Spanish Fly Van Halen WARNING: This song is extremely hard to play. This song is freakin crazy to play Most 0f it is tapping but it is on an acoustic guitar, so You have to hammeron really hard. It will take some finger strength. So be prepared for a challenge if you want to learn this one. No one ever thought Eddie could follow up Eruption, but he did a pretty good job with this one. Good Luck! Tune Down 1 Step For the intro you tap onto note 12 frets from where you started E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------0(12)------------------------ G--------------------------------------------2(14)----------2(14)---------------- D------------------------------2(14)--2(14)-------------------------------------- A---------------2(14)--2(14)----------------------------------------------------- E--0(12)--0(12)------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------ B-----------------------1(13)--3(15)---0(12)------0(12)------------ G----------------2(14)--------------------------------------------- D---------2(14)---------------------------------------------------- A---0(12)---------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------ Play that whole part twice For the next tapping part i am going to leave out the hammerons and pullofs, because they are obvious and are confusing in large amounts. E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0---------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------7-12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0----------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-12-7-12-6-12-5-12-3-0 E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harmonics~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------5------0--------12------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------5------7--------12---------------------------------------------4h5----4-5-7p5p4----4h5h7/8------ D---5-----7---------12--------7---(7)---------------------------4-5-7------7------------7-------------- A--------------------------7--7---(7)--------3h4h5/0-----5-x-7----------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E--------7-8-10-------7-8-10--------8-10-12-------8-10-12---------x-12-14---------x-13-15p13p12------12--------0-- B--7h8h10-------7h8h10------8h10h12--------8h10h12-------10h12h14--------12h13h15---------------p15----13------0-- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14------- D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15---- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E--7p5---8-7-6-5-4-5-7--5h7p5p4----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B--5----------------------------h7---7p5p4----5p4----4-----5p4----4-----------------x----------------------------- G------------------------------------------h7-----h7---7p5-----h7---7p5p4--7--------4------4-5-7--7p5p4---4------- D----------------------------------------------------------------------------7-4h5h7---5-7--------------7---5h7--- A--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G---4h5---4-5-7p5p4---4------4h5---4-5-7-4-5-----5--7p5p4----4----------------------------------------- D-------7-----------7----5h7-----7------------7-----------h7----7p5p4---4------------------------------ A---------------------------------------------------------------------7-------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now the rest of the song is mostly tapping, which is rather hard on an acoustic guitar. So build up those fingers and in a little while it will be easy. Again I have left out the hammerons and pulloffs E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9----- D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-5-9-12-5-9-------------------------------- A-5-7-3-0-5-7-3-0-5-7-3-0-5-7-3-0--7-9-5-0-7-9-5-0-7-9-5-0-7-9--5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9---------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G---12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8---------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G-------------------------------10-3-7-10-3-7-10-3-7-10-3-7-10-2-7-10-2-7-10-2-7-10-2-7---------------- D---------------10-4-7-10-3-7-------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--9-2-7-10-2-7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G--9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9p2/5/7/9------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------0-------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------5------------12-5-9--12-5-10--------------------------- E-----------------------------------------------------12-5-9-------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D--12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A--12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-11-3-7-10-3-7-10-3-7-9-3-7--9-3-7-9-3-7-9-3-7 E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A--9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-0-2-6-9-6-2-0-2-6-9-6-2-0-2-6-9-6-2-0-2-6-9-6-2-0--------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-2-0--------- Then play part of the intro again E----------------------------------------------------0(12)-------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------0(12)-0(12)-------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------2(14)-2(14)-------------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------2(14)-2(14)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--2(14)-2(14)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whew, I think that's about it. Eddie adds a ton of his little Tricks in here, I don't think I put them all in here, but you can improvise. If you can play this then you are pretty good. Another masterpiece by Eddie Please Rate