Panama Tab

Artist: Van Halen
Song: Panama
 
 
This may not be perfect but i think it sounds pretty good.
The mistakes should be obvious to see im sure there are some but not many.Intro:
 
  E    Esus4   B            E      E  B   D     Dsus4  A
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-
B|-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|-
G|-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|-
D|-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----7\\\--|-
A|-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------O\\\--|-
E|---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|-
 
PM (all open E's)                                   DB       (Dive Bomb -
Hit the Twang Stick)
 
  E    Esu4   B     E      E  B   D     Dsus4 A
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|
G|-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|
D|-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----####--|
A|-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------####--|
E|---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|
PS           (Pick-Slide)
 
 
[Pre-Verse]
 
C#min                B/Bsu4   A
 
e|-0---------------------------------------------|-
B|-5------------------4-5-4--4\2--2-2------------|-
G|-6------------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2------------|-
D|-6------------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2--4^h^4~~~~-|-
A|-4------4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------|-
E|-----------------------------------------------|-
$                                     AH            ($ = strum & let ring)
 
C#min              B/Bsu4   A       B          [---------Riff #1------------]
 
-4---------------------------------------------O-----O-----5----5-----5-----|
-5--4---4-5--------4-5-4--4\2--2-2---------------4-----4-----4----4-----4---|
-6----6------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2---------4-------4-----4-----4----4-----4-|
-6-----------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2---------4--------------------------------|
-4-----------------------------------O-O-O-2--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---Harmonics----]
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 E   A  D  A  D A G        E   A  D  A  D A G        E   A  D  A  D A G
e|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|--------3-X---3----------|--------3-X---3---------|--------3-X---3---------|
G|-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|
D|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|
A|-2---O----X-O---O--------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|
E|-O-O--------------3/5\3~~|-O-O--------------3/5\3~|-O-O--------------3/5\3~|
(Uh!)              (Hey yeah!....)                 (Uh Huh!)
 
 
e|-------------------------|
B|--------3-X---3----------|
G|-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|
D|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|
A|-2---O----X-O---O--------|
E|-O-O--------------3/5\3~~|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D  E                          E A D                   D   E                Asu2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------O---|
|-3-------------------------------5---------------------------------------O---|
|-2-----------------------------9-6-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/|
|-O---2-------------------------9-7-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/|
|-----2-------------------------7---5------------------5-5-7--------------O---|
|-----O------O-O-O-O-O--------------------(O)-(O)-(O)--------(O)-(O)----------|
Jump Back    What's that sound       Here she comes.....      Hot shoe..   $ PS
 
 
[Bridge]
 
 F#                        C#min (arpegiate chord)
e|-O----------------------|-O---------------|---------------------------|------|
B|-O----O-----O-----O-----|-5---------------|---------------------------|------|
G|-3------3-----3-----3---|-6---------------|-\-------------------------|-riff-|
D|-4--------4-----4-----4-|-6---------------|-\-------------------------|--#1--|
A|-4----------------------|-4---------------|----5-------3------------2-|------|
E|-2----------------------|-----------------|------6-5~----4-5~--2~-O---|------|
$(Dont you know she...)  $(You lose a....)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 
(basically the same as the first)
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|---------------|-------7-----7-7--------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|---------------|-----7-------7-7--------------|---H-T-P--H------|-------------|
G|---------------|-9^F-----9^F------9^F^9^F\~/--|-6-9-11-6-9- %5x-|-9^F^9^F~~~~~|
D|---------------|------------------------------|-----------------|hold this----|
A|-3~-O----O-----|------------------------------|-----------------|bend for next|
E|------3~---3~~-|------------------------------|-----------------|-part -------|
..ah oh)                                WB = Whammey Bar     % = repeat
^F = Bend Full Step  H = Hamer-On
T = Tap              P = Pull-Off
 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P-----------------------|
G|-(9^F~)--14-(9^F)--12-(9^F)--14-(9^F)--16-(9^F)--14-(9^f^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(release 9th bend here) ^  (bend up ^
with whammey bar)
 
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-7^F-7-----7^F~----------------|
D|-------9-7------9-8-7----------|
A|----------------------9-8-7----|
E|----------------------------10-|
 
Break? (I dunno what ya' call this part!) 'The Reach down
between my legs part' :)
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---H--P-----------------H--P------------------H--P----------------|
A|-/9-10-9----7^F^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~----------|
E|---------10--------7~---------10-----10-------------10---10-10/12-|
 
 
e|--------------O-------|
B|--------------O-------|
G|--------------2-------|               The rest of this is pretty much the same,
D|---H--P-------3-------|               He throws some chords in there that you
A|-/9-10-9------3-------|               should be able to figure out.
E|---------10---1-------|
$ (Arpegiate Chord)
 
 
If you have any problems or questions feel free to email me at bpearce80@hotmail.com
Tabbed by Brendan
 
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| P  Pop
 
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