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Top Of The World by Van Halen


                           Top Of The World 



Intro:
Palm mute all the single notes.
e|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0---0-----------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-4-5-5-2-2-2-5-5-4-4-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-4-5-5-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------4-4--2-2------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------2-2--0-0---2--------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------0--------------|

e|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0---0----------------------------|
B|-5-5-5-4-5-5-2-2-2-5-5-4-4-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-4-5-5----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------pickslide------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The second guitar is doing this natural harmonic. If youre by
Yourself, I wouldnt recommend doing this. Turn volume
Up slowly for it.
e|-volume down-24h-volume-up-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Kick in:
e|-------------------------------9-7--5-5-3-5~5p4p0---------------------|
B|-------------------------------7-73-5-3------------17b19r18b19r17~----|
G|--6-6-------2----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6-6--4-4-2-letring--------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-4--2-2--0---------0-0-0--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pm:                     -----

Verse: (palm mute the single notes again)
e|------------5-------------------------0-0-0-5------------------------|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-----5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-5------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------------------0----------------------|

e|------------5-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------6-6---4-2----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------6-6---4-2----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------4-4-4-2-2-0----------------------|
E|------------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
Prechorus
e|---------0-0-0-----------------------5-4-2---2-4-5--5-4-2-2------------|
B|---------4-5-5--4-5-2-2--------------5-4-2---2-4-5--5-4-2-2-pickslide-|
D|-------2-------------------7-------------------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------------7-------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0---------------------5-4-2-0-------------------------------------|
Pm -----

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----6-5--6---------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
e|-------0-------0-0----0---0--0--0-----0--------------------------------|
B|-------5-5-5-4---2--5-5-4h—5-0--5-4-4-5-5---2-3p2--7-8-7-------------|
G|---------------------------------------------2-2----6-6-6-------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------0-------0-0----0---0--0--0-----0--------------------0------------|
B|-------5-5-5-4---2--5-5-4h—5-0--5-4-4-5-5-----------------0------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-2----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-2----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-0----------------|
E|--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Afterchorus: (yeah cant think of what to call it!)
 To do the pinch harmonics you pinch them at different areas.
e|-----0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-4-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------9ba.h.r-9ba.h.9a.hr----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------=---------|
A|------------------0---------------------------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------0--------------------------------|

e|-----0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-4-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------pickslide-------9-7---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------2-----9~------|
A|------------------0---------------------------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------0--------------0-3---------------|

Go  to prechorus, after that chorus. In the background
This is being played. this goes on for the rest of the song. evh is putting these notes together:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17-----19--15--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------16---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude: the chords were hard to hear, so this will be rough.
Play this a couple times:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------9-7------------9-9----------------------------------------------|
G|---------9---7----------9-----9------------------------------------------|
D|---7---7-9------7--7-7--9---9--------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7---9-----7---7-7--9-------9----------------------------------------|
E|---5-----7---------5----7---------7--------------------------------------|

This is the bit where he says upside down.
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7--9--9--11-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7--9--9--11-------------------------------------------------------|
E|----5--7--7--9--------------------------------------------------------|

Wah solo:
Here evh is messing with whammy and wah. Just shove
Your wah up really high. It doesn’t matter about notes.
e|----18b~---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------10---------------------------------------------|
G|------------9-7-9-9~--9----9-7-9~-------------------11p911b11p9-7v-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------3wb/-5wb/-7wb/----------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------11----------------------------------------------|
G|----9-7-9-9~-9----9-7-9~---19p1719b19p1715~--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Turn wah off.
e|--8-----7-----8-----14b-14p11-11--8-----7-----8-----------------|
B|--8-7-5-8-7-5-8-7-7---------------8-7-5-8-7-5-8—----------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------5hw.b---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------7h-5hwb-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


e|--8-----7-----8-----14b-14p11-11--8-----7-----8---------|
B|--8-7-5-8-7-5-8-7-7---------------8-7-5-8-7-5-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


Fast scale up here.
e|--------------------------------------------10h12-15wb-12-10-12~----|
B|-----------------------------------11h12h14-------------------------|
G|---------------------------11h12h14---------------------------------|
D|------------------11h12h14------------------------------------------|
A|----------11h12h14--------------------------------------------------|
E|--10h11h12----------------------------------------------------------|

Go back to chorus.
Fill during outro:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-pickslide-9a.h-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------6-4-2---------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------4-2-0---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------0---------------------------------------------------|

Fade out.

Hey, baby, whew!
I know that you believe in me
Thats all I ever need, uh huh
No, no, nothings gonna stop me
Nothing will be scaring me, oh no
Hey baby, its the only way out
Oh, little darling,
Cmon whats it all about?
Standing on top of the world
For a little while
Standing on top of the world
Gonna give it all we got
Oh, I know know you wanna touch
I gotta have a little taste
I just wanna sink my teeth in that
Fine piece of real estate, yeah
Hey baby, make it nice and sweet
Oh, little darling
Let's take a walk down easy street
Standing on top of the world
For a little while
Standing on top of the world
Lets give it all we got
Oooh oooh
Baby, gotta feeling, oooh oooh,
Oh, I wanna touch it, now, oooh oooh oooh
See the whole wide world turn upside down
Hey, baby, whew!
Someday, we'll be
Standing on top of the world
For a little while
Standing on top of the world
Till we got stung
Standing on top of the world
For a little while
Standing on top of the world
Gonna give it all we got
hey, baby
(Standing on top) hey darling
Standing on top
Standing on top
Standing on top




| / Slide up
|  Slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~ Vibrato
| a.h artificial/ pinch  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| h natural harmonic
| wb push whammy bar down and back up. (not too much)
| h harmonic
| wb push whammy bar down
| db dive bomb
| wb pre press the wammy bar down, play the note, raise wambar





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