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Summer Nights by Van Halen
Summer Nights
w/fingers:
||---------5-------3---|---------------------|---------5-------3---|-------|
||-6-------6-----6---6-|-6-------6p5---3-----|-6-------6-----6---6-|-------|
||-3-----3-5---5-------|-3-----3-5-------5---|-3-----3-5---5-------|-------|
||-3---3-----3---------|-3---3---5---5-----5-|-3---3-----3---------|-------|
||---------------------|-5-5-----3-----------|---------------------|-------|
||-6-6-----------------|---------------------|-6-6-----------------|-------|
----------------------|---------5-------3---|---------------||
6-------6p5---3-------|-6-------6-----6---6-|-6---------5---||
3-----3-5---------5---|-3-----3-5---5-------|-3-------3-5---||
3---3---5---5---5---5-|-3---3-----3---------|-3-----3---5---||
5-5-----3-------------|---------------------|-5---5-----3---||
----------------------|-6-6-----------------|-6-6-----------||
w/pick:
----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|--------|
6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-6-6-6---5-5-----------------|---6-6-6---6-6-----|--------|
3-3-3-3-5-5-----|-3-3-3---5-5-----------------|---3-3-3---5-5-----|--------|
3-3-3-3-3-3---x|-3-3-3---5-5---3-7p5p3-------|---3-3-3---3-3---x|--------|
----------3---x|-5-5-5---3-3-----------7p5p3-|-----------------x|--------|
6-6-6-6-------x|-----------------------------|-6-6-6-6---------x|--------|
--------------------------------|---------------------|
6-6-6---5-5---------------------|---6-6-6-6-6-6-------|
3-3-3---5-5---------------------|---3-3-3-3-5-5-------|
3-3-3---5-5-----------8---------|---3-3-3-3-3-3---xx|
5-5-5---3-3---3h5h6h7---7p6p5p3-|-------------3---xx|
--------------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-------xx|
* [nh w/bar]
-------------------2~~~-|-----------||
6-6-6---5-5--------3----|-----------||
3-3-3---5-5------2-2----|--5--/---7-|| at * return to standard
3-3-3---5-5------2-0----|--5--/---7-|| position (remove capo)
5-5-5---3-3------0------|-----------||
------------------------|-----------||
When you're back in standard, you're ready to begin the main part of the
song, which has the following chord progression with a few variations:
G D G/B A
And it's played like so...
G D G/B A
|-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3---------------------|---3-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-2-----------------|---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-2-2---|-0-0-0-2-2-----------------|---0-0-0-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-2-2---0-4p2p0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------0-0---|-2-2-2-0-0-----------4p2p0-|---------0-0-|
|-3-3-3-------|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-----|
w/bar
3-3-3-------------------------|---3-3-3-----------|-3-3-3------------------|
3-3-3-2-2---------------------|---3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-2--2~~~----------|
0-0-0-2-2---------------------|---0-0-0-2-2-------|-0-0-0-2--2~~~----------|
0-0-0-2-2-----------5---------|---0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-2--2~~~----------|
2-2-2-0-0---0h2h3h4---4p3p2p0-|---------0-0-------|-2-2-2-0--0~~~----------|
------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-------x--|------------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||*-2-------------------|-2---------------------------|
||*-0-4---x-2-4---------|-0-4-------------------------|
||----2-----0-2---0h2p0-|---2-----------------x-4p2p0-|
||----------------------|-------0h2p0-3p0-4-5---------|
<---[2x]
--------------------|--------------------||--------------------------|
--------------------|--------------------||-7/97/97---9---10---7/9-|
2-------------------|-2-----------------*||-------------9---9----7/9-|
0-4---x-2-4---------|-0-4---------------*||-7/97/97---9---9----7/9-|
--2-----0-2---0h2p0-|---2----------------||-------------7---7----5/7-|
--------------------|-------0h2p0-3/4p0--||--------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------|
7/97/97---10---9---7-|-7/97/97---9---10---7---9--|
------------9----9---7-|-------------9---9----7---9--|
7/97/97---9----9---7-|-7/97/97---9---9----7---9--|
------------7----7---5-|-------------7---7----5---7--|
-----------------------|------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------|
-----1211------10-----7-----65-|---------------------|
---------------------------------|-2-------------------|
0h12----11-0h10----0h7---0h6--(5)|-0-4---x-2-4---------|
---------------------------------|---2-----0-2---0h2p0-|
---------------------------------|---------------------|
------------------|---------------|
------------------|-3-----3-3-----|
2-----------------|-2-----2-2-----|
0-4---------------|-0-----0-0-----|
--2---------------|---------------|
------0h2p0-3/4p0-|---0~------2~--|
t t t t sl t
----------------------------------------------------||
3-3-----3-3-3---------------------------------------||
2-2-----2-2-2---------------------------------------||
0-0-----0-0-----------------------------------------||
------------2~--0h4-12p0h4-12p0h4-12p0h4-12/1412p7-||
----3~----------------------------------------------||
Then it's back to the G D G/B A progression again for the chorus.
Then comes the solo for which Eddie locks his Trans-Trem 1 step DOWN!
(i.e. DON'T ASK! I'm not gonna tune my guitar 1 step down just to figure it
out.) Then, after the solo, Eddie brings the Trans-Trem back up to the
FIRST position (1 1/2 steps up) and plays the little beginning part again.
And then again back to standard for another chorus bit ("Ahhhh, summer
nights...").
For the outro, I think it's just that main chord progression with something
like this over it...
(let ring)
nh................. nh......
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
||-------12----------7-|-----7------5-----|----12-----7-||
||----12-----------7---|---7----------6---|-12------7---||
||-12---------12-7-----|-7-------7------7-|/12-----/7---||
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
Uh!
Hey!
Oh yeah!
Ain't no way I'm sittin' home tonight
I'll be out until the mornin' light
A-just-a hangin' 'round in the local parkin' lot
Oh, checkin' out all the girls, see what they got
yeah they love it, when me an' the boys
Wanna play some love with them human toys
Woah! We wind 'em up n' let 'em go. Whoa! Oh yeah
Whoa yeah!
Woo! Summer nights and my radio
(Ah-ah) Well that's all we need, baby. Don'tcha know?
We celebrate when the gang's all here
(Ah-ah) Ah, hot summer nights, that's my time of the year-ow!
We made it through the cold
And that freezin' snow is gettin' old, hey!
Next year I'll head out for the coast
What do'ya say fellas, That might just call for a toast
Now whaddya say?
I got a line, (Ooh-ooh) you got a pole (Ooh-ooh)
I'll meet you down at (Ooh-ooh) the ole fishin' hole
Wow! Them girls are bitin' good tonight
Ow! Uh-Oh! Whoa yeah!
Summer nights and my radio,
(Ah-ah) Well that's all we need, baby. Don'tcha know? (Summer nights)
We celebrate when the gang's all here
(Ah-ah) Hot summer nights, you're my time of the year-ow!
Huh!
Uh!
Yeah-yeah!-ow!
(Ah-ah. Summer nights) You wanna talk about love?
(Ah-ah. Summer nights) In the heat of the summer
(Ah-ah. Summer nights) Well let's talk about love
(Ah-ah. Summer nights) On a hot summer night. Hey!
In the heat of the summer
Well let's talk about love on a hot summer night. Hey!
(Ah-ah. Summer nights)
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