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SOURCE OF INFECTION
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1988 Album OU812)
Words and Music by Van Halen
Transcribed by Cherry Lane Publishing (typed to Powertab by Kevinbecton1@aol.com
D5 C5 A5 G5
x 5 7 7 x x x 3 5 5 x x x 0 2 2 x x 3 5 5 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie (Rhythm/Lead)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie (Fills)'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=136
4/4
Gtr I
T T T T T
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------||-----------------------------------------|
|----------||o----------------------------------------|
|----------||-----------------------------------------|
|----------||-----------------------------------------|
|----------||o-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h5h7-|
|----------||-----------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h7-12p0h10-14p0h7p0-o||
|-----------------------------------------||
D5 C5 D5 D5
Gtr II
E E Q Q E. S +E E Q S E. E. S
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h7-12p0h10-14p0h7h10-|-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h7-12p0h10-14p0h7h10-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A5 G5 A5
E E Q Q E. S
| | |
/ / /
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h7-12p0h10-14p0h7p0----|
|-------------------------------------------|
+E E Q H
|
/
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h7-12p0h10-12p0h7h9-|
|----------------------------------------|
(C) (G)
W W
T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-12p5h9-14p5h7-12p5h9-14p5h7-12p5h7h9----|
|-10p3h5-9p3h7-10p3h5-9p3h7-10p3h5h7-|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
S
(D) (E)
T T T T T ~~~ T T T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|------3------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S +S +S +S +S +S +S
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p5h9-14p5h7-12p5h9-14p5h7-12p5h7b9-|-12p7h11-12p7h11-12p7h11-12p11b12==(11)r(11)b12==(11)r(11)-(11)-(11)\-|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
lightly Faster Q=140
(A) (Asus4) (D)
T T T T T
|----6-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-12p0h4-12p0h5-12p0h5h9-12p0h5h9-12p5h7h9--|
||--------------------------------------------|
1.
(A) (Asus4) (D) (E)
T T T T T ~~
|-3-| |-----6-----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-12p4p0h4-12p0h5-12p0h5h9-12p0h7h11-14p12p0h7h11-o||
|--------------------------------------------------||
2.
(A) (Asus4) (D) (E) (A) (Asus4) (D)
T T T T T ~~ T T T T T
|-----6-----| |----6-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-12p0h4-12p0h5-12p0h5h9-12p0h7h11-14p12p11-|-12p0h4-12p0h5-12p0h5h9-12p0h5h9-12p5h7h9--|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
(A) (Asus4) (D)
T T T T T ~~
|-----6-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-12p0h4-12p0h5-12p0h5h9-12p0h7h11-14p12p11-|
|-------------------------------------------|
(A) (Asus4) (D)
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-12p0h4-12p0h5-12p0h5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9p=|
|---------------------------------------|
E5
E E +S E. E. S +E E +S E. Q Q E. S
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|---9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-|-(9)-9\------------||
|---9-(9)-9--9--9-(9)-9-|-(9)-9\------------||
|-5-7-(7)-7--7--7-(7)-7-|-(7)-7\----------0-||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
Verse 1
C C#D (D) (C(C) C C#D
~~~~~~ PM| PM|
E E Q E S S +S E S S S S S +Q e s S S E S E E Q S E S S E S
|------------------x-----|----------------------x---|----------------------|
|-5-6-7------x-(x)-x-----|----------------------x---|-5-6-7----------------|
|-5-6-7------x-(x)-x-----|----------------------x---|-5-6-7------x---x-----|
|-5-6-7------x-(x)-x-----|----------------------x---|-5-6-7------x---x-----|
|-3-4-5--x-x-x-(x)---(0)-|-5-0-4-3-(3)--x-x-------0-|-3-4-5--x-x-x---x-----|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------(0)-|
(A) (G(G) E7+9
~~~~~~
S S S S +E. +S E E +E. S
|------------------------------|
|----------------------8-(8)---|
|----------------------7-(7)---|
|----------------------6-(6)---|
|----------------------7-(7)-0-|
|-5-(0)-4-3-(3)-(3)/-----------|
C C#D (D) (C(C)
PM| ~~~~~~ PM
E E Q e s S +S E S S S S S +Q e S S S E S
|------------------x---|--------------------------|
|-5-6-7------x-(x)-x---|------------------x---x---|
|-5-6-7------x-(x)-x---|------------------x---x---|
|-5-6-7------x-(x)-x---|------------------x---x---|
|-3-4-5--x-x-x-(x)---0-|-5-0-4-3-(3)--x---x---x-0-|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
C C#D A5 C5/G F#5 A5
PM|
E E Q E S S S E S Q. E +Q Q E E +S E. E S S +E E
|----------------x---|------------------------||--------------------------|
|-5-6-7------x---x---|-----------1--(1)-------||--------------------------|
|-5-6-7------x---x---|-2---------0--(0)-------||------------2-(2)-2-(2)-2-|
|-5-6-7------x---x-x-|-2--------(0)-----------||---4-(4)-4--4p=2--4-(4)-2-|
|-3-4-5--x-x-x---x-x-|-0----------------------||---4-(4)-4--------------0-|
|--------------------|----4-(4)--3--(3)S=17\--||-2-------2----------------|
E. S +E E H
E5 F#5 B5
+H H E E +S E S E. S +E E +H S E. S S S S
|---------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(2)-----------|-------------2--4-(4)-4-|-(4)----2h4--2h4-2-----|
|-(2)-----2-----|---4-(4)-4-x-4--4-(4)-4-|-(4)----x----------(4)-|
|-(0)--0--2-----|---4-(4)-4-x------------|-----------------------|
|---------0--0--|-2---------x------------|-----------------------|
+Q Q Q Q
F#5 A5 E5 F#5 B5
E E +S E. a E S S +E E +H H E E +S S S S E. a S +E E
|--------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
|--------------2---2-(2)-2-|-(2)----------|---------------2--4s6-(6)-4-|
|---4-(4)-4--2h4p2-4-(4)-2-|-(2)----2-----|---4-(4)-4-4-4-4--4s6-(6)-4-|
|---4-(4)-4--------------0-|-(0)----2-----|---4-(4)-4-4-4--------------|
|-2-------2----------------|--------0--0--|-2-------2-2-2--------------|
H Q Q
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/
+E +E +S +E +S +S +E +S +E. S
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-(4)-(4)--(4)-(4)--(4)--(4)-(4)--(4)--(4)---||
|-(4)-(4)--(4)-(4)--(4)--(4)-(4)--(4)--(4)---||
|------------------------------------------0-||
|--------------------------------------------||
Verse 2
C C#D (D) (C(C)
PM| ~~~~~~ PM|
E E Q e s S S E S S S S S +Q e s S S E S
|----------------x---|----------------------x---|
|-5-6-7----------x---|------------------x---x---|
|-5-6-7------x---x---|------------------x---x---|
|-5-6-7------x---x---|------------------x---x---|
|-3-4-5--x-x-x---x-0-|-5-0-4-3-(3)--x-x-------0-|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
C C#D (A) (G(G) E7+9 C7C#7D7
PM| ~~~~~~ ~~ PM|
E E Q e s S S E S S S S S +Q E E +E. +S E E Q e s S S E S
|----------------x---|----------------------------|------------------x---|
|-5-6-7----------x---|------------------8-(8)-----|------------------x---|
|-5-6-7------x---x---|------------------7-(7)-(7)-|-9-10-11------x---x---|
|-5-6-7------x---x---|------------------6-(6)-(6)-|-8--9-10------x---x---|
|-3-4-5--x-x-x---x-0-|------------------7-(7)-(7)-|----------x-x-x---x-0-|
|--------------------|-5-(0)-4-3-(3)--------------|----------------------|
(D) (C(C) C C#D A5 C5/G
~~~~~~ PM| PM
S S S S +Q e s S S E S E E Q e S S S T T S S Q. E +Q Q
|----------------------x---|------------^x-------^x---|----------------------||
|------------------x---x---|-5-6-7------^x---x---^x---|----------1-(1)-------||
|------------------x---x-x-|-5-6-7------^x-----x-^x---|-2--------0-(0)-------||
|------------------x---x-x-|-5-6-7------^x-------^x---|-2--------------------||
|-5-0-4-3-(3)--x-x-------0-|-3-4-5--x------------^x---|-0--------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----4-(4)-3-(3)--17\--||
E. S +E E +Q Q
F#5 A5 E5 F#5 B5
E E +S S E E S S +E E +H H E E +S E. E. a S E E
|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------2---2-(2)-2-|-(2)---------|------------2--4s6-6-4-|
|---4-(4)-4-4-4p2-4-(4)-2-|-(2)----2----|---4-(4)-4--4--4s6-6-4-|
|---4-(4)-4-4-----------0-|-(0)----2----|---4-(4)-4-------------|
|-2-------2-2-------------|--------0----|-2-------2-------------|
F#5 A5 E5
~~~~~~
+Q E.S +Q S S S S E E +S S E E S S +E E +H H
|-----------------------|---------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|----------------|
|-(4)--2s4-(4)--2-------|-------------2-(2)-2-(2)-2-|-(2)------------|
|-(4)--2s4-(4)--2h4-2-x-|---4-(4)-4---4p=2--4-(4)-2-|-(2)-----2------|
|---------------------x-|---4-(4)-4---------------0-|-(0)--0--2------|
|---------------------x-|-2-------2-----------------|---------0--0---|
+Q Q Q Q
Pre-Chorus
F#5 B5 F#5 G#5 A5
\1/ \1/
E E +S E. E. a S +E E +E a E +E E Q Q E E +S E. E. S +E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
|------------2--4s6-(6)-4-|-(4)-2s4---(4)p2h4-------||-----------------------|
|---4-(4)-4--4--4s6-(6)-4-|-(4)-2s4---(4)p2h4-------||---4-(4)-4--6--6-(6)-7-|
|---4-(4)-4---------------|-------------------------||---4-(4)-4--6--6-(6)-7-|
|-2-------2---------------|--------------------14\--||-2-2-(2)-2--4--4-(4)-5-|
B5 C#5 D5F#5 E5
+E E +S E. E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. S +E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------6-|-(6)-6-(6)-6--7S11-(11)-9-|
|-(7)-7-(7)-7--9--9-(9)-6-|-(6)-6-(6)-6--7S11-(11)-9-|
|-(7)-7-(7)-7--9--9-(9)-4-|-(4)-4-(4)-4--5S=9------7-|
|-(5)-5-(5)-5--7--7-(7)---|--------------------------|
~~~
|-3-|
+Q S S S S S S S +E S E.
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-(9)--------------------------||
|-(9)--------------------------||
|-(7)--7h9p7h9p7h9p7-(7)-x-x\--||
|--------------------------x\--||
Chorus
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F# A5/F# B5/F#
S E S S S e a H S E. S S e Q. S S +S E S S S e a Q E E
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4----|------2-2---1--------|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|---------2-2---2s4----|------2-2---2--------|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-----2--------|-2-2------2------2-2-|-(2)-2-2-----2----------|
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F#
~
+Q +E. S E E E S S +S E S S S e a H S E. S S e Q. S S
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)--(4)-------------|----------2-2----------|------2-2---1--------|
|-(4)--(4)-------------|----------2-2---2s4----|------2-2---2--------|
|----------2-5-6-7-8-9-|-(9)\------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|------2-2-----2--------|-2-2------2------2-2-|
A5/F# B5/F# Asus2
S E S S S e a Q +S S E +Q. E +Q.. S
|--------------------------|------------------||
|--------------------------|-------0-(0)------||
|-------2-2---2s4--(4)s2s4-|-(4)---2-(2)------||
|-------2-2---2s4--(4)s2s4-|-(4)---2-(2)------||
|--------------------------|----------------0-||
|-2-2-2-----2--------------|------------------||
Interlude
C C#D (D) (C#) (C)
Gtr II
\5
H Q E T T T T E. S +E +E Q E T T T T
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-[8]b10-------[8]b10r([8])-([8])---------------------|
|------------------------x-|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------x---|---------------------------------------------------x-|
|--------------------x-----|-------------------------------------------------x---|
|------------------x-------|-----------------------------------------------x-----|
|
| Gtr I
| PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM----------|
| E E Q E S S S E S S S S S +Q e s S +S s e
|----------------x---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-6-7----------x---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-6-7------x---x---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-6-7------x---x---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-3-4-5--x-x-----x-----0---|--5-----(0)-4--3------(3)--------x-x-x-(x)-x-x-------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
C C#D
\7
~~~
Q +S +E. H
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-[9]b11====(9)r(9)-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM|
| E E Q E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|--5------6--7----------x---x-------|
|--5------6--7----------x---x-------|
|--5------6--7----------x---x-------|
|--3------4--5------x-x-------------|
|-------------------------------0---|
(A) (G(G) E7+9 C C# D
T T T T T ~~~~~~~
H E a a a E Q E E E E +Q Q
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------7b9===7(14)---|-7(14)---7(12)r==7(14)---7(12)r==(7(12))-------------|
|--------------------------x---------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------x-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------x-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~ PM-----|
| S S S S +E. +S E E +E. S E E Q E S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------x-----|
|----------------------------8----(8)------|-5-------6-------7-------------------------x---x-----|
|----------------------------7----(7)----x-|-5-------6-------7-------------------------x---x-----|
|----------------------------6----(6)----x-|-5-------6-------7-------------------------x---x-----|
|----------------------------7----(7)----x-|-3-------4-------5----------------x------x-x---x---0-|
|-5-(0)-4-3-(3)-(3)/---------------------x-|-----------------------------------------------------|
(D) (C#) (C)
T T T T
|---3---|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------15p13p==10-19p=13p10h13-19p13p==10h13---19p13p==7-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5p====|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~ PM-------------------------|
| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-|
| S S S S +Q E S E S E S E S
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-(0)--4----3----(3)-----------3----3--3----3--3----3-3---3---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C C#D A5 C5/G
\6_________________________________|
H. +Q +Q +S s E +H
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------1-(1)-------||
|-0--------------(0)-----|-(0)---(0)-x-0-(0)-------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------3-(3)-------||
|
| PM| TP
| E E Q e s S S S E Q. E Q Q
|--------------------x---|-------------------------||
|-5---6-7------x-----x---|-------------1-(1)-------||
|-5---6-7------x-----x---|--2----------0-(0)--/2/--||
|-5---6-7------x-----x---|--2----------------------||
|-3---4-5--x-x-x-----x---|--0----------------------||
|------------------------|-----4-(4)---3--3--------||
E. S +E E H
Guitar Solo 1
N.C. (F#m)
Gtr I
TP TP TP TP TP
H.. +S S Q. E Q. E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-/6---------(6)-6S|=9----9S11----11/-|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
~~~~~~~~
|----6----| |----6----| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S S S S S S Q +E a T E.. S S +E
|-------4h5-7-------5h7-9-------4h5-7p4-5h7p5p4---4-|--------------------2------------|
|-4h5-7-------5h7-9-------4h5-7-----------------7---|-5---5--(5)sxpx-5b7---5b7==(5)---|
|---------------------------------------------------|---4-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S +S S S S +S S S S +S S S S +S
|-2-2---------2-2---------2-2---------2-2---------|
|-----5b7-(5)-----5b7-(5)-----5b7-(5)-----5b7-(5)-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
T T T T S +S S S S S +S T T T T S +S S S S S +S
|-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2----------|
|---------5b7-(5)-------5b7-(5)---------5b7-(5)-------5b7-(5)--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
S S S S +S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S T T
|-2-2-2---------2-2-2---------2-(2)-2---------2-----|
|-------5b7-(5)-------5b7-(5)---------5p2---2---5p2-|
|-----------------------------------------5---------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
~
|-3-|
S S S S S S T T S S Q S S S S
|------------------------------------||
|---2--------------------xp0h(5)/----||
|-5---5s4p2-5s4p2-4p2-4--------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
(F#5) G#5 (A5)
|--3--| |--3--| |------6-------| |------6-------|
E S T T T T E S T T T T E S S S S E S S S S
|-------14-14-14-14-14-------14-14-14-14-14-------14-14-14-14-------14-14-14-14-|
|-17b19----------------17b19----------------17b19-------------17b19-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(B5) (C#5)
|------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------14-14-14-14-------14-14-14-14-------14-14-14-14-------14-14-14-14-|
|-17b19-------------17b19-------------17b19-------------17b19-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(D5) (F#5) E5
~~~~
|------6-------| |------6-------| |--3--|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E +H Q Q
|-------14-14-14-14-----------------------------------------|----------------||
|-17b19-------------xS21-21-21-21-21-xS22-22-22-22b24-22b24-|-(22)-----------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------xs=x\--||
|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------xs=x\--||
|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------x\--||
|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------x\--||
Chorus
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F# A5/F# B5/F#
S E S S S e a H S E. S S e Q. S S +S E S S S e a Q E E
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4----|------2-2---1--------|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|---------2-2---2s4----|------2-2---2--------|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-----2--------|-2-2------2------2-2-|-(2)-2-2-----2----------|
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F#
PM|
+Q +E. S E E E S S +S E S S S e a H S E. S S e Q. S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(4)--(4)-------------------|----------2-2---2s4----|--------2-2---1--------|
|-(4)--(4)-------------------|----------2-2---2s4----|--------2-2---2--------|
|----------2-[5]b5.5-6-7-8-9-|-(9)\------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|------2-2-----2--------|-(2)-2------2------2-2-|
A5/F# B5/F#
PM-|
+S E S S S e a Q E E
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|------------------------|
|-(2)-2-2-----2----------|
A5/F# B5/F#
~
+Q +E. S E E E S S +S E S S S e a H
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(4)--(4)---------------------|----------2-2---2s4----|
|-(4)--(4)---------------------|----------2-2---2s4----|
|----------2-[5]-[6]-[7]-[8]-9-|-(9)\------------------|
|------------------------------|------2-2-----2--------|
A5/F# E/F# A5/F# B5/F#
PM-|
S E. S S e Q. S S +S E S S S e a Q E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|------2-2---1--------|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|------2-2---2--------|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-2-2------2------2-2-|-(2)-2-2-----2----------|
+Q +E. S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-(4)--(4)----------------------------||
|-(4)--(4)----------------------------||
|----------2-5p(0)-6p(0)-7p(0)-8p(0)--||
|-------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
(C#5)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------9p(0)----11----9-11b13-(11)-|
|--------------9p(0)-11p(0)-------11----11--------------|
|-9p(0)-11p(0)------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
T
S S E S T T S S S S +S +T +T +T +T +S S S
|---9-------9---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---12b14---12p9----9------------------------------------------------14p==|
|------------------11---12-11-(11)b14==(11)r(11)b14==(11)r(11)-(11)\--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr II
W
T T T T T T
|------6------| |------6------| |------6------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E a E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9h12-14p9h12-14p8h11-14p8h11-14p7h10-14p7h10-14-6sxp0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +S E. Q
| | | | | | |
o o / o / o o
~~~~~
E. S +E E +S E. E. S
|-10----11-----(11)--12-----(12)--13----14---------||
|-13b15-14b16==(14)r-15b17==(15)r-16b18-17b19------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------14S==||
Chorus
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F#
PM ~ PM PM|
S E. E e a H S E S S S e Q. S S
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|------2---2s4----|-------2-2---1--------|
|------2---2s4----|-------2-2---2--------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-2-2----2--------|-2-2-2-----2------2-2-|
A5/F# B5/F#
+S E S S S e a Q E E Q +E. S E E E S S
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|-4--(4)-------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|-4--(4)-------------------|
|------------------------|--------2-[5]b5.5-6-7-8-9-|
|-(2)-2-2-----2----------|--------------------------|
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F#
PM ~ PM PM|
+S E S S S e a H S E S S S e Q E S S
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|----------2-2---2s4----|-------2-2---1--------|
|----------2-2---2s4----|-------2-2---2--------|
|-(9)\------------------|----------------------|
|------2-2-----2--------|-2-2-2-----2----2-2-2-|
A5/F# B5/F#
+S E S S S e a Q E E Q +E. S E E E S S
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|-4--(4)------------------||
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s4-|-4--(4)------------------||
|------------------------|--------2-[5]-[6]-7-8-9--||
|-(2)-2-2-----2----------|-------------------------||
Guitar Solo 3
(C#5)
|-3-| |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----|
+S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8------8h9h11-8h9----8h9h11-|
|---------------------8h9h11---9h11------------11--------|
|-(9)\---6h7h9-8h9h11------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
~
|-3--| |--3--|
S S S T T T T S S S T T T X X T T T T S S Q
|--------8h9h11------------9h11h12p9h12-11h12p11p9----9------|
|-8h9h11--------13-9h11h12-------------------------12---9----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr II
W
T T T T T ~~
|-----6------| |-----6------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E
|---------14p9h12---------14p9h12-14sxp12----|
|-14p9h12---------14p9h12------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +S E. Q
| | | | | | |
o o / o / o o
~~~~~
E. S +E E +S E. E. S
|-10----11-----(11)--12-----(12)--13----14------||
|-13b15-14b16==(14)r-15b17==(15)r-16b18-17b19---||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------x-||
Chorus
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F#
~ PM PM|
S e S S S e a H S E S S S e Q. S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4----|-------2-2---1--------|
|---------2-2---2s4----|-------2-2---2--------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-(2)-----2--------|-2-2-2-----2------2-2-|
A5/F# B5/F#
+S E S S S e a Q E E +Q +E. S E E E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s=4-|-(4)--(4)--------------------|
|---------2-2---2s4s=2s=4-|-(4)--(4)--------------------|
|----------------------h2-|-(2)------2-[5]-[6]-[7]-8-9--|
|-(2)-2-2-----2-----------|-----------------------------|
A5/F# B5/F# A5/F# E/F#
PM ~ PM PM|
+S E S S S e a H S E S S S e Q. S S
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|----------2-2---2s4----|-------2-2---1--------|
|----------2-2---2s4----|-------2-2---2--------|
|-(9)\------------------|----------------------|
|------2-2-----2--------|-2-2-2-----2------2-2-|
A5/F# B5/F#
+S E S S S e E. +S S S S S Q +E. S E E E S S
|------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------2-2---4--(4)-2s4s2s4-|-4--(4)-------------|
|---------2-2---4--(4)-2s4s2s4-|-4--(4)-------------|
|------------------------------|--------2-5-6-7-8-9-|
|-(2)-2-2-----2----------------|--------------------|
H.=H
N.C. Bb9A9 Ab9
+S S E E S S +S S E E S S S S E E S S +S S E E E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------13-12-11-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------13-12-11-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------12-11-10-|
|-(9)-(0)-9-8-7-6-(6)-0-6-7-8-9-|-(9)-(0)-9-8-7-6-(6)---13-12-11-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Free Time
G9
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/
~~
Q +E +E +E +E +E +E
|------------------------------------------|
|-10--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)---|
|-10--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)---|
|--9---(9)---(9)---(9)---(9)---(9)---(9)---|
|-10--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)---|
|------------------------------------------|
\1/ \7______________
+Q. +E H +H. Q
|--------------([10])----|-([10])------(x)--*|
|-(10)---(10)---(10)-----|--(10)-------(x)--*|
|-(10)---(10)---(10)-----|--(10)-------(x)--*|
|--(9)----(9)----(9)-----|---(9)-------(x)--*|
|-(10)---(10)---(10)-----|--(10)-------(x)--*|
|------------------------|-------------(x)--*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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
Artist: Van Halen
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