------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERUPTION - Van Halen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: JackMule E-mail: PlayingSongs@hotmail.com Editor Notes: There are a lot of subtle notes played in this song. I may have missed a couple or misinterpreted some. Email me if you know a part is wrong. Tuning: Half-Step Down 1st Section: PM|- - - -| p+ e|-----------------------------------------------------5-----| B|---------------------------------------------------5---8p5-| G|-----2-----------------------------5--7br9p5-7brb9---------| D|-----2-----------------------5--7--------------------------| A|-ps--0-----------7brb9-------------------------------------| E|-ps--------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------| B|---5h8p5p0---5h8p5p0---5h8p5p0---5h8p5p0-| G|-8---------8---------8---------8---------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| p+ p+ e|-------5-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----5---8---------------------------------------------------------| G|-7b9-------7-8p7p5-4--5--7-5h7p5p4---4h7p5p4---4h7p5p4-7-5h7p5p4---| D|-----------------------------------7---------7-------------------7-| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ w\\ //w w w w w e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----7--6--5--4-------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------7--6--5--3b5-----------0-----------------------------------| E|-------------------------------0-------------------------------------------| 2nd Section: (Hold the bend (20th fret) at a pitch of around 21.5 and do slight bends to 22; don't release it back to 20 each time.) |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - e|---------------------17-17-------17-17-------17-17-------17-17-------17-17-| B|----3--3---/20--pb22-------20b22-------20b22-------20b22-------20b22-------| G|-2--0--2-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-2--0--0-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0--x--0-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------| - - - -| e|-------17-20b21------21p17------------17-------17-17-20br22p17----17-| B|-20b22------------19--------19br22b21----20b22-----------------20----| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| B|-20br22p17----20br22p17-20br22p17----20brb22\---| G|-----------19---------------------19------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| e|----------------16-17-20----------20p17-20p17-20p17------------------------| B|-------16-18-20-------------17-20-------------------19-20-19---------------| G|-12/18-------------------18----------------------------------18pbr21p17h18-| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| w|- - - - - - - - - - - -| w\\ e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|-18br19p14//18\\14//18\\14//18\\14\-------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------0---| 3rd Section (Tremolo Picking): w w w e|-12------12-12-12-12-16-16-16-16-19-19-19-19-17-17-17-16-16-16-| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|-17-17-17-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-| B|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------| e|-12-12-16-16-16-19-19-19-17-17-17-16-16-16-17-17-17-14-14-14-16-16-16-| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-12-12-12-14-12-10-10-12-10-9-9-9-10-9-7-7-7-9-7-5-5-5-7-5-3-3-3-5-3-| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| w //w \\ // e|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1h3p1p0-------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------5p3p0-------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------5p2p0-------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------| 4th Section: e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------6---5-------8p0h7-| G|-----------------5p0---------5p0---------7p0h5-------| D|-----5h7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----8---8---------------| A|-5/7-------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------| B|-5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5-| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| PM|- - -| PM|- - - -| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------5---4-------7p0h6-| D|----------------5p0---------5p0---------7p0h4-------| A|-----5h7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7-----7---7---------------| E|-3/7------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-4h6p4h6p4h6p4h6p4-| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------6---5-------8p0h7-| G|-----------------5p0---------5p0---------7p0h5-------| D|-----5h7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----8---8---------------| A|-5/7-------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------| B|-5h7p5h7p5h7-\-3h5p3h5p3-\-1h3p1h3p1-\-0h2p0h2p0h2-| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| 5th Section (Tapping): T T T T T T T T e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-14p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-15p5h8-15p5h8-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-17p7h10-17p7h10-| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T e|---------------------------------| B|-17p9h12-17p9h12-17p9h12-17p9h12-| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-17p12-17p12h15-17p11h14-17p11h14-17p10h13-17p10h13-17p9h12-17p9h12-| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-17p12h15-17p12h15-17p11h14-17p11h14-17p10h13-17p10h13-17p9h12-17p9h12-| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-15p10h13-15p10h13-15p9h12-15p9h12-15p8h11-15p8h11-15p7h10-15p7h10-| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-13p8h11-13p8h11-13p7h10-13p7h10-13p6h9-13p6h9-13p5h8-13p5h8-| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-12p5h8-12p4h7-12p5h8-12p4h7-12p5h8-12p4h7-12p5h8-12p4h7-| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------|X2 T + + w\\ e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|-12p5\---------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------7--7------------------------------------| E|---------ps-0--------------------------------------------| ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | // whammy up | // whammy down | ps pick slide | w whammy | h hammer-on | p pull-off | + harmonic | p+ pinch harmonic | PM Palm mute | T Tapped note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | pbr Pre-bend release | br Bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************