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
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