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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
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
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
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