Drop Dead Legs Tab

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Van Halen - Drop Dead Legs
Tabbed By: Carl Gustafsson
EMail: bingocalle@hotmail.com
 
 
[Intro/Verses] (x3)
 
e|---|------------------|-----------O----------------------|------------------|
B|---|--2-----2-------2-|-3-------5---------3--------------|-2-----2-------2--|
G|-2-|.---2-------2-----|-2-----------4-------2----2------.|---2-------2------|
D|-2-|.-----2-------2---|-4---4/6-------6\4-----4--2--1/2-.|-----2-------2----|
A|-O-|------------------|-O------------------------O-------|------------------|
E|---|------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|
 
     < swell                               Funky Bend
e|---|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---|-1--------2-------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
G|---|-2----------2-----|.-7-------------------------|-5-5-------------------|
D|---|--------------2---|.-7-------------------------|-5-5----------O-5-4~---|
A|---|----------------4-|--5---------O-2--3^5^3^5^3--|-3-3----O-2-3----------|
E|---|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
e|---|------------------|
B|---|------------------|
G|---|-5-5-----------2-.|
D|---|-5-5-----------2-.|
A|---|-2-2---O-2-3~--O--|
E|---|------------------|
 
 
The Choruses are something like the into:
 
    You know that you want it....                                  etc...
e|----|             |-------|           |-------|          |-------|      |----|
B|----|             |---3---|           |---5---|          |---3---|      |----|
G|-2--|             |---2---|           |---4---|          |---2---|      |-2--|
D|-2--|             |---4---|           |---6---|          |---4---|      |-2--|
A|-O--|             |---O---|           |---O---|          |---O---|      |-O--|
E|----|             |-------|           |-------|          |-------|      |----|
 
Then there's that break thing with this awesome run...
 
B B B B   D D D D
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------H-H-------------H-H-------------H-H----------H-H----3--5-5--7-7--|
D|--H-H--1-3-5------H-H--3-5-7------H-H--5-6-8--H-H---6-8-10--3--5-5--7-7--|
A|-1-3-5-------3---3-5-7-------5---5-6-8-------6-8-10---------1--3-3--5-5--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Then the outro rythmn goes something like this: (palm muted)
 
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----H-P--O----H----------H-P--------H-H--------|
A|---O-2-O-----O-2-3------O-2-O-3~---O-2-3-------|
E|-2---------2-------2--2----------2-------2-----|
 
 
 
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| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| P  Pull off
| H  hammer on
| .  reprise
| ^  bend
 
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11 comments
RndyRhds56
Pretty good tab. I kinda wished there was more of it, but its not bad as a basis for me to start out on ya know. BTW I'm pretty sure the main riff part goes like this: e----------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------- G-7---------------5-----------------------5--2--5 D-7--------0------5----------5-4--5-------5--2--5 A-5----pm2---\5~~-3--pm2-3-5------2---pm2-3--0--7 E----pm5-----------pm5--------------pm5---------- Your way still sounds fine playing the open A string in the begining instead of the fifth fret 6 string. Thats just how I thought it goes^^
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Grarfield
Check out this lesson by Ben Eller, this helped me. I can play it now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ge9IOYth8
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chris77396
ok, intro: perfect...Verse: ehh well most of its good, except where you said funky bend, no..it starts on the fifth fret and he uses the tremolo like twice..you need to find more of the song please.
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