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Aftershock by Van Halen
Aftershock
Intro (hold chord and tap fret indicated in parenthesis )
Let all notes ring in the first part of intro
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------------------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)-------------------------|--------|
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Intro (2)
this goes down as one of my favorite Ed licks, it kicks ass, esp through
a flanger.
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-------------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
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--------0--------0-------|------------------------------------------|
------2--------2------2--|----------------------------------0-------|
----2------2-1------1-0--|------------------------0-------2---------|
--0----------------------|---7\5\2b(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)
Oh yeah, alright
I don't care about the way that ya treated me
And I ain't crying 'bout the love I'm paying for
No, I ain't bitching 'bout the things
You been putting down here in my street
Oh, I ain't going 'round saying things about you
Lord, I can't repeat
Hey, it ain't gonna change overnight
No, and it ain't going away without a fight
No, now I ain't saying that I'm never gonna beg you, oh baby come back
But right now baby I don't really want to see your face
Yeah and that's a fact
Oh, right now, honey all I know is what I'm feeling inside
Right now, baby I'm alone and I'm swallowing
Lord, a lot of pride
And it ain't gonna change overnight, no
And it ain't goin' away without a fight
Yeah, living with the aftershock
I said my, my, my well I never thought she'd walk
But now I'm living with the aftershock
And it ain't gonna change
It ain't goin' away, no
Yeah, she opened up my eyes
Seeing what I want to see
She kinda took me by surprise
Showed me what I hadn't seen
Yeah, yeah
Living with the aftershock
Yeah, yeah, alright
Watch it, watch it
Yeah, yeah
Living with the aftershock
I said my, my, my, I guess that I never thought she'd walk
Living with it from the aftershock
And it ain't gonna change
It ain't goin' away
I said it ain't gonna change without a fight, no
I'm living with the aftershock
I'm living with the aftershock
Ow
Alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Never gonna change
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)
7\5 slide down from seventh to fifth fret
pm Palm Mute
2(14) Fret second fret, tap on the fourteenth fret
TAB Notes:
----5h8----| Hammeron
----5p8----| Pulloff
----5/8----| Slide Up
----5\8----| Slide Down
----5~-----| Vibrato
||---------| Repeat
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version 2
(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--------------|
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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\--------------------|
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(1:40) Verse 2 Fig .2 (2:08) Bridge
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||-----------------------------||-----5-----------7--------------|
||-----------------------------||-----5-----------7--------------|
||-----------------------------||-----3-----------5--------------|
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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
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-----0---------0--------||--------9--10-----9--9-----7--7--------|
-----8---------9--------||-----9---------------------------------|
-----9---------9--------||--9------------------------------------|
-----6---------7--------||---------------------------------------|
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[A second guitar plays rythmn overtop]
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---9p7-----------5--5---------------9--10-----9p7--7--7----------|
---------------------------------9-------------------------------|
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(2:58) Post Solo
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----------------------||--------------------3--0-----------------|
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----------------------||--5-----------------------2--------------|
----------------------||--5--------0--------------2-------0--3---|
----------------------||--3--------2--------------0--------------|
---------------------3------------3--2--------0------------------|
------------------------2/3\2-----------3--0--0------------------|
---0--------0---------------------------------0------------------|
2--------4--------5---------------------------2------------------|
------5-----------5------------2--------------2------------------|
------------------3------------0--------------0------------------|
Harmonics --------------------------------------------------------|
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---------------------12--12--12--12--12--12-----------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------7---------|
---------------7--7--------------------------7----------7---------|
---------7--7--------------------------------7----------5---------|
---7--7--------------------------------------5--------------------|
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12--12--12--12--12--12--------------------------------------------|
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------------------------7-----------------------------------------|
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------------------------5-----------------------------------------|
Whammy bar dive,sqeal,solo(Don't ask)
(Solo is over chorus and interlude figs.)
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Fast alternate picking on each note
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4--7--9--7--9--11--12--11--12--14--16--11--12--11--9--7--11------|
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7--9-----4--7--9--7--9--11--12--14--12--11--9--7---||------------|
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(3:44) Post Solo
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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-----|
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/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-----|
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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--------------||-------------------------|
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(4:20) Post Chorus
---------------------||--0-----------0-----------------0----------|
---------------------||--0-----------0--------------0--------0----|
---------------------||--5-----------7-----------2--------2-----2-|
---------------------||--5-----------7-----------2----------------|
---------------------||--3-----------5-----------0----------------|
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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--||--------|
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(4:32) Solo 3 (C,D,D#,E) End with intro riff
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Oh yeah, alright
I don't care about the way that ya treated me
And I ain't crying 'bout the love I'm paying for
No, I ain't bitching 'bout the things
You been putting down here in my street
Oh, I ain't going 'round saying things about you
Lord, I can't repeat
Hey, it ain't gonna change overnight
No, and it ain't going away without a fight
No, now I ain't saying that I'm never gonna beg you, oh baby come back
But right now baby I don't really want to see your face
Yeah and that's a fact
Oh, right now, honey all I know is what I'm feeling inside
Right now, baby I'm alone and I'm swallowing
Lord, a lot of pride
And it ain't gonna change overnight, no
And it ain't goin' away without a fight
Yeah, living with the aftershock
I said my, my, my well I never thought she'd walk
But now I'm living with the aftershock
And it ain't gonna change
It ain't goin' away, no
Yeah, she opened up my eyes
Seeing what I want to see
She kinda took me by surprise
Showed me what I hadn't seen
Yeah, yeah
Living with the aftershock
Yeah, yeah, alright
Watch it, watch it
Yeah, yeah
Living with the aftershock
I said my, my, my, I guess that I never thought she'd walk
Living with it from the aftershock
And it ain't gonna change
It ain't goin' away
I said it ain't gonna change without a fight, no
I'm living with the aftershock
I'm living with the aftershock
Ow
Alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Never gonna change
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