Learn Music: Aftershock guitar tab - Van_halen tabs

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  Tabbed BY: James Norton 
  
  Here is part one of my Aftershock tab, today's lesson is the intro 
  (tapped harmonics and the wicked flanger riff) the tab here goes up 
  untill the first vocals (you know "Oh Yeah!")
     
  AFTERSHOCK
  By Van Halen
  >From the Album Balance
  
  ****************************************************************************
  
  Intro (hold chord and tap fret indicated in parenthesis )
  Let all notes ring in the first part of intro
  
  ----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
  ----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
  ------------------0(12)-----------|----------------0(12)----------|--------|
  -------------2(14)-----2(14)------|-----------2(14)-----2(14)-----|--------|
  --------2(14)---------------1(13)-|------2(14)---------------1(13)|--------|
  --0(12)---------------------------|-0(12)-------------------------|--------|
  
  ----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
  ----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
  ------------------0(12)-----------|----------------0(12)----------|--------|
  -------------2(14)-----2(14)------|-----------2(14)-----2(14)-----|--------|
  --------2(14)---------------1(13)-|------2(14)---------------1(13)|--------|
  --0(12)---------------------------|-0(12)-------------------------|--------| 
  
  ****************************************************************************
  
  Intro (2)
  this goes down as one of my favorite Ed licks, it kicks ass, esp through 
  a flanger.
  -------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
  -------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
  -------------0--------0--|--------0-----------|-------0--------0----|
  -----------2--------2----|------2-----------0-|-----2--------2------|
  ---------2------2-1------|--1-0-----------0---|---2------2-1--------|
  -------0-----------------|-----------3b(1/2)--|-0-------------------|
  pm------------------------------|               pm-----------------|
  
  
  
  ---------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
  ---------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
  --------0------------------|---------0---------0--|-------0---------------|
  ------2--------------------|-------2---------2----|-----2---2----------0--|
  --1-0---------------0t(2)--|-----2-------2-1------|-1-0--------------0----|
  -------------3b(1/2)-------|---0------------------|-----------3b(1/2)-----|
                      ^^^^^     pm-------------------------|
                      trill
  
  -------------------------|----------------------------------------|
  -------------------------|----------------------------------------|
  --------0--------0-------|----------------------------------------|
  ------2--------2------2--|----------------------------------0-----|
  ----2------2-1------1-0--|------------------------0-------2-------|
  --0----------------------|---752b(1/2)-3--3b(F)---5b(F)---------|
  pm-----------|
  
  ------------------0--------|--3--2---0-|-3--3--3--2----0---------|
  ------------------0--------|--3--3---0-|-3--3--3--3----0---------|
  ---------0-2b(F)-----2p0---|--0--2---2-|-0--0--0--2----2---------|
  -------2-----------------2-|--0--0---2-|-0--0--0--0----2---------|
  --5b(F)--------------------|---------0-|---------------0---------|
  ---------------------------|-----------|-3--3--3-------------0---|
                           (Flanger off)
  
  ***************************************************************************
  Key to terms used
  
  3b(1/2)  Bend third fret up 1/2 tone
  5b(F)    Bend fifth fret up a whole tone
  0t(2)    Trill (hammer and pull of second fret quickly)
  75      slide down from seventh to fifth fret
  pm       Palm Mute
  2(14)    Fret second fret, tap on the fourteenth fret
  
  **************************************************************************
  Part two coming soon!
  
  
  
  			James 5149 1/2 (M-O-O-N, that spells James, laws yes)
  
  jnorton@u.washington.edu
  http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jnorton/james.html
  
  
  
  Subject:         TAB : Aftershock by Van Halen
     Date:         Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:20:23 +1000
     From:         "IceMan" 
  
  
  TAB: :"Aftershock" by Van Halen
  Album: Balance
  
  Tabber: Stephen Yorke 
  
  This is the rest of the song after the intro part (when the drums
  come in) which has been submitted by another tabber.
  This is a great VH song that goes down as one of the best.
  
  TAB Notes:
                                                                                                                                                 
  ----5h8--- Hammeron                                           
  ----5p8--- Pulloff                        
  ----5/8--- Slide Up                 
  ----58--- Slide Down                     
  ----5~---- Vibrato
  ||------|| Repeat         
  ||*----*||                
  ||*----*||                
  ||------||                    
  
   
   (0:36) Fig.1                                                                
  0-----------------3--3--2--0---||--0-----------------3--3--2-----
  0-----------------3--3--3--3---||--0-----------------3--3--3-----
  0-----------------2--2--2--2--*||--2--------------2--2--2--2-----
  2-----------2--2--------------*||--2-----------2--2--------------
  2-----2--5~----2---------------||--0-----2--5~----0--------------
  0--------------0---------------||--------------------------------
                                                                  
  
                         End Fig. 1                            
  0--0-----------------3--3--2--0--||--0-----------0---------------
  3--0-----------------3--3--3--3--||--0-----------0---------------
  2--0-----------------2--2--2--2--||--5-----------6---------------
  ---2-----------2--2--------------||--5-----------7---------------
  ---2-----2--5~----2--------------||--3-----------4---------------
  ---0--------------0--------------||------------------------------
                                                                   
  
    P.M--------------                   Verse 1/ Fig. 2       
  0-----------------------3--3--2--0--||-----0---------------------
  0-----------------------3--3--3--3--||-----0---------------------
  7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--||-----0---------------------
  7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------||-----2---------------------
  5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------||-----2---------------------
  ------------------------------------||-----0---------------------
                                                                   
  
                                                                   
  ------------------------3--3--2--0--0----------------------------
  ------------------------3--3--3--3--0----------------------------
  ------------------------2--2--2--2--0----------------------------
  ---------------2--------------------2----------------------------
  2--5--5--2--------------------------2-----------2--5--5--2-------
  ------------0-----0--0--------------0-----------------------0----
                                                                   
  
                                                                   
  ---------3--3--2--0--0-----------------------------------3--3----
  ---------3--3--3--3--0-----------------------------------3--3----
  ---------2--2--2--2--2--------------------------2--2-----2--2----
  2--2-----------------2-----------2--5--5--2-----------2----------
  ---------------------0-----------------------0-------------------
  ------0----------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
                                           End Fig 2           
  2--0--0-------------------------------3--3--2--0--||-------------
  3--3--0-------------------------------3--3--3--3--||-------------
  2--2--0-------------------------------2--2--2--2--||-------------
  ------2--------------------------9---------------||-------------
  ------2-----------2--5--5--2-----7---------------||-------------
  ------0-----------------------0-------------------||-------------
                                                                   
  
  (1:26) Interlude                                                        
  0-----------0-----------0-------------------------0--------------
  0-----------0--------------0----------------------0--------------
  5-----------7--------2--------2--2--2--4--4-------5--------------
  5-----------7--------2--------2--2--2--4--4-------5--------------
  3-----------5--------0--------0--0--0--2--2-------3--------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
     P.M. --              P.M. -----                                     
  -------------------------------------------------3--3--2--0------
  ------------------------------------8p7----------3--3--3--3------
  7--7--7--7--7-----------9--9--9--9-------9--9---2--2--2--2------
  7--7--7--7--7-----------9--9--9--9----------9-------------------
  5--5--5--5--5-----------7--7--7--7----------7-------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
    (1:40)   Verse 2 Fig .2        (2:08) Bridge                     
  ||-----------------------------||-----0-----------0--------------
  ||-----------------------------||-----0-----------0--------------
  ||-----------------------------||-----5-----------7--------------
  ||-----------------------------||-----5-----------7--------------
  ||-----------------------------||-----3-----------5--------------
  ||-----------------------------||--------------------------------
                                                                   
  
  P.M.------                         P.M.-                           
  ------------0-----------------------------0----------------------
  ---------------0--------------------------0----------------------
  ---2--2--2--------2--2--2--4--4-----4--4--5--------8--7----------
  ---2--2--2--------2--2--2--4--4-----4--4--5--------8--7-----8--7-
  ---0--0--0--------0--0--0--2--2-----2--2--3--------6--5-----8--7-
  ------------------------------------------------------------6--5-
                                                                   
  
                                     (2:22) Chorus / Fig. 1      
  ---------------------3--3--2--0--||------------------------------
  ---------------------3--3--3--3--||------------------------------
  ------7-----------7--2--2--2--2--||------------------------------
  ---5--7-----------7--------------||------------------------------
  ---5--5-----------5--------------||------------------------------
  ---3-----------------------------||------------------------------
                                                                   
  
          (2:37) Post Chorus       P.M.----        P.M.------          
  ------||--0-----------0--------0-----------0---------------------
  ------||--0-----------0--------0-----------0---------------------
  ------||--5-----------6-----------6--6--6--7-----7--7--7--7------
  ------||--5-----------7-----------7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7------
  ------||--3-----------4-----------4--4--4--5-----5--5--5--5------
  ------||---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
                            (2:44) Solo                              
  -----0---------0--------||---------------------------------------
  -----0---------0--------||--------9--10-----9--9-----7--7--------
  -----8---------9--------||-----9---------------------------------
  -----9---------9--------||--9------------------------------------
  -----6---------7--------||---------------------------------------
  ------------------------||---------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
   [A second guitar plays rythmn overtop]                          
  -------------------------------------------7---------------------
  ---9p7-----------5--5---------------9--10-----9p7--7--7----------
  ---------------------------------9-------------------------------
  ------------------------------9----------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
                            (2:58) Post Solo                         
  ----------------------||--------------3--2-----------------------
  ----------------------||--------------------3--0-----------------
  ----------------------||-----------------------------------------
  ----------------------||--5-----------------------2--------------
  ----------------------||--5--------0--------------2-------0--3---
  ----------------------||--3--------2--------------0--------------
                                                                   
  
                                                                   
  ---------------------3------------3--2--------0------------------
  ------------------------2/32-----------3--0--0------------------
  ---0--------0---------------------------------0------------------
  2--------4--------5---------------------------2------------------
  ------5-----------5------------2--------------2------------------
  ------------------3------------0--------------0------------------
                                                                   
  
  Harmonics ---------------------------------                  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  ---------------------12--12--12--12--12--12----------------------
  --------------------------------------------------------7--------
  ---------------7--7--------------------------7----------7--------
  ---------7--7--------------------------------7----------5--------
  ---7--7--------------------------------------5-------------------
                                                                   
  
  ----------------------                                      
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  12--12--12--12--12--12-------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------7----------------------------------------
  ------------------------7----------------------------------------
  ------------------------5----------------------------------------
                                                                   
  Whammy bar dive,sqeal,solo(Don't ask)                            
                (Solo is over chorus and interlude figs.)
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------||
  ||-------------------------------------------------------------||
  
  
    Fast alternate picking on each note 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  4--7--9--7--9--11--12--11--12--14--16--11--12--11--9--7--11------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                   
  ---------------------------------------------------||------------
  ---------------------------------------------------||------------
  7--9-----4--7--9--7--9--11--12--14--12--11--9--7---||------------
  ---------------------------------------------------||------------
  ---------------------------------------------------||------------
  ---------------------------------------------------||------------
                                                                                                                                
  
  (3:44) Post Solo                                                 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  9--9-----12--12/14--14/17--5--5/7--7--9--9-----12--12/17--17-----
  9--9-----12--12/14--14/17--5--5/7--7--9--9-----12--12/17--17-----
  7--7-----10--10/12--12/15--3--3/5--5--7--7-----10--10/15--15-----
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
                                                                   
  -------------------------||--------------------------------------
  -------------------------||--------------------------------------
  /16--12--12--12/11--11--*||-----4--------------------2-----2-----
  /16--12--12--12/11--11--*||-----4--------------------2-----2-----
  /14--10--10--10/9---9----||-----2--------------------0-----0-----
  -------------------------||--------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
          P.M.--                          (4:05) Chorus Fig. 1                         
  --------------------------3--3--2--0--||-------------------------
  --------------------------3--3--3--3--||-------------------------
  2--2h4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--||-------------------------
  2--2h4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------------||-------------------------
  0--0h2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------||-------------------------
  --------------------------------------||-------------------------
                                                                   
  
                         (4:20) Post Chorus                      
  ---------------------||--0-----------0-----------------0---------
  ---------------------||--0-----------0--------------0--------0---
  ---------------------||--5-----------7-----------2--------2-----2
  ---------------------||--5-----------7-----------2---------------
  ---------------------||--3-----------5-----------0---------------
  ---------------------||------------------------------------------
                                                                   
  
        P.M.                                                           
  ----------------------0--------0--0--0-----0--------0--||--------
  ----------------------0--------0--0--0-----0--------0--||--------
  -2--2-----4-----------5--------7--7--7-----8--------9--||--------
  -2--2-----4-----------5--------7--7--7-----9--------9--||--------
  -0--0--2--2-----------3--------5--5--5-----6--------7--||--------
  -------------------------------------------------------||--------
                                                                   
  
  (4:32) Solo 3 (C,D,D#,E)          End with intro riff          
  ------------------------------||-------------------------------||
  ------------------------------||-------------------------------||
  ------------------------------||-------------------------------||
  ------------------------------||-------------------------------||
  ------------------------------||-------------------------------||
  ------------------------------||-------------------------------||

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