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D.O.A. (Bassline)
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1979 Album VAN HALEN II)
Transcribed by an unregistered user
Words and Music by Van Halen
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=137
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 W Wx4
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|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|
q q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0--0----------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|-------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|---------0--2-4-||
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-3--||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Verse 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E Q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|------0--2-4/--|
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-4-----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|---------------4-||
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
Pre-Chorus 2
E E E E E E E E +H E. E. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------2--4--6-|------------------|---------2-2-4\---||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-5-5-5-5----------||
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
Chorus 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-0------0--2-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2--------|
E E E E E E E E +H E. E. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|------------------|--------6--4--3-|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-3-2-7-7-7-7---|------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Verse 3
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-----2--4--||
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-------||
Pre-Chorus 3
E E E E E E E E +H E. E. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------2--4--6-|------------------|---------2-2-4\---||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-5-5-5-5----------||
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
Chorus 3
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Outro Solo
E E E E E E E E +H E. E. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------6--4--3-|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-3-2-7-7-7-7-7--|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|------2--4/---|
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-4----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0--------------o||
||----------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|
||----------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|
E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-----------------|-0-0------------------o||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H 3x
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------|------------o||
||o-0--0-------|-0--0-------|-0--0-------|-0--0-------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
