|----------------------------|


  (C#m)
  PM--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-6---6-----------6---|-6-----------6h8p6---6-9----|
|-6-7-9-6-7-9---9-7-6-7-9-|---9---9-7-6-7-9---9-|---9-7-6-7-9-------9--------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|


  A
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-8h9p8p6---6-8b9===(8)r(8)b9==(8)r|
|---------9------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


|----------7-------------|-------7-----------------|
|----7h8h9---9-8h9p8p7---|-7h8h9---9-8h9p8p7-7-----|
|-8--------------------9-|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|


  (A)                       C#m
      ~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-7--(7)b9===(7)-(7)r-----|-10p9---------------|
|-------------------------|------11-9-8-9----8-|
|-------------------------|---------------11---|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------x/--|--------------------|


|--------------12-------------------|
|-----12h14h16----16p14p12h14h16----|
|-9/--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


  (C#m)
|-12h14p12----12-16-14h16p14p12----12-|-14b16---------------|
|----------16-------------------16----|---------\(11)-----x-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------x---|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|


  A
|-11h14p11s9h11h12p11p9----9-----------|
|-----------------------12---12-10h====|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


  (A)
                                                             ~
|------------------------------|---------------------------|------|
|-12p10p9----------------------|---------------------------|------|
|---------11-8h9h11p9p8s6---6--|-6---6---------------------|------|
|-------------------------9----|---9---9p7p6h7h9p7p6-------|------|
|------------------------------|---------------------9-7-6S|=4----|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|------|


 Interlude
  Cmaj7                       Bm7
                              \1/
                    ~~~~                        ~~~
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|------12-|-(12)--(12)------|-8p===7----|-----------|
|-9-------|--------------x--|---------7-|-(7)--(7)--|
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|


  Bbmaj7+11            Am7
  \1/                               \6
|-----------|--------|-----|-()----()------|
|-8p===6----|--------|---------|-----------------------|
|---------7-|-(7)----|---------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------|---------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------|---------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------|---------|-----------------------|


  Abmaj7                                  Gm7
      \1/
                         ~~~                                     ~~~
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------8--|-(8)---(8)------------|--4p===3-------|---------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------x----|------------3--|--(3)---(3)----|
|-x/------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|


   Gbmaj7+11                    Fm7
                                         \1/     \1/
                                                                    T
|---------------|------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|--4p===2-------|------------|------------------------|------------19p=13h=15h=17----|
|------------3--|--(3)-------|--[1]----([1])---([1])--|------------------------------|
|---------------|---------x--|------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|------------|------------------------|--3s===13---------------------|


 Guitar Break
  N.C.(Em)
   T        T           T        T
|-19p14h15-19p15p14----19p14h17-19p15h17p15p14p|
|-------------------17-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


          T     T           T        T
|-12--------------------------------------------------|
|----h17-19p17-19p15h17p15-15p12h15-16p15-------------|
|-----------------------------------------19p16h20----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


         T                          T     T
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-15h16-19p15h16p15p14-15p14h16p12-14p12-14p9h|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


      T               T                                             T
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-11-14p9h11p9--9h11-14p11h12p9--|-9p7h9-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------h10-(10)h14p9h10p9p7s9h12-14p10h====|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


               T     T
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-12p10p9--------------------------|
|---------h12-14p12-14p10-(10)p9p7h|
|----------------------------------|


                        T
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|--------------------------------------|-------------*|
|-9h10-9h10p9-----9h12-14p9h10h12p10p9-|-------------*|
|-------------h12----------------------|-h12\--------*|


Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths