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Black And Blue Tab

by Van Halen
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Pofessor [a] 331.
1 contributor total, last edit on Oct 3, 2021
Artist: Van Halen
Album: Best of Both Worlds
Title: Black and Blue
 
Legend:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b* = see tabulature
h = hammer on
p = pull off
//-x-\\ = pick slide
HARM. = harmonics
A.H. = Artificial harmonics
~~ = vibrato
Tr~~~~ = trill
Trem. bar = tremelo bar
T = tap with right hand
 
 
    [INTRO]
e||----------0------0-------------------------------0----------------------|
B||------------0------0--------------------------3----3----0---------------|
G||--4/6---7------6------4-----------------------2------2------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------0------2----2-----------2-|
A||--2/4---5------4------2-----------------2h4----------0----2-------------|
E||--------------------------0-3b*-0-3b*-0-------------------0--0h3h4p3p0--|
  *=1/4 bends
 
e|-----------0------0------------------------------0-------0---------------|
B|-------------0-------------------------------------0---------------0-----|
G|--------7-------6---6\4-----------------4/6---7-------7----2-------2-----|
D|----------------------------------------------5-------4----2-------2-----|
A|--2/4---5-------4---4\2-----------------2/4----------------0-------0-----|
E|--------------------------0-3b*-0-3b*-0----------------------------------|
  *=1/4 bends
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4/6----7--7---6--6----4-----------------4/6----7----7---2-----2/9------|
D|-------------------------------------------------7----7---2-----2/9------|
A|--2/4----5--5---4--4----2-----------------2/4----5----5---0-----0/7------|
E|--------------0------0-----0-3b*-0-3b*-0---------------------0-----------|
  *=1/4 bends
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------4/6--7--7-----6--6----4-------------4/6--7---7---2-----9-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------7---7---2-----9-|
A|----------------2/4--5--5-----4--4----2-------------2/4--5-5-5---0-----7-|
E|--3b^--3-3-3-3-------------0-------0----3b*-0-3b*-0------------0---3p0-0-|
  ^=gradually bend                     b*=1/4 bends
 
e|--------------------------||
B|--------------------------||
G|--------------------------||
D|--------------------------||
A|--//x-\\------------------||
E|-//-x--\\--12h14----------||
 
 
    [VERSE 1]
e||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--2---------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
D||--2---------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
A||--0--------------0-5-5-7---2------------5---7---0--0--5-5-7\------------|
E||---------------------------0----------7---7-----------------------------|
1.   Slip 'n' slide,         push it in.             The sure rhythm
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
D|-----7-5h6p5---5h6p5---5h6p5-----2---------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-------7-------7---0------------0-5-5-7--2-----------5---7-|
E|--0----------------------------------------------------0---------7---7---|
1.                             I'm holdin' back yeah, I  got control.
 
e|-----------------------------------0------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------0------------------------------------||
G|--2--------------------------------4---4--4---4-------------------------||
D|--2------------------------------------7--6-6h7---6--4------------------||
A|--0-----0-------5--5--7---------------------------------7---------------||
E|-------------------------------0----------------------------------------||
1.   Oh!  Hooked into her system.
 
 
    [CHORUS]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7---7-----6-----6-----4-----------------4/6--7-----7--------2----/9----|
D|-----------------------------------------------7-----7--------2----/9----|
A|--5---5-----4-----4-----2-----------------2/4--5-5---5--------0----/7----|
E|----------0----------0------0-3b*-0-3b*-0---------------0--------0-------|
1.     Don't draw the line.__                   Honey,I ain't through w/ you
 
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------4/6--7--7----6-----6-------4----------------4/6-----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------2/4--5--5----4-----4-------2----------------2/4-----------|
E|--3b^-3-3-3-3------------0-----------0-------0-3b*-0-3b*-0---------------|
1.                    Uh! The harder the better        do it till we're
     ^=gradually bend
 
                           HARM.
                       |-----------|
e|---------------------------12-------------||
B|------------------------7-----12----------||
G|--7-----7----2---/9---5-------------------||
D|--7-----7----2---/9-----------------------||
A|--5-----5----0---/7-----------------------||
E|------------------------------------9b10--||
1. Black      and   Blue
 
 
    [VERSE 2] - Same as [VERSE 1]
 
 
    [FILL 1] [1:35]
e|--------------0-----------------||
B|-----------0--0-----------------||
G|----2/4\2--1--2--1--------------||
D|--------------------4--2--------||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--0-----------------------------||
 
 
 -Play [CHORUS] next-
 
 
    [BRIDGE] [1:57]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------12---10p9--------------7~-7--------|
G|------5~~-5-----7~~-7-----7/9-9-----9-----------9\--5~-5-----7~-7----4---|
D|------5~~-5-----7~~-7-----7/9-9--/9------9----------5~-5-----7~-7----4---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------2---|
E|--0-0-------0-0--------0---------------------------------0-0------0------|
                    Yo    ma - ma!     Ha!            Black    and    Blue
 
e|--------0--2-----0-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----4--------4--5/7\5------------------------------12----10p9-----------|
G|--/4---------------------5~-5------7~----7/9------9------------9\--5-----|
D|-------------------------5~-5------7~----7/9---/9-------9----------5-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------3-----|
E|-------------------------------0-0-----0---------------------------------|
    Got to make it right                       Come on baby!    Do it! Black
 
e|-------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------||
G|--------------4----------------------||
D|-------5------4----------------------||
A|-------5------2--------5-5-5h7-------||
E|--0-0--3---0-------/7----------------||
        and    blue.__
 
 
    [GUITAR SOLO] [2:17]
 
                    Tr~~~~~~
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------7b9--12-14-12---|
D|-------------------0h2p0---------------2---------------------------------|
A|--7--5--6-6/7---7\-----------0h2p0---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------3p0---3b5r3--0h3b4-11-----------------|
 
                HARM.      A.H.
      Trem. bar  |-|       |--|                    T           T
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------\---/---------------5~~--5p3h5--7--8p7p5p3h5h7-8p7---------|
G|--14b16r14p0---\5/--------2b3r2/4----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------x-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------x--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------x---------------------------------------------------|
 
    T             T         T    T            T             T        T
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8p7p5p3h7-8p7-8p7p5p3h7/10p8/11p8h11p9h11/12p9h12p10h12/13p10h13/14p11-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
       T        T        T        T        T     T        T        T
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|h14/15p11h14/15p11h15/16p12h15p/16p13h16/17p13/17p14h17/18p14h17/18p15---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                                     Trem. bar
e|----------------------------------------------------15-------------------|
B|--h18/19p15p12----------------12-----\---/----15b17----15-15b16-15b17----|
G|---------------14b15r14p12-14----12---\0/--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------15--------------19-19-19-----------------------------------------|
B|--15b17-15--19b21-19b21----19----19b21-19b21-19b21--22b24-22b24r22p20----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--22b24r22--17--17-16-17-16--------2--------------0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-0-0|
B|----------------------------17~-------------------0-0-0---0--0--0-0-0-0-0|
G|---------------------------------2----2---2-2p0h2-2-2-2b^-2--2--2-2-2-2-2|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                              ^ = Gradually bend from this
                                                  note up to the 4 while
                                                  picking the following notes.
 
e|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-----0-0-------------||
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3h5p3-5p3p0--/5-5-5-5-0h5-5-5-------------||
G|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/4-------------------------------------------||
D|----------------------------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------12\\-------||
 
 
Following progression goes:
D5     E5      D5        E5
D5   E5      D5     A5 E5
 
 
After that, repeat the [CHORUS]
several times until the song fades out

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