• Song:

    Humans Being

  • Artist:

    Van Halen

  • Album:

    Best Of:Volume One

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h=Hammer
p=pull-off
=Palm-mute
=Natural Harmonics
~=Vibrato
/=Slide up
=Slide down
t=Tap

Tuned down one half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Intro
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|----6------------6---------6-----------------------
|---6---4-6-------6-4-6-----6-4-6-------------------
|--6----2-4-------6-2-4-----6-2-4------2-4--6-4-2---
|-4---------0-0---4-----0-0-4------4-2------------4-
       <---P.M--->  <--P.M-> 

|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-6---------------6---------6-----------------------
|-6-----4-6-------6-4-6-----6-4-6-------------------
|-6-----2-4-------6-2-4-----6-2-4------2-4--6-4-2---
|-4---------0-0---4-----0-0-4------4-2------------4-
       <---P.M--->  <--P.M-> 

|----------------------------------555-----
|----------------------------------555-----
|-6---------------6---------6------555-----
|-6-----4-6-------6-4-6-----6--4---333-----
|-6-----2-4-------6-2-4-----6--2-----------
|-4---------0-0---4-----0-0-4----------\\ <--Pick Slide
       <---P.M--->  <--P.M-> 

Verse
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-6---------------6---------6-----------------------
|-6-----4-6-------6-4-6-----6-4-6-------------------
|-6-----2-4-------6-2-4-----6-2-4------2-4--6-4-2---
|-4---------0-0---4-----0-0-4------4-2------------4-
          <-P.M->     

Solo 1
Guitar 1 (Rythym)

     <------N.H--------->    <----------N.H------------->
|--------------------------------------------------------
|-------------<7>------------------------<12>------------
|-7--------------<7>-------5-----------------<12>--------
|-7--------<7>------<7>----5---------<12>--------<12>----
|-7-----<7>----------------5-----<12>--------------------
|-5--<7>---------------<7>-3-<12>--------------------<12>

     <------N.H--------->
|---------------------------------------------
|-------------<7>-----------------------------
|-7--------------<7>-------9-----5-----7------
|-7--------<7>------<7>----9-----5-----7------
|-7-----<7>----------------9-----5-----7------
|-5--<7>---------------<7>-7-----3-----5------

Guitar 2 (Lead)

|----10----12----15----10--12-10h12p10--------------
|-10----10----13----12-------------------3/5-5-3-3~-
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------

|------10--12--14--15-12-10~---14-14-10----------/22-22-22~-
|-10-10--10--10--10--------------------10--10~--------------
|----------------------------------------11-----------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------

Chorus ("Shine On...")
|-----------------------------------
|---------8-7-----------------------
|-5---7-9-----10--------------------
|-5-----------10--------0-4-4h5p4-0-
|-5-----------10--0-2-3-------------
|-3-----------8---------------------

Solo 2
|----------------------------7h9p7h9-------------22b22b22b22b22--
|------------------------------------7-9-9b11r9------------------
|----------4-6-4h6p4---------------------------------------------
|--------4-----------8---8-9-------------------------------------
|------6---------------8-----------------------------------------
|-\-7-----------------------------------------------------------
  |-pickslide                              

|-4h7t11-play-6-times-fast-|-2h6t9-play-6-times-fast-|------------------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-/18-------9b11r9-
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----13~----------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------

Ok! Now this slow part fades in:
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|---6-8-9-9----6-8/13119-98-8/984/6----6-8-13/18-/20h21~-
|-6----------6-----------------------------6-------------------

|-----------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------4-
|---------------------------------------------------------3-
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-201816/1813/1611/13----6-8/13119-98-8/9864-1----
|--------------------------6--------------------------------

|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---6-8/13119-98-8/98/98/98/
|-6-------------------------------
                         |-----Repeat this part for a while. 
Now comes this part
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-11p9-11p9-11p9-11-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
|-------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
                                    <-------T.A dive
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20- <--Repeat this chord for a while.
|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-    Occasionally bend the strings
|-------------------------    slightly up and down. 

|-------------------------    Solo 3
This is played after the Verse and Chorus following Solo 2. It's pretty much
the same as the first part of Solo 2.

|-------------------------7h9p7h9-------------22b22b22b22b22--
|---------------------------------7-9-9b11r9------------------
|-------4-6-4h6p4---------------------------------------------
|-----4-----------8---8-9-------------------------------------
|---6---------------8-----------------------------------------
|-7-----------------------------------------------------------
  |-pickslide                              

|-4h7t11-play-6-times-fast-|-2h6t9-play-6-times-fast-|------------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|----/18-----
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-13-----13b-
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------

The song is played in this order:

Intro x 1
Verse x 4
Solo 1 x 1
Verse x 2
Chorus x 2
Solo 2 
Verse x 2
Chorus x 2
Solo 3 
Verse
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