• Song:

    Dreams

  • Artist:

    Van Halen

  • Album:

    Van Halen Live: Right H...

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                             "Dreams" solo - Van Halen
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Tabbed by: [travis]
Email: syn_gates_punk14@msn.com

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E ) low to high

Key:

. = palm mute
+ = pinch harmonic
{} = tapped harmonics
b = bend
h = hammer on
p = pull off
* = natural harmonic
! = tremelo pick
~ = ring/ vibrato
w = wammy bar
[] = how many steps you push the wammy bar down
() = note is barely picked or not heard.
1 = one step
.5 = half step
.25 = quarter step
.75 = three fourth step
/ \ = slides
T = tap

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First Guitar Solo:

     * *    * *     * *      * *     * *     * *          1.5     1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7-7----7-7-----7-7------7-7-----7-7-----7-5~~~---(5)--w---(5)w---|
D|-7------7------7--------7--------7-------7--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   .      .      .        .        .       .

     * *     * * *    * *     * *      * *      .5     1.5      + 1            2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------8b~~~~~-----(8)w~~--|
G|---7-7-----7-7-7----7-7-----7-7------7-7~~~-(7)w---(7)w---------------------------|
D|-7-------7--------7-------7-------7-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

          1      1     1                .5     .5     .5
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------12---(12)w--(12)w--(12)w----|
A|-/19\--5w--/--7w--/-8w--/-12------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
  For this part on the 5w/7w/8w, that is one pick only. Push the wammy
  bar one step down whenever your finger goes over the 5, 7 , and 8. You only
  pick the string once and slide your finger all the way to the 12s.


    1    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .5VVVVVVVVVVV
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-5b----{14}-{12}-{14}-{12}-{14}-{12}~~~~~~~~-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
  This part may look confusing. Pick the 5th fret on the G string, and bend it
  one whole step up. While holding the 5th fret bend up, easily tap the 14 and 
  12th fret to produce a tapped harmonic. Keep the 5th fret bend a whole step
  until the .5vvvvvvvvv part. the .5vvvvvv part means you drop the 5th fret whole
  step bend, down to a half step bend, while still tapping easily the 14 and 12 fret.

     .5      1        .5      1                     1           .5
e|---------------17-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17b---(17)b-------17b----17b~~~~~\13-----10h13p10w--h13p10------------------10---------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------12b---(12)p10-------10~~~~~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------12------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   T        T        T        T          T             T  T         T T                    .5        1
e|----------15p10h13----------15p10h13--15/13p12p10h13-15/20p13p12-15/20p13p12p10----------------------------------------|
B|-15p10h13----------15p10h13-----------------------------------------------------13--15\--13b--10-----------------10----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12b--(12)p10------10~|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                  1    1      1              1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------15----------15-18b--15--18p15-22b-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------18b--18b-----------------------|
G|--------------------5---7--/8--7--8h/12----12~~~~~-----/16-----------------------------------|
D|----------------5----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3!---5!---5h6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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2nd Guitar Solo

e|---------------------------------------------------------------12----------------------|
B|-------13-13h/15--10h/15~~~~--13----13~~~-------13-13h15--15~~----13~~~-12~~~--12~~~\6-|
G|----12---------------------------------------14----------------------------------------|
D|-10---------------------------------------15-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                       T      T      T      T      T      T      T      T       T      T      T      T 
e|--------10--12h/13--13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-15p5h8-15p5h8-15p5h8-15p12p8-12p3h8-12p3h8-12p3h8-12p3h8p3-|
B|-----13----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-/12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                  1         1        1        1
e|------------15-------15------15-------15--18b-----|
B|-15/--6/-------18b------18b------18b--------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

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Outro Solo:

e|------------------------------------------------------12-----------------|
B|-18/15~~~~~~~--13----13~~~~~~--------13-13h15--15~~~~----13---12--12~~~~-|
G|----------------------------------14-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------15----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

     1^^^^^^                   1^^^^^^^^                  1
e|---------------20!---20/22--22b--22--22~~~~~~~~~~~----22b----20--22~~~~~~~~|
B|-18b-18-18!----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Hold the whole step bend while picking the 18s, and the tremelo picked
  18. Also, hold the whole step bend on the 22s. Basically, hold the bend for
  the  ^^^^^^^^^^s.

There you have it. It's one of the top solos made by Eddie Van Halen.
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  [travis]
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