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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