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Secrets by Van Halen
Secrets
As with most early VH, tune your guitar down a half-step to Eb across the board (high
to low: Eb, Ab, Bb, Gb, Db, Eb) in order to play in tune with the record.
NOTE: This intro chord is plucked in 6/4 time.
E -------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
B -5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
G -------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| play this pattern twice
D -7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--| (total of eight measures)
A -------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| drums join final measure
E -5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Opening and main verse riff
"She ain't waiting 'til she gets older..."
v--Use pinky to hit 9th fret while still holding barre chord
E ----------5----9---9---------------------3------2--------|
B -8-7--5-5---5----5----6-5--3-3---------3--------3--------|
G -7-7--7-6-------------5-5--5-4------------------2--------|
D -7-7--7-7-------------5-5--5-5------------------0--------|
A -5-5--5-5-------------3-3--3-3---0-2-3-----2-0-----------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------|
v--Bend slightly (1/2 step) here
E ----------5----9---9-------------3--------3----------------|
B -8-7--5-5---5----5----6-5--3-3---3-3-5b-3---3--------------|
G -7-7--7-6-------------5-5--5-4-----------------------------|
D -7-7--7-7-------------5-5--5-5-----------------------------|
A -5-5--5-5-------------3-3--3-3-----------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------|
"Aw, aw, aw, got that rhythm..." (0:40)
v--Slide the chord up two frets
E --------3-------3-------3--------7-/-9-----------------------------|
B ----------3-------3-------3------8-/-10----------------------------|
G ---------------------------------7-/-9-----------------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -0-2-3-------2-------1-------0-------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------3-------3-------3----------------7-/-9---------------------|
B ----------3-------3-------3------6-/-8---8-/-10--------------------|
G ---------------------------------5-/-7---7-/-9---------------------|
D -------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -0-2-3-------2-------1-------0-------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
"She's just lookin' good..." (0:58)
E ---7-/-9----9---7--------------|
B ---8-/-10---10--8--------------|
G ---7-/-9----9---7--------------|
D --------------------------------|
A --------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|
"You know how sometimes, you've got to run..." (1:40)
Eddie does this bit with a stocatto strumming that is better heard than explained
no slide! --v
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B -------6-/-8---8--6---6-/-8-/-11----6-/-8---8--6---6-/-8--6--------|
G -------5-/-7---7--5---5-/-7-/-10----5-/-7---7--5---5-/-7--5--------|
D -------3-/-5---5--3---3-/-5-/-8-----3-/-5---5--3---3-/-5--3--------|
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
"You're running blind..." (1:48)
I am almost certainly wrong/incomplete here; it doesn't sound full enough
E -------------------------12--------------------------------------|
B --15--13--15---------------15--13--15--17--17----17----17----|
G --14--12--14--14-----------14--12--14--17--------------------|
D ----------------14--14-12-------------------------17----17-------|
A -----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
B --15--13--15--10---13--12--------------------------------------|
G --14--12--14--9------------------------------------------------|
D ---------------------14--12--------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------5-/-7-/-10-/-12-/-14----------------------|
B ----6--6-/-8--8--------6-/-8-/-11-/-13-/-15----------------------|
G ----5--5-/-7--7--------5-/-7-/-10-/-12-/-14----------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
(the rhythm under the solo is a variation on the segment above)
Ending (3:11)
v-- natural harmonics
E -----------3----3-------3--------5---------------------------------|
B ---------3--------3-------3------3-------------------------<7>-----|
G ---------------------------------2------------------<5>------------|
D ---------------------------------0------------<5>------------------|
A --0-2-3-------2------1---------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
Version 2:
Main verse riff:
E -3-2--0-0-0-----0-------1-0--3-3-----------3------2---------|
B -3-3--3-2---2-----2-----1-1--3-3---------3--------3---------|
G -2-2--2-2-----2---------0-0--5-4------------------2---------|
D -0-0--0-0---------------0-0--0-0------------------0---------|
A -----------------------------------0-2-3-----2-0------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------|
She ain't waiting 'til she gets older
Her feet are making tracks in the winter snows
She got a rainbow that touches her shoulder
She be headed where the thunder rolls
Ah, ah, ah
She got that rhythm
Got that rhythm, of the road
Ah, ah, ah
She get crazy
Woman get crazy if she can't go
Ah, but ah, she just lookin' good
She comes like the secret wind
She's as strong as the mountains, walks tall as a tree
She been there before, she'll never give in
She'll be gone tomorrow like the silent breeze
Ah, ah, ah (Ah)
She got rhythm (Ah)
Got that rhythm, of the road (Ah)
Ah, ah, ah
She get crazy
She get crazy if she can't go
But ah, she just looking good
You know how sometimes, you got to run
You're running blind, but you jump the gun
The question is not, does love exist? But, when she leaves, where she goes?
I got a feeling she don't know either
Wait like the wind, watch where she blows
Aw, oh, oh, got that rhythm
That sweet rhythm, of the road
Oh, oh, oh she get crazy
Woman get crazy if she can't go
Oh, oh a looking good
Ah yes
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