Van Halen (Balance)

Transcribed by: Mike Heasley (mheasley@hmc.edu)

I grabbed the tab for this off of ftp.nevada.edu and thought it was
close but not quite right. So here’s my rendition. I basically
just edited the version that was transcribed by Bob Brockman
(brockman@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu). Corrections, comments,
suggestions, flames, etc. welcome.

Part 1:

e|————————————————-0-2–|
B|———————————————–3——|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———-|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————-|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————|

Part 2:

e|————————-|
B|——–2———3-2—-|
G|——4——-2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2—2——–|
A|–2——-0————–|
E|————————-|

Part 3: (similar to Part 1):

e|————————————————-2-0-0–|
B|———————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————0–|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Part 4: Same as Part 1

outta touch most the time
gotta lotta things on my mind
kickin’ down, where to start

Part 5:

it’s the hardest thing oh….

e|——————–0————–|
B|——–2——-2—0———–3–|
G|——4——-4———–2—2—-|
D|—-4——-2———–2—0——|
A|–2——-0———–0————|
E|——————0—————-|

Part 6: Same as Part 3

grow it long, shave it off
life is hard, never soft
i need a change, i need it quick
before it makes me sick

Part 7:

that’s what’s on my mind

e|—————————————————7————-12–|
B|——–7—–7-8——-7—7-5————7—7-8—8–12-10-10-10–|
G|——9—–9———7———7——–9—9———-12-11-11—–|
D|—-9—–9———7—–7——-7—-9—————-0————|
A|–7—————5——————7——————————-|
E|———————————————————————|

Repeat parts 4 through 6:

pay attention, watch your back
pay your dues, stay on track
got no room to second-guess
puts me under stress oh….

if i were you, you were me
i wonder who i’d wanna be
with just one wish you can’t refuse
i wouldn’t know what to choose

Part 8:
(not exactly sure about this chord)

e|——————————————————————–|
B|—3/7–5–8–7/10–8–12–12/14-14—15—————————-|
G|————————————–0—————————–|
D|————————————–0—————————–|
A|—2/5–3–7–5/8—7–10–10/12-12—12—————————-|
E|——————————————————————–|

Chorus: I just play these as bar chords, though I’m sure Eddie does
something fancier

feelin’...no, i don’t like what [D/F#]i’ve been told i’m feelin'
feelin' what no one else will [D/F#]ever know i’m feelin' oh….

Variation on Part 4:

now black is white and white is black
got politicians smokin’ crack
and john paul’s all bullet-proofed

e|——————————————————-0-2–|
B|—————————————————–3——|
G|——4———4———4———4———-4—2——–|
D|—-4———2———0———0———-0—0———-|
A|–2—–2-2-0—–0-0———————-2—————-|
E|———————-3—–3-3-2—–2~-0——————|

Repeat Part 5:

it puts me through the roof yea….

Variation on Part 6:

i were you and you were me
i wonder who i’d rather be
if i had one wish i’d take it

e|——————————————————-2-0-0–|
B|—————————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4———4———4———4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4———2———0———0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-2-0—–0-0———————-2—————0–|
E|———————-3—–3-3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Chorus:

feelin’...oh, i don’t like what i[D/F#]’ve been told i’m feelin'
and i’m seein' what no one else will [D/F#]ever know i’m seein'
come on feelin', hey, i don’t under[D/F#]stand these things i’m feelin', no

Part 9: Lead-in to solo

e|————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————–|
D|———–5/7—————————-5—-7—–7/5——|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5–5-5-5-5/3-3-3–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0———————|
e|————————————————–|
B|————————————————–|
G|————————————————–|
D|———–5/7—————————-5——-|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5—–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0——5–|

Pick scrape/whammy bar/something like that on the last note

Solo here… ( Em – D )

Variation on Part 9:

e|————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————–|
D|———–5/7—————————-5—-7—–7/5——|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5–5-5-5-5/3-3-3–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0———————|
e|———————————————————-|
B|———————————————————-|
G|———————————————————-|
D|———–5/7—————————-5—-7—–7/5–|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5–5-5-5-5/3–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0—————–|

Variation on Part 3:

e|————————————————-0-2-0–|
B|———————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————0–|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Repeat Part 3 as written:

outta touch most all the time
too many things on my mind
shuttin’ down, gotta stop this thing

Chorus:

feelin’...oh, i don’t like what [D/F#]i’ve been told i’m feelin'
i’m bleedin’...like no one else will [D/F#]ever know i’m bleeding
dealin'…i’m dealin’ with these things i’m feelin’
i’m dreamin’, im dreamin’, i’m dreamin’ things that show me what i’m seein
seein'…i’m seein’ things that i don’t know i’m feelin’
i’ve been feelin’, i’m feelin’, i’m feelin’ things that i don’t know
i don’t know, i don’t know what i’m seein’

(Repeat: Bm – C#dim – D – Em – F#)

hey, i don’t understand

Variation on Part 3:

e|————————————————-2-3-0–|
B|———————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————0–|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Part 10 (the end):

e|—————–9–|
B|————–5–7–|
G|————7—-7–|
D|——-7-11——9–|
A|—4/7———–9–|
E|—————–7–|

(From Bob Brockman’s transcription):
Just in case, the more esoteric chords used herein are:

[Bm/A] [Bm/G]

e|–x—–x—–x—–0—–x—–
B|–3—–3—–3—–0—–5—–
G|–4—–4—–4—–2—–6—–
D|–4—–4—–4—–2—–5—–
A|–2—–0—–x—–0—–4—–
E|–x—–x—–3—–x—–x—–

Outta Love Again
Van Halen
Van Halen II
Transcribed by Jeff Glawe
Tune down 1/2 step
Notes in () not picked

hold bend and pick——————-release
E—19^–(22)—–22–22—–22–22—–22–22—–22–22–(19)^——–
B———————————————————————–
G———————————————————————–
D———————————————————————–
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–

Prebend

E—(22)–19———–22^–(19)———————12—————–
B———————————17–20–17~~~—5/—-12–15^——–
G———————————————————————–
D———————————————————————–
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–
E———12———————————————–12———–
B—(17)——12–15–12–12———12–15^–(17)^–(15)——12——-
G————————-14^–(15)————————————-
D———————————————————————–
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–
B—15–12——12———-15–12————-12———————–
G———–14——15–14———-14^–(15)——15–14–12^–(14)—-
D———————————————————————–
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–

E———————————————————————–
B———————————————————————–
G—~~~–x–12h14p1211–12——11–12h14p12–12–14p12–15–15–12—-
D—————————-14—————————————–
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–
E——————12——14^–(15)–12——15^–(17)–12——15—–
B———————-12—————–12—————–12———
G—14–14^–(16)——————————————————-
D———————————————————————–
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–
E—^–(17)^—–(15)^–(18)–15–17–12—————-12————–
B—————————————–15^–(17)~~~——12–15——
G———————————————————————–
D———————————————————————–
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–
B—p12————-12————————————————–
G——–14^–(15)——15–14–12——14–12^–(14)~~~—————
D———————————–14———————————-
A———————————————————————–
E———————————————————————–

van_halen – from_afar

This is the Tab to From Afar…

My name is Loren Noblitt and I bought the new V3 album recently
and thought I’d tab this song out because it sounded really cool…so I
did and here I am to share it with all of you. I’ve never done this before so cross your fingers…

32798

(Standard tuning)

Clean wdelay H H H Harm.

E---7------8-----7------7---5--------7-----8------10-7-10-7-10--(12)---
B-----8------8-----8----------7---7----8-----8------------------(12)---
G-------9------9-----9----------7--------9-----9----------------(12)---
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------0

G Em G Har. wvol swell

E---7------8-------------3--------7-----8--------------3---------------
B-----8------8-----------3----------8-----8------------3---------------
G-------9------9----------------------9-----9--------------------------
D----------------------------2-----------------------------(5)---------
A-----------------0-2-3--3---2-----------------0-2-3---3---------------
E----------------------------0-----------------------------------------
wDistortion G Em I-----Palm muted-----I D
E---------7---8-----------3--------------------------------------------
B---------8---8-----------3---------12----13----15---------3----------
G---------9---9-----------------------12----12-----16-------2----------
D------------10---------------2---------14----14------------0----------
A------------------0-2-3--3---2-----------------------0-2-3------------
E--0-0-0----------------------0----------------------------------------
G Em I------Palm muted--------I D
E---------7---8-----------3--------------------------------------------
B---------8---8-----------3---------12----13----15---------------3---
G---------9---9------------------------12----12-----16-------------2---
D------------10---------------2----------14----14-----17-----------0---
A------------------0-2-3--3---2---------------------------0-2-3--------
E--0-0-0----------------------0----------------------------------------
I----------With heavy delay----------I D

E--------------------------------------------7---8-------------------
B--------------------------------------------8---8--------------3----
G--------------------------------------------9---9--------------2----
D------------6--------5-------6-------4---------10--------------0----
A--2---------4--------3-------4-------2---------------0-2-3----------
E--0---------------------------------------------------------3-------
I----------With Heavy Delay-----------I

E-----------------------------------------------7----8------------
B-----------------------------------------------8----8------------
G-----------------------------------------------9----9------------
D------------6--------5-------6-------4---------9---10------------
A--2---------4--------3-------4-------2---------7--------2---2----
E--0--------------------------------------------7--------0---0----

(bounce on all C chords for 5 or so)

E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------8-7---------
G------------------------------------------------------7-----7--------
D--9--8--7--6--5--------------------9--8--7--6--5-----7------7---5---
A--7--6--5--4--3-----------2-2-2----7--6--5--4--3-----5----------3---
E--------------------------0-0-0--------------------------------------
I----Let Ring----I I----Let Ring----I
E------------------------0--------0---------------------------0--------0-
B----------------------0--------0---------------------------0---------0--
G--------------------3--------2---------------------------3---------2----
D--7--7--7--7-----------------------------9--8--7--6------------0------
A--5--5--5--5----/3--------2---------2----7--6--5--4--3-------2--------
E-------------------------------------0----------------------------------

I hope that this works for you…drop me a line with any comments
or if you wanna chat about VH or guitar in general. My address is

Lorenn@student.flint.umich.edu

Fire In The Hole by Van Halen

Note: Eddie is using a Wolfgang Special equipped with a Steinberger
Trans-Trem tremolo. He changes tunings in different places in the song.
During the main riff (played in the intro, and the verse) he locks the
tremelo up one whole step (F#). Then in the pre-chorus, and chorus, Eddie
lowers the tremelo into standard tuning (E). Finally, during the outro,
he drops the tremelo 2 and 1/2 steps (B).

Key:
h hammer-on
^ strike string with edge of pick over bridge pickup
p pull-off
v vibrate string
x mute string completely and pick, creating a percussive sound
/ slide edge of pick down string, creating a scratching noise
~ let string ring
b bend string
r release string from bend

Intro:

F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------3----3-3-------------------------------|
A|---------2----2-2----------------2----0-0---------------0~-0~-----------|
E|---------2----2-2----------------0----0-0-----0-h-2-h-3~-----3-p-2-p-0~-|
B|---------0----0-0---------0-h-3-----------------------------------------|
F#|--0-h-3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------5-----------------------------------x-|
A|------------------2-----2-h-5-p-2---2-h-5-p-2--------------2----2-2---x-|
E|------------------2----------------------------0v----------2----2-2---x-|
B|--2b3r2-p-0-------0-------------------------------3--------0----0-0---x-|
F#|------------3-p-0-----------------------------------3-p-0---------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------3----3-3---x-x-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2----0-0---x-x----------0~----------------------2--------------|
E|---------0----0-0---x-x--0-h-2-3---3-p-2-p-0-------------2--------------|
B|--0-h-3---------------------------------------2b3--------0--///////////-|
F#|---------------------------------------------------0-h-3----///////////-|
F#|--^-^-^-^-^-^-^-|
C#|--^-^-^-^-^-^-^-|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
F#|----------------|

Verse:
In a word to the wisdom tooth To tell, or not the

F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------3----3-3-------------------------------|
A|---------2----2-2----------------2----0-0---------------0~-0~-----------|
E|---------2----2-2----------------0----0-0-----0-h-2-h-3~-----3-p-2-p-0~-|
B|---------0----0-0---------0-h-3-----------------------------------------|
F#|--0-h-3-----------------------------------------------------------------|

truth (yeah) So open up

F#|------------------------7\6----5\4-------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------5\4\3-(\2-1)----------------------x-|
A|------------------2-----7\6----5\4------------------------2----2-2---x-|
E|------------------2--/5------------5\4\3-(\2-1)-----------2----2-2---x-|
B|--2b3r2-p-0-------0---------(3)---------------------------0----0-0---x-|
F#|------------3-p-0----------------------------------3-p-0---------------|

and say ahh-men Rinse cup, and spit again

F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------3----3-3---x-x-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------2----0-0---x-x----------0~-----------------------------------|
E|---------0----0-0---x-x--0-h-2-3---3-p-2-p-0--------------------------|
B|--0-h-3---------------------------------------2b3r2-p-0-------0-------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------3-p-0---3-p-0-|

Pre-Chorus:
Forked tounge in double speak Pretty soon you just might…

E|-x---------x-5-4-4-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-2---2---x-5-5-5-4-4---------------4---------2---4-4-------------------|
G|-x-2---2---x-4-4-4-4-4---------------4---------2---4-4-------------6-6-6-|
D|-x-2---2---x-------4-4---------------4---------2---4-4-4-4---6-6h8-8h9p8-|
A|-x-0---0---x---------------5p2-2-2p0h2---------0-0-2-2-4-4--/4-4-4-------|
E|-x---0---0-x-----------5p2-------------0h3p0h5---------2-2---------------|

Inhale before you begin Your iron lung’s a bag of wind

E|-x-3-3-3--3-2-2--------------------------------------------|
B|-x-3-3-3--3-3-3--2--------------------2--------------2-5-4-|
G|-x-0-0-0--2-2-2--2------------2-------2--------------2-4-4-|
D|-x-0-0-0--0-0-0--2------------2-------2--------------2-4-4-|
A|-x-x-x-x---------0------3p0-0-0-----0-0--------------0-2-2-|
E|-x-3-3-3------------3p0---------3~~-----0h2p0h3p03~~-------|

Chorus:
There’s a fire in the hole Fire in the hole

E|-x--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-3--5--3--5/8-/10------------------------8--------------------------|
G|-x-2--4--2--4/7-/9-------------------------7--------------------------|
D|-x-0--2--0--2/5-/7-------------------------5----9-77-55-44-22---------|
A|-------------------------------------3h5p3---3/-7\55-33-22-00---------|
E|--------------------3-6p5-3-5-3~~-5---------------------------0-3/5-0-|

There’s a fire in the hole Fire

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--5--3--8--10-----------------------8---5---------------|
G|-2--4--2--7--9------------------------7-----4-----/-------|
D|-0--2--0--5--7------------------------5-------2---/-------|
A|--------------------------------3h5p3-----------2-/-------|
E|-----------------3~~--6p5--3h5----------2-----------15\\\-|

Verse:
Sweet ‘n’ sour, filiblister Faucet pouring,

F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------3----3-3-------------------------------|
A|---------2----2-2----------------2----0-0---------------0~-0~-----------|
E|---------2----2-2----------------0----0-0-----0-h-2-h-3~-----3-p-2-p-0~-|
B|---------0----0-0---------0-h-3-----------------------------------------|
F#|--0-h-3-----------------------------------------------------------------|

fresh ‘n’ bitter Come on smile and…

F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------5-----------------------------------x-|
A|------------------2-----2-h-5-p-2---2-h-5-p-2--------------2----2-2---x-|
E|------------------2----------------------------0v----------2----2-2---x-|
B|--2b3r2-p-0-------0-------------------------------3--------0----0-0---x-|
F#|------------3-p-0-----------------------------------3-p-0---------------|

On a count of three Ya got a mindful of decavities Hey!

F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------3----3-3---x-x-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------2----0-0---x-x----------0~-----------------------------------|
E|---------0----0-0---x-x--0-h-2-3---3-p-2-p-0--------------------------|
B|--0-h-3---------------------------------------2b3r2-p-0-------0-------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------3-p-0---3-p-0-|

Pre-Chorus:
Chew your words, lest you choke You better watch your mouth…

E|-x---------x-5-4-4-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-2---2---x-5-5-5-4-4---------------4---------2---4-4-------------------|
G|-x-2---2---x-4-4-4-4-4---------------4---------2---4-4-------------6-6-6-|
D|-x-2---2---x-------4-4---------------4---------2---4-4-4-4---6-6h8-8h9p8-|
A|-x-0---0---x---------------5p2-2-2p0h2---------0-0-2-2-4-4--/4-4-4-------|
E|-x---0---0-x-----------5p2-------------0h3p0h5---------2-2---------------|

Tongue tied in a tangled web Your bile inside better left…

E|-x-3-3-3--3-2-2--------------------------------------------|
B|-x-3-3-3--3-3-3--2--------------------2--------------2-5-4-|
G|-x-0-0-0--2-2-2--2------------2-------2--------------2-4-4-|
D|-x-0-0-0--0-0-0--2------------2-------2--------------2-4-4-|
A|-x-x-x-x---------0------3p0-0-0-----0-0--------------0-2-2-|
E|-x-3-3-3------------3p0---------3~~-----0h2p0h3p03~~-------|

Chorus:
There’s a fire in the hole Fire in the hole

E|-x--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-3--5--3--5/8-/10------------------------8--------------------------|
G|-x-2--4--2--4/7-/9-------------------------7--------------------------|
D|-x-0--2--0--2/5-/7-------------------------5----9-77-55-44-22---------|
A|-------------------------------------3h5p3---3/-7\55-33-22-00---------|
E|--------------------3-6p5-3-5-3~~-5---------------------------0-3/5-0-|

There’s a fire in the hole Fire

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--5--3--8--10-----------------------8---5---------------|
G|-2--4--2--7--9------------------------7-----4-----/-------|
D|-0--2--0--5--7------------------------5-------2---/-------|
A|--------------------------------3h5p3-----------2-/-------|
E|-----------------3~~--6p5--3h5----------2-----------15\\\-|

Solo (Background guitar):

E|-----------3-3---------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-3----------------------2-2-3-3-2-2------|
G|-----------0-0----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2------|
D|-2-2-------0-0---------------2---2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-| x2
A|-2-2-------x-x-----2p0-----0-2---2--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-|
E|-0-0-/-5p4p3-3-0h3-----3~~---0h3p0---------------0-0-|

Then it goes into just chords (when the drums start with the ride cymbal)
[(D5)]

E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-4-5-4/7-5-4--5-4/7--9--9/-|
D|-4-5-4/7-5-4--5-4/7--9--9/-|
A|-2-3-2/5-3-2--3-2/5--7--7/-|
E|---------------------------|

Bridge:

F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------3----3-3-------------------------------|
A|---------2----2-2----------------2----0-0---------------0~-0~-----------|
E|---------2----2-2----------------0----0-0-----0-h-2-h-3~-----3-p-2-p-0~-|
B|---------0----0-0---------0-h-3-----------------------------------------|
F#|--0-h-3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------5-----------------------------------x-|
A|------------------2-----2-h-5-p-2---2-h-5-p-2--------------2----2-2---x-|
E|------------------2----------------------------0v----------2----2-2---x-|
B|--2b3r2-p-0-------0-------------------------------3--------0----0-0---x-|
F#|------------3-p-0-----------------------------------3-p-0---------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------3----3-3---x-x-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2----0-0---x-x----------0~----------------------2--------------|
E|---------0----0-0---x-x--0-h-2-3---3-p-2-p-0-------------2--------------|
B|--0-h-3---------------------------------------2b3--------0--///////////-|
F#|---------------------------------------------------0-h-3----///////////-|

Chorus:
There’s a fire in the hole Fire in the hole

E|-x--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-3--5--3--5/8-/10------------------------8--------------------------|
G|-x-2--4--2--4/7-/9-------------------------7--------------------------|
D|-x-0--2--0--2/5-/7-------------------------5----9-77-55-44-22---------|
A|-------------------------------------3h5p3---3/-7\55-33-22-00---------|
E|--------------------3-6p5-3-5-3~~-5---------------------------0-3/5-0-|

There’s a fire in the hole Fire

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--5--3--8--10-----------------------8---5---------------|
G|-2--4--2--7--9------------------------7-----4-----/-------|
D|-0--2--0--5--7------------------------5-------2---/-------|
A|--------------------------------3h5p3-----------2-/-------|
E|-----------------3~~--6p5--3h5----------2-----------15\\\-|

There’s a fire, fire, fire A fire!

E|------------------------------------------|
B|-3--5--3--8--10-----------------------8---|
G|-2--4--2--7--9------------------------7---|
D|-0--2--0--5--7------------------------5---|
A|--------------------------------3h5p3-----|
E|-----------------3~~--6p5--3h5----------2-|

Outro:

B|-----------3-3---------------------------------------|
F#|-----------3-3----------------------2-2-3-3-2-2------|
D|-----------0-0----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2------|
A|-2-2-------0-0---------------2---2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|
E|-2-2-------x-x-----2p0-----0-2---2--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-|
B|-0-0-/-5p4p3-3-0h3-----3~~---0h3p0---------------0-0-|

Lyrics
In a word to the wisdom tooth
To tell, or not the truth (yeah)
So open up and say ahh-men
Rinse cup, and spit again

Forked tongue in double speak
Pretty soon you just might spring a leak
Inhale before you begin
Your iron lung’s a bag of wind

There’s a fire in the hole
Fire in the hole
There’s a fire in the hole (hey hey hey hey hey)
Fire

Sweet ‘n’ sour, filiblister
Faucet pouring, fresh ‘n’ bitter
Come on smile and say cheese
On a count of three
Ya got a mindful of decavities
Hey!

Chew your words, lest you choke
You better watch your mouth
Wash it out with soap. Yeah!
Tongue tied in a tangled web
Your bile inside better left unsaid

There’s a fire in the hole
Fire in the hole (hey hey hey hey hey)
There’s a fire in the hole (hey hey hey hey hey)
Fire!
Ah, shoot it!

(Guitar Solo)

Hey-hey-yeah!
Huh!
Yeah!
Hey-hey-yeah!

(hey hey hey hey hey)
There’s a fire in the hole
Fire in the hole (hey hey hey hey hey)
There’s a fire in the hole (hey hey hey hey hey)
Fire in the hole (hey hey hey hey hey)

There’s a fire, fire, fire
A fire!

Subject: TAB: “Spanked” by Van Halen

Here’s yet another addition to my collection of hard-as-hell Van Halen tabs.
But this one is probably the easiest of the bunch. The interesting thing
about this song is that the main riff is played on a special six-string
bass/guitar. The bass/guitar is an instrument that Ernie Ball/Music Man
makes (as far as I know, they’re the only ones who make em’) that is
supposedly “the guitar for bassists, and the bass for guitarists”. It’s
BASS-ically (ha, ha) a guitar with open strings that are tuned an octave
down from normal guitars. The strings are the same (E-A-D-G-B-E), but
they’re an octave lower. It’s a pretty cool idea, I wish I had 1200 bucks
to spend on one. Anyway, apparently Van Halen’s producer (whose name
escapes me at the moment) brought this thing into the studio one day and
Eddie decided to plug it into his 5150 stack and liked the sound it got so
they decided to use it for the ominous verse and chorus riffs to “Spanked”.
For live performances, Eddie uses a hybrid double-neck with his signature
guitar on top, and this bass/guitar on the bottom. I’m not entirely sure
how they arrange the parts between him and Michael Anthony when they play
live, but here’s the album version of “Spanked” from For Unlawful Carnal
Knowledge:
Some notes on my tab: b bend a little bit 🙂
bf bend full
br bend and release back to pitch
pm palm mute until the end of the “…”
h hammer-on
p pull-off

“Spanked”
by Van Halen
tab by Paul D.
s3bz@music.transy.edu

First, there’s this nifty intro utilizing the infamous “E-Bow” (nice little
$70 electronic guitar gadget). The E-Bow part is tabbed in between the
brackets (>> to >

||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
||--14--~~~~~~-|-(14)--~~~~~~-|-12--~~~~~~-|-(12)--~~~~~~-|-11--~~~~~~-|
||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|
||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|

b

------------||--------------|---------------------|--------------------|
------------||--------------|---------------------|--------------------|
------------||--------------|---------------------|--------------------|
-12--~~~~~~-||--------------|-------2-2-0h2-------|--------------------|
------------||------------5-|-------------2p0-----|--------------------|
------------||-0-----0--7---|-0---------------3-2-|-0-----0-4-5-4/5--3-|
------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
--------------0---0-----|-------------|-------------------------|
------2-0-0-2-4-4/5-x-x-|-------------|-------2-2-2-0-5-2---0h2-|
--------------------x-x-|---------5---|-------------------2-----|
0-----------------------|-0-----7---0-|-0-----------------------|

-----------|-----------|
-----------|-----------|
-----------|-----------|
-----------|-----------|
---------5-|-------5---|
0-----7----|-0-0-0---0-|

Okay, at this point, the bass/guitar starts playing the following at a
sorta “double-time” pace:
pm…………………

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

While a lead electric guitar does something like this:
remember…play it FAST 🙂
br

||-----------0-------0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-0-0----------|
||-0-3-0-3/5---0-3/5---3/5---0-3---|-3/5---0-3---3---0----0h3-|
||---------------------------------|-------------------2------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------|
----0-------0-----0-----0-0----0----|-0----0-0----0-----||
(3)---0-3/5---5/7---7/8-8-8/10---10-|---10---8-10/12-12||
------------------------------------|-------------------||
------------------------------------|-------------------||
------------------------------------|-------------------||
------------------------------------|-------------------||

Then, the bass/guitar begins its “verse” part; that really cool, crunchy,
ominous-sounding bassline (while the electric guitar twangs out an Em7):
bf

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

You can adlib a bit on that bass part wherever you feel it’s necessary.
Listen to the CD to get the variations. 😉

Now, comes the “pre-chorus” (“Tell me, who ya gonna call when you need that
affection…”). The basic chords are D A C G, but here’s the tab:

[(D)] [(A)] [(C)] [(G)]

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

(D) (A) (C) (nc)

--------------|-------------|---------------|----------|
--------------|-------------|---------------|----------|
----------2---|-------------|---------------|----------|
0-0-4-x-x-----|---------2--|-------2-x-x-5-|----------|
--------------|-0---0-4-----|-3---3---------|---0-1-2--|
--------------|-------------|---------------|-3--------|

Then for the chorus (“All you bad, bad boys, call her up on the Spank
Line”), there’s this variation on the main verse riff:
bf bf

||---------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
||---------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
||---------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
||-----------4-5-|-----------------------|-----2-5-4---5-|----2-5-4-------|
||---------2-----|---------2----5-5--5-5-|-3-3-----------|3-3-------5-6-6-|
||-0-0-2/4-------|-0-0-2/4---------------|---------------|----------------|

bf bf

---------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------||
---------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------||
---------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------||
-----------4-5-|-----------------------|----2-5-4---5-|-----------2-||
---------2-----|---------2----5-5--7-7-|3-3-----------|---------2---||
-0-0-2/4-------|-0-0-2/4---------------|--------------|-0-0-2/4-----||

After the SECOND chorus, there’s a bit with percussive guitar noises and
vocal and guitar echo effects, just adlib that. Do a lot of divebomb stuff
with a ton of delay and reverb. 🙂

Here’s what I could gather from the lyrics:
Verse 1:
Both feet up, watchin’ TV
Someplace to feast my eyes.
Well I’m always tripped on commercials
But this one blew my mind.

Pre-chorus 1:
“Tell me who you gonna call
When you need that affection?
You got ta’ have it quick.
Well just aim your love line
In her direction.”
Whoa_____!

Chorus:
All you bad, bad boys
Call her up on the Spank Line.
All you bad, bad boys
Call her up on the Spank Line.

Verse 2:
Three dollars, first minute
After that, cost ya’ four.
She’ll be up for negotiations
If you come back for more.

Pre-chorus 2:
“Now, who you gonna call
When you need that special little somethin’?
You can say what you like.
It’s all confidential.”

Interlude (the part with all the wierd echo effects and stuff);
B-b-bad boy!
Dial 1-900-SPANKED!
All you bad, bad boys
Call her up on the Spank Line.

For the most part, this tab was created with:

BUCKET ‘O TAB
tablature creation software for Windows
For more information:
email: gse@ocsystems.com
US Mail: The Bucket, 3176-B5 Summit Square Dr., Oakton, VA 22124

Well, there’s “Spanked” without the solo or outro. Here’s a hint: the solo
begins with that lead guitar bit from the before the first verse. I’m not
much of a lead guitarist so Eddie Van Halen solos are a bit out of my
league. But I think what I’ve tabbed here should provide a practical
version of “Spanked”.
Questions/comments/(maybe even requests) welcome by email only. 😉
Good luck,
Paul D. s3bz@music.transy.edu

Here’s Panama by Van Halen… THE WHOLE THING (Well most of it anyway)

Transcribed by Eric Larson (larsoe@rpi.edu)

I figured this out with my own two ears, so I’m sure it’s not perfect, but
I tried to come as close as I could.

Intro:

--------------------------------|-------------------------|-
-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|-
-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|-
-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----7\--|-
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------O\--|-
---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|-

PM (all open E’s) DB (Dive Bomb –
Hit the Twang Stick)

--------------------------------|-------------------------|
-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|
-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|
-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----####--|
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------####--|
---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|

PS (Pick-Slide)
Pre-Verse:
[B/Bsu4]

|-0---------------------------------------------|-
|-5------------------4-5-4--42--2-2------------|-
|-6------------------4-4-4--42--2-2------------|-
|-6------------------4-4-4--42--2-2--4^h^4~~~~-|-
|-4------4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------------------|-

$ AH ($ strum & let ring)

C#min B/Bsu4 A B [---------Riff #1------------]
-4---------------------------------------------O-----O-----5----5-----5-----|
-5--4---4-5--------4-5-4--42--2-2---------------4-----4-----4----4-----4---|
-6----6------------4-4-4--42--2-2---------4-------4-----4-----4----4-----4-|
-6-----------------4-4-4--42--2-2---------4--------------------------------|
-4-----------------------------------O-O-O-2--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---Harmonics----]

Chorus:

|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------3-X---3----------|--------3-X---3---------|--------3-X---3---------|
|-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|
|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|
|-2---O----X-O---O--------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|
|-O-O--------------3/53~~|-O-O--------------3/53~|-O-O--------------3/53~|

(Uh!) (Hey yeah!….) (Uh Huh!)

-------------------------|
--------3-X---3----------|
-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|
-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|
-2---O----X-O---O--------|
-O-O--------------3/53~~|

Verse1:

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------O---|
|-3-------------------------------5---------------------------------------O---|
|-2-----------------------------9-6-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-/|
|-O---2-------------------------9-7-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-/|
|-----2-------------------------7---5------------------5-5-7--------------O---|
|-----O------O-O-O-O-O--------------------(O)-(O)-(O)--------(O)-(O)----------|

Jump Back What’s that sound Here she comes….. Hot shoe.. $ PS

Bridge:
F# C#min (arpegiate chord)

|-O----------------------|-O---------------|---------------------------|------|
|-O----O-----O-----O-----|-5---------------|---------------------------|------|
|-3------3-----3-----3---|-6---------------|--------------------------|-riff-|
|-4--------4-----4-----4-|-6---------------|--------------------------|--#1--|
|-4----------------------|-4---------------|----5-------3------------2-|------|
|-2----------------------|-----------------|------6-5~----4-5~--2~-O---|------|

$(Dont you know she…) $(You lose a….)

Chorus

Verse 2 (basically the same as the first)
By Vlad (vladmo@hotmail.com)

Solo for “Panama”:
This is really how it goes…
(-%4x-)

---------------|-------7-----7-7--------------|--H----T-P-P-----|-----------------|
---------------|-----7-------7-7--------------|-7-10-12-10-7----|--P-P---7--------|
---------------|-9^B-----9^B------9^B^9^B~/--|-----------------|-9-7-9^B---9^B~~~|
---------------|------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
-3~-O----O-----|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
------3~---3~~-|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

..ah oh) WB Whammey Bar % repeat
^B Bend Full Step H Hamer-On
T Tap P Pull-Off

------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P-----------------------|
-(9^B~)--14-(9^B)--12-(9^B)--14-(9^B)--16-(9^B)--14-(9^B^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(release 9th bend here) ^ (bend up ^
with whammey bar)

-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
-7^B-7-----7^B~----------------|
-------9-7------9-8-7----------|
----------------------9-8-7----|
----------------------------10-|

Break? (I dunno what ya’ call this part!) ‘The Reach down
between my legs part’ 🙂

|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|---H--P-----------------H--P------------------H--P----------------|--
|-/9-10-9----7^B^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~----------|--
|---------10--------7~---------10-----10-------------10---10-10/12-|--
-------------------O--|
------------------O---|
-----------------2----|
---H--P---------3-----|
-/9-10-9-------3------|
---------10---1-------|

$ (Arpegiate Chord)

Any sugestions to: vladmo@hotmail.com
[–]

[—–]

By Vlad (vladmo@hotmail.com)

Solo for “Panama”:
This is really how it goes…
(-%4x-)

---------------|-------7-----7-7--------------|--H----T-P-P-----|-----------------|
---------------|-----7-------7-7--------------|-7-10-12-10-7----|--P-P---7--------|
---------------|-9^B-----9^B------9^B^9^B~/--|-----------------|-9-7-9^B---9^B~~~|
---------------|------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
-3~-O----O-----|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
------3~---3~~-|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

..ah oh) WB Whammey Bar % repeat
^B Bend Full Step H Hamer-On
T Tap P Pull-Off

------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P-----------------------|
-(9^B~)--14-(9^B)--12-(9^B)--14-(9^B)--16-(9^B)--14-(9^B^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(release 9th bend here) ^ (bend up ^
with whammey bar)

-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
-7^B-7-----7^B~----------------|
-------9-7------9-8-7----------|
----------------------9-8-7----|
----------------------------10-|

Break? (I dunno what ya’ call this part!) ‘The Reach down
between my legs part’ 🙂

|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|---H--P-----------------H--P------------------H--P----------------|--
|-/9-10-9----7^B^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~----------|--
|---------10--------7~---------10-----10-------------10---10-10/12-|--
-------------------O--|
------------------O---|
-----------------2----|
---H--P---------3-----|
-/9-10-9-------3------|
---------10---1-------|

$ (Arpegiate Chord)

Any sugestions to: vladmo@hotmail.com
[–]

[—–]

Panama
6D#

Intro
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM tremdown PM

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-------10--------7--------9-------10-----7--7--------8--------5----0-------|again exc.
|--9--------9--------8--------9--------9-----8--7--------7--------6------------| last two,
|-----7--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7--------5--5-----5--5---------------| replace
|--9--------9--------9--------9--------9-----9--7--------7--------7------------| w/pick
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------0--| slide
PM-----------| PM AH~~~~~ H PM
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-------------------4--5--4-----42--2--2--------------4--------4--5--4--5--4-----|
|--6-6-6-------------------4--4--4-----42--2--2---------6-------6-----------4--4--4-----|
|--6-6-6-------------------4--4--4-----42--2--2---------6----------6--------4--4--4-----|
|--4-4-4----4--4--4--4--4-----------0-------------2------4----------------------------0--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM------------| harm---------------------|
|-------------------------------0--------0--------5--------5--5--5--5--5--------|
|--42--2--2-----------------------4--------4--------4--------5--5--5--5--------|
|--42--2--2-----------------4--------4--------4--------4-----------------------|
|--42--2--2-----------------4--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0--0--0--0--0--2--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

PM–| PM—| PM

|---------------------------------------| |--------------------0-----------------|
|-----------3-----------3---------------| |--------------------0--2--3-----------|
|--------2--2--------2--2--2------------| |-----------------------2--2-----------|
|--2-----2--0--------2--0--2-----5/75--| |--0--2--------------------------------|
|--2-----0-----0--0--0-----0-----5/75--| |--0--2--------------------------------|
|--0--0-----------------------0---------| |-----0--0--0--0--0-----------0--0--0--|

pickslide ~~~~ ~~~~

|------------------0--------------------------0-----------0-------------------------------|
|---------------------0--0--------0--------------0--------0-------------------------------|
|------------4--4-----------3--------3-----6--------6-----6------------------------------4|
|------------4-----------------4--------4--6-----------6--6------------------------------4|
|------------2-----------------------------4--------------4----5----------3--------------2|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------6--5-------4--3----2-0--|

harmonics are the same as the intro

I’ll do the rest later

Tab by: Mike V. (|5150|)

Van Halen,1984
by dsale@jax.jaxnet.com
done with Bucket o’Tab (get it from nevada.edu)

ok im gonna start off after the tapped/fingerpicked little intro,where the
picking comes in.I did this just messing around and thought id upload it,if
you really need the intro that bad email me.
There is some bass notes in the song that make the chords sound different and
wouldnt sound right without them, so i added them as well.

/tremelo picking.

--------------------------|-----------------------0-3-5--|
--------------------------|---------------5--------------|
-------------------0h2----|-----2h4--0h5-----0h5---------|
----------2-------2-------|------------------------------|
0h2--2h3-----2h3----------|------------------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------------|

bend up 1/2,bring back down
[/]

------------------------|-----0-----------------0-----------------------|
---------/--------------|-----0--------------1--1-----------------------|
---2--2--4h2-----4h2h0--|--2--2--------------2--2-----------------5--5--|
------------------------|--2--------2--2--2-----------------------5--5--|
------------------------|--0--------0--0--0--------0--0--0--0--0--3--3--|
------------------------|--------4--------------------------------------|

^^Repeat this twice,then third time add in:

------------------------------------------------------| all the notes played
---------------------------------------------------1--| at the fourth fret
---------------------------------------------------2--| are bent up one
---------------------------------------------------3--| half step and vi-
---0-----0-----------0--------0--0--0-----0--0--------| brated.(Listen to the
-----4-----4--4--4-----4--4-----------4--------5-----| damn song.:)

i didnt add in that first fast lick thingee he does in between doing the
last part twice because i cant make out what notes he is doing by just
listening to it and i couldve slowed it down w/my computer but i havent got
around to it.anywayz,right before the verses is:

----t-----t------t---|
--/------------------| )
---10h9------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---10----13--12--11--10--9--8--7--6--|---------------------------------|
---9-----12--12--10--10--9--8--7--6--|-------(5)------------(7)--(12)--|
-------------------------------------|--(5)-------(5)--(7)-------------|
-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Next is that thing after the first chorus.

------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|
------------------5--------7--7--7--9--9--9-----|
------------2--3--3--3--5--5--5--7--7--7--8--3--|
---------0-----------------------------------1--|

Now the sections before the solo.This first part is played twice.The second
part leads into the solo.

---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
----------------------3h2--0-----|-----------------------------------|
2--------2/----x--x--2----2--0--|-----------------------------------|
2--------2--------------------0--|-----4--3~~~--4~~~-----4--3~~~--4--|
0--------0-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
---4~~~-----------------------3--|--2-----------------2--------------|
--------------------------------trem.picking------------|
--------------7------------------~~~----~~~----~~~------|
--------------7--7--6~~~--7-----9-----11-----12-----14--|
----------/---7-----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|

play again,exept substitute ^ (the above trem.picking) w/:

----------------------------------------------|
--------------7h6-----6h5----------5h4-----3--|
-------------------0--------------------0-----|
---------0h77h6-----6h5-----0h5--5h4-----3--|
----------------------------------------------|

[–]

(One, two, one, two, three, four)
Come on, baby

Ow.. Wha-oh-a-wha-oh-wha-oh.. uh!

[Verse 1]
Oh, if you wanna see other guys
Baby, I could let it slide
You want a lover, you want a friend
Mama I can be both of them
I got the tools, to satisfy.. uh
A C#m D N.C.
Just walk away if I fall shy at all

Come on baby, finish what ya started
I’m incomplete, huh!
That ain’t no way to treat the broken-hearted
I need some sympathy!

[Verse 2]
I like to look at the long run
I like to take each step, one by one
Right on time, you will arrive
By keepin’ the dream alive
It’s alive and it’s kickin’
A C#m D N.C.
Inside of me, so come on baby, please

Come on baby finish what ya started
Oh! I’m incomplete.. uh!
That ain’t no way to treat the broken-hearted
Ow! Come on and finish me!

Come on baby, you say..
(Baby come on)
F# G F# G B N.C.
Yeah.. baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, bay-yeah!
(Baby come on)

Uh! Now come on baby, please.. oh baby, come on..
(Come on baby finish what ya started)
Ahh
(That ain’t no way to treat the broken-hearted)
Oh, oo-ow-oo-ow-oo-ow!
(Come on baby finish what ya started)
Whoo! Gimmee. Ah!
(That ain’t no way to treat the broken-hearted)
Mmm, mmm-hmm (Baby come on)
Ah. Take each step baby.. one by one
(Baby come on)
Yeah, come on
(Baby come on)
I got the tools. I’ll satisfy ya, come on baby
(Baby come on)
Wow-oo-ow-oo-ow! Yeah..
(Baby come on)
(Baby come on baby come..)
So come on baby..
..on baby come on..)
So baby come on.. (fadeout)
(Baby come on)

Van Halen – Pretty Woman
Transcribed by Norman Lin

E ———————————————————————-
B ———————————————————————-
G ———————————————————————-
D —————–0-(let ring for 4 beats) —————————-
A -2—2——-2——————————————————–
E -0—0—4————————————————————

^ ^

This is played twice, then comes the familiar complete arpeggio:

E ———————————————————————-
B ———————————————————————-
G ———————————————————————-
D —————–0—4—2—0—————————————-
A -2—2——-2——————————————————–
E -0—0—4————————————————————

It seems to sound better if you mute the E string right after playing the
G# so that the G# on the E string and the B on the A string don’t ring
together. Also, with the 2 performers I saw, one played an E chord
backing while the other picked out the E7 arpeggio.

Play that arpeggio as many times as you want to lead into the song:

Pretty woman, walking down the street/Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman, I don’t believe you; you’re not true
No one could look as good as you

Pretty woman, won’t you pardon me/Pretty woman, I couldn’t help but see
Pretty woman, you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?

Pretty woman, stop a while/Pretty woman, talk a while
Dm C (held for 2 measures)
Pretty woman, give your smile to me
Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah/Pretty woman, walk my way
Pretty woman, say you’ll stay with me

Oh, ‘cause I need you; I’ll treat you right
Come with me baby; be mine tonight

(play E7 arpeggio here a couple of times)

Pretty woman, don’t walk on by/Pretty woman, don’t make me cry
A E (strummed until the last ‘A’ chord below)
Pretty woman, don’t walk away, hey… okay
If that’s the way it must be then okay
I guess I’ll go on home; it’s late; there’ll be tomorrow night, but wait…
What do I see? Is she walking back to me? Yeah, she’s walking back to me…
Oh, oh,
A (hit 2 times hard then mute completely)
Pretty Woman

Supplied by Greg J. Musi (musi+@pitt.edu)

I saw a request for this song a while ago. I wasn’t gonna do it
‘cause I thought it was a completely impractical song to wanna know how to
play (kinda like NIN’s “Closer” or something like that) for the simple fact
that without a very SPECIFIC kind of guitar, the song is unplayable!
Eddie uses a Steinberger on this one. For those of you that don’t know,
Steinbergers are those $1900 suckers that look like little boxes with a
guitar neck comin’ out of them. Steinberger also is the only company
(that I know of) that has what’s called a Trans-Trem vibrato system. This
allows the guitarist to pull up or push down on the trem bar and lock it
into place so that the pitch of the strings remain in tune, but are
TRANSposed to a different tuning. A wonderful invention if you ask me.
No more tuning down 1/2 step or anything like that. This system ALSO
does other cool stuff: By magic, it keeps all of the strings IN TUNE when
you pull up or push down on the bar. Like, you could strum an A chord
and pull up on the bar and make it sound like a C chord. For an example
of this gadget at work, try listening to “Get Up” from Van Halen 5150.
Eddie isn’t sliding his fingers, he’s pulling up on the fuckin’ bar! And
then for the solo, he locks it into place a few half-steps up!
Anyway, the only reason I decided to tab this song is ‘cause I figured if
you had a capo that was easily and quickly removed, you COULD concievably
play this song accurately. So whip out them capos kiddies, and put ‘em
across the 3rd fret…
~~~~~~~~

Tab explanation:
everything’s basically straight-forward except for a few things…
“t” above the tab means tap that note with your picking hand
“sl” above the tab means slide to that fret with your tapping finger
“nh” means it’s natural harmonics until the end of the “…”

Summer Nights
by Van Halen
tab by Paul D.
pdmytrewycz@music.transy.edu

(For the sake of accuracy, I have tabbed this song as it would ACTUALLY be
played. With the capo on the 3rd fret, your open notes are technically
all gonna be 3’s in tab. So until I indicate that you are to remove
the capo, all 3’s mean that you leave the string open and let the capo do
the rest. 🙂 For example, the first chord here is SUPPOSED to look like
a standard “G” shape, but the tab looks funny because the 3rd fret is
really your “open”. Is that confusing enough?…)

w/fingers:

||---------5-------3---|---------------------|---------5-------3---|-------
||-6-------6-----6---6-|-6-------6p5---3-----|-6-------6-----6---6-|-------
||-3-----3-5---5-------|-3-----3-5-------5---|-3-----3-5---5-------|-------
||-3---3-----3---------|-3---3---5---5-----5-|-3---3-----3---------|-------
||---------------------|-5-5-----3-----------|---------------------|-------
||-6-6-----------------|---------------------|-6-6-----------------|-------
----------------------|---------5-------3---|---------------||
6-------6p5---3-------|-6-------6-----6---6-|-6---------5---||
3-----3-5---------5---|-3-----3-5---5-------|-3-------3-5---||
3---3---5---5---5---5-|-3---3-----3---------|-3-----3---5---||
5-5-----3-------------|---------------------|-5---5-----3---||
----------------------|-6-6-----------------|-6-6-----------||

w/pick:

----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|--------
6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-6-6-6---5-5-----------------|---6-6-6---6-6-----|--------
3-3-3-3-5-5-----|-3-3-3---5-5-----------------|---3-3-3---5-5-----|--------
3-3-3-3-3-3---x|-3-3-3---5-5---3-7p5p3-------|---3-3-3---3-3---x|--------
----------3---x|-5-5-5---3-3-----------7p5p3-|-----------------x|--------
6-6-6-6-------x|-----------------------------|-6-6-6-6---------x|--------
--------------------------------|---------------------|
6-6-6---5-5---------------------|---6-6-6-6-6-6-------|
3-3-3---5-5---------------------|---3-3-3-3-5-5-------|
3-3-3---5-5-----------8---------|---3-3-3-3-3-3---xx|
5-5-5---3-3---3h5h6h7---7p6p5p3-|-------------3---xx|
--------------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-------xx|

(nh w/bar)

-------------------2~~~-|-----------||
6-6-6---5-5--------3----|-----------||
3-3-3---5-5------2-2----|--5--/---7-|| at  return to standard
3-3-3---5-5------2-0----|--5--/---7-|| position (remove capo)
5-5-5---3-3------0------|-----------||
------------------------|-----------||

When you’re back in standard, you’re ready to begin the main part of the
song, which has the following chord progression with a few variations:
And [G/B]it’s played like so…
[G/B]

|-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3---------------------|---3-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-2-----------------|---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-2-2---|-0-0-0-2-2-----------------|---0-0-0-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-2-2---0-4p2p0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------0-0---|-2-2-2-0-0-----------4p2p0-|---------0-0-|
|-3-3-3-------|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-----|

w/bar

3-3-3-------------------------|---3-3-3-----------|-3-3-3------------------
3-3-3-2-2---------------------|---3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-2--2~~~----------
0-0-0-2-2---------------------|---0-0-0-2-2-------|-0-0-0-2--2~~~----------
0-0-0-2-2-----------5---------|---0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-2--2~~~----------
2-2-2-0-0---0h2h3h4---4p3p2p0-|---------0-0-------|-2-2-2-0--0~~~----------
------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-------x--|------------------------
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||-2-------------------|-2---------------------------|
||-0-4---x-2-4---------|-0-4-------------------------|
||----2-----0-2---0h2p0-|---2-----------------x-4p2p0-|
||----------------------|-------0h2p0-3p0-4-5---------|

--------------------|--------------------||--------------------------|
--------------------|--------------------||-7/97/97---9---10---7/9-|
2-------------------|-2-----------------||-------------9---9----7/9-|
0-4---x-2-4---------|-0-4---------------||-7/97/97---9---9----7/9-|
--2-----0-2---0h2p0-|---2----------------||-------------7---7----5/7-|
--------------------|-------0h2p0-3/4p0--||--------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------|
7/97/97---10---9---7-|-7/97/97---9---10---7---9--|
------------9----9---7-|-------------9---9----7---9--|
7/97/97---9----9---7-|-7/97/97---9---9----7---9--|
------------7----7---5-|-------------7---7----5---7--|
-----------------------|------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------|
-----1211------10-----7-----65-|---------------------|
---------------------------------|-2-------------------|
0h12----11-0h10----0h7---0h6--(5)|-0-4---x-2-4---------|
---------------------------------|---2-----0-2---0h2p0-|
---------------------------------|---------------------|
------------------|---------------|
------------------|-3-----3-3-----|
2-----------------|-2-----2-2-----|
0-4---------------|-0-----0-0-----|
--2---------------|---------------|
------0h2p0-3/4p0-|---0~------2~--|

t t t t sl t

----------------------------------------------------||
3-3-----3-3-3---------------------------------------||
2-2-----2-2-2---------------------------------------||
0-0-----0-0-----------------------------------------||
------------2~--0h4-12p0h4-12p0h4-12p0h4-12/1412p7-||
----3~----------------------------------------------||

Then it’s back to the G D G/B A progression again for the chorus.
Then comes the solo for which Eddie locks his Trans-Trem 1 step DOWN!
(i.e. DON’T ASK! I’m not gonna tune my guitar 1 step down just to figure it
out.) Then, after the solo, Eddie brings the Trans-Trem back up to the
FIRST position (1 1/2 steps up) and plays the little beginning part again.
And then again back to standard for another chorus bit (“Ahhhh, summer
nights…”).

For the outro, I think it’s just that main chord progression with something
like this over it…
(let ring)
nh…………….. nh……

||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
||-------12----------7-|-----7------5-----|----12-----7-||
||----12-----------7---|---7----------6---|-12------7---||
||-12---------12-7-----|-7-------7------7-|/12-----/7---||
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||

After that, I’m not sure, it starts to fade out and it’s tough to hear.
I guess you could just flub it from there…

Good luck!