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A-Z (artist name) of Guitar Tab
A    B    C    D    E    F
G    H    I    J    K    L
M    N    O    P    Q    R
S    T    U    V    W    X
Y    Z    0-9

################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:48:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "TOM K. HUBBARD" Subject: Aftershock (TAB) 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----------------------|---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) *************************************************************************** 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 ************************************************************************** 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 ----5\8--- 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------------------ ------------------------2/3\2-----------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 ------------------------------||-------------------------------|| ------------------------------||-------------------------------|| ------------------------------||-------------------------------|| ------------------------------||-------------------------------|| ------------------------------||-------------------------------|| ------------------------------||-------------------------------||