Tetra Master (Final Fantasy IX) Guitar Tab

Final Fantasy IX
Tetra Master - written by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged & tabbed by Michael Achilles (Tortoise)
5-30-13

Standard Tuning
12/8 Timing (4 triplets per measure)


 1                  2                   3                   4
     Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q S S   Q E Q E Q E E E E   Q E Q E Q E Q E  
E||--3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2-----|-1---1---1---1-----|-1---1---1---1---|
B||o-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4-----|-3---3---3---3-----|-3---3---3---3---|
G||----5---5---5-----|---5---5---5-------|---5---5---5-------|---4---4---4-----|
D||------------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|---------------0-|
A||o-3-----------2-0-|---------------2/3-|---------------0---|-------0---2-----|
E||------------------|-------------------|-----------------4-|-3---------------|

5                 6                   7                 8
   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q S S   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E
E|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2-----|-1---1---3---3---|-1---1---3---3---|
B|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4-----|-3---3---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
G|---5---5---5-----|---5---5---5-------|---2-------4-----|---2-------4-----|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-0-----0-2-----2-|-3-----3-5-----5-|
A|-3-----------2-0-|---------------2/3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

9                 10                11                12
   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E
E|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5-------|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5-------|
B|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7-------|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7-------|
G|---5---5---5-----|---7---7---------|---5---5---5-----|---7---7---------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------5-|-----------------|---------------7-|---5-------------|
E|-5---------7h8---|-----------8-7-5-|-----------7h8---|-----------8-7-5-|

13                14                15                16
   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E   Q E Q E Q E Q E
E|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---1---1----||
B|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-----6-------7---|-5---2---3---3---o||
G|---5---5---5-----|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---2---2---4--||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------4-------|-5-------0--------||
A|---------------5-|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------o||
E|-----------7h8---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3----||



Note Lengths: Q - Quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th;

Tips:
Measure 1 - leave pinky on the B string
Measure 2-4 - Play Bass notes with middle finger
Measure 6 - Use Ring finger to play bass notes
Measure 7 - Start with Middle finger on High E string