Dance the Night Away
Van Halen
As with just about all VH songs, tune down 1/2 step to play the
song in the original key. The underscore '' means "slide".
{here's the signature riff for the song}
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----9-----9-10--9--7-75-5----9-----9-10--5---57---------
----9-----9--9--9--8-86-6----9-----9--9--6-6--8---------
----9--9--9--9--9--9-97-7----9--9--9--9--7----9---------
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{this riff is ad-libbed through most of the song.}
Have you seen her?
So fine and pretty. Fooled me with her style and ease.
And I feel her from across the room.
Yes, it's love in the third degree.
Ooh, baby, baby.
C#m C#m E A
--4---4------------------------
--5---5---9-----5--------------
--6---6---9-----6--------------
--6---6---9-----7--------------
--4---4---7-----7--------------
----------------5--------------
Won'tcha turn your head my way?
F#
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---------2------------------------4-----
---------3--------------------------4---
---------4----------------------------2-
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Ooh, baby, baby.
Come on, take a chance.
You're old enough to dance the night away.
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away.
A live wire.
Barely a beginner, but just watch that lady go.
She's on fire, 'cause dancing gets her higher than
anything else she knows.
Ooh, baby, baby.
Won'tcha turn your head my way?
Ooh, baby, baby.
Well, don't skip romance, 'cause you're old enough to dance
the night away.
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away.
{solo}
Dance the night away.
Dance, dance, dance the night away.
(repeat and fade)
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Dance the Night Away
EXPLANATIONS : { "X" } - Indicates the Guitar Riffs
( "Y" ) - Indicates Back Vocal
" 45 " - Indicates a slide
" H12 " - Indicates a natural harmonic
" T12 " (above tab) - Indicates fret to tap (with right index finger)
" * " - Indicates the Lyrics
{INTRO AND MAIN RIFF}
||-------4---45-------4-----------------------|----4--45---------------------|
||-------5---5----------5--------------------5--|----5--5----------7--------5----|
||-------------------4-----4--4--75--5-----4--|------------------8--------6----|
||-------------------------------86--6--------|---------------9-----7--7-------|
||-------------------------------97-----7-----|--------------------------------|
||-0--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
* Have you seen her
So fine and pretty
Fooled me with her style and ease
And I feel her
from across the room
Yes it's love in the third degree
{RIFF 2}
* Ooh baby baby won'tcha turn your head my way
|-------------------------------------------------------------------2--0--------x|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-----4--0--x|
|--4--6----9--9--9--9--9--x--------6----------------------4---4--4---------------|
|--4--6----9--9--9--9--9--x--------6----------------------4---4--4---------------|
|--2--4----7-----7-----7--x--------4----------------4--4--2----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
* Ooh baby baby come on take a chance you're old enough to
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|-----------------------------------5---------4-----4-----------4--5--4--5-------|
|--4--6----9--9--9--9--9----x-------6------------4--------------4--4--4--4-------|
|--4--6----9--9--9--9--9----x-------6---------------------------4--4--4--4-------|
|--2--4----7-----7-----7----x-------4--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--|
{CHANGE TO MAIN RIFF}
* Dance the night away WOW
DADADADADADA the night away
(Daaaaaaaance the night away)
* A live wire
Barely a beginner
But just watch that lady go
She's on fire
cause dancing gets her higher than
anything else she knows
{CHANGE TO RIFF 2}
* Ooh baby baby
Won'tcha turn your head my way
Ooh baby baby
Well don't skip romance 'cause you're old enough to
{CHANGE TO MAIN RIFF}
* Dance the night away WOW
DADADADADADA the night away
(Daaaaaaaance the night away)
{RIFF 3 (note: "D" and "U" means DOWN and UP,and it's the direction you must hit the strings with the pick)}
D D U D D D U D D D D D D D D D
* OOH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|--0------0-----------------0--0--0------0-----------------|--0--0--0-----0-------------------0--------0-------0------------------------|
|--0------0-----------------0--0--0------0-----------------|--0--0--0-----0-------------------0--------0-------0--------4--5--4--5------|
|--4------4-----------------2--2--2------2-----------------|--4--4--4-----4-------------------2--------2-------2--------4--4--4--4------|
|--4------4-----------------2-----2------2-----------------|--4-----4-----4-------------------2--------2-------2--------4--4--4--4------|
|--2---------2--2--2--2--2--0---------------0--0--0--0--0--|--2--------------2--2--2--2--20----0--0-------------0--2------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0--|
{SOLO}
The entire solo (or almost) is played in artificial harmonics, so, if are not getting
a good sound from your guittar, you can try my second version of this solo, that sound
almost like the original, but without artificial harmonics.
(These Harmonics are not
exactly on the 19th fret.
Tap diagonally with the |
right index finger between |
the 19th and the 20th.Same |
thing to the other harmonics |
indicated with "X/Y" ) |
| |
| |
T12 | | T14 T21 T14 | T19 T20 T21
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|---0--0--0--0---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---0--0--0--0------7---7------2---------2-----|----9--9--9--9----2--2----------7-------------|
|-------------------8---8------2------------2--|----9--9--9--9----2--2-----8---------8--------|
|------------------------------7------7--------|----9--9--9--9----7--7-----9--------------9---|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-0--------------------------------------------|
T19/20 T18/17
T12 T21 | T14 T12 T14 | T19/20
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|------------------------------------------|----------------------------7----------||
|------9--9--9--9----7--7----2-------2-----|-----9--9--9--9----5---5----7----------||
|------9--9--9--9----8--8----2----------2--|-----9--9--9--9----6---6----8----------||
|------9--9--9--9------------7----7--------|-----9--9--9--9------------------------||
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--0---------------------------------------|--0------------------------------------||
(SOLO - no artificial harmonics)
|--H12--H12--H12--H12----14--14---12----H12----------|------16--16--16--16----12--12---14----14-----------|
|--H12--H12--H12--H12----16--16---14---------14------|------17--17--17--17----14--14---16--------16-------|
|------------------------16--16---14-------------14--|------16--16--16--16----14--14---16------------16---|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-H12------------------------------------------------|
|-------16--16--16--16----14--14----H12----------|-------16--16--16--16----17--17---19----------|
|-------17--17--17--17----16--14---------14------|-------17--17--17--17----14--14---16----------|
|-------16--16--16--16----16--16-------------14--|-------16--16--16--16----14--14---16----------|
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--H12-------------------------------------------|--H12-----------------------------------------|
{CHANGE TO MAIN RIFF}
Dance the night away
(Dance the night away)
(Dance, dance, dance the night away)
Oh come on
(Dance the night away)Hey yeah yeah
(Dance, dance, dance the night away)
Oh come on Baby , baby
Dance the night away
{REPEAT AND FADE}
