Song: Eruption
Artist: Van Halen
Album: Van Halen
Tabbed by: David L. 'van relient k' email: michiganrelientk@gmail.com
Tuning: 1/2 step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
Key:
^ hammer on or pull off
t tap with right hand
#=# trill
/ slide up
\ slide down
b(#) bend up to the note in parentheses
r release bend
X muted note
lr---| let ring
ph pinch harmonic
\\ whammy bar
// release whammy bar
~ vibrato
* tremolo picking
[#] tap harmonic with right hand
i decided to try using ^ as hammer on or pull off instead of h and p because there's ALOT of them in this song and it makes it easier to distinguish the different numbers, but email me if you think it should stay this way or if i should change to h and p. thanks!
Note: this song is extremely hard to play and its really really fast. My tip is to learn it slow and perfect and then gradually build up the speed. Another thing to keep in mind is that the bar lines indicate the end of a measure, so each measure should be about the same length.
ph ph ph
e|-------------|----------------|---------------------------|--5---------------------------|
B|-------------|----------------|---------------------------|5---8^5^0---5^8^5^0---5^8^5^0-|
G|-------------|2---------------|--------5---7b(9)r-5-7b(9)-|----------7---------7---------|
D|-------------|2---------------|5---7----------------------|------------------------------|
A|X/----X\----X|0-------7~~~~~~~|---------------------------|------------------------------|
E|X/----X\----X|----------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
lr---| lr-|
e|------------------------5-----|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5^8^5^0---5^8^5^0---5---8^5-|--5-------0-1-3^|1^3^1^0---0^3^1^0---0^3^1^0---0^3^1^0---0---|
G|7---------7---------7---------|8---8^7^5-------|--------2---------2---------2---------2---2-|
D|------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
ph ph ph ph ph
e|-------------------|----------------|--------------------| Press the whammy bar down about
B|-------------------|----------------|--------------------| one step each time here.
G|1--0---------------|----------------|--------------------|
D|------4--2--1----0-|----------------|--------------------|
A|--------------3/---|------------0\\-|//\\//\\//\\//\\//--|
E|-------------------|0\\-------------|--------------------|
lr--------|
e|----------------|------------/---|--------17--------17--------17--------17--------17-17|
B|----------------|3-----------/---|20b(22)---20b(22)---20b(22)---20b(22)---20b(22)------|
G|2-------0-------|2---------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|2-------0-------|0---------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|0---------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------3-------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|---1720-21---2017---|--------------17---------17-|
B|20--------19------17|20b(22)rb(22)----20b(22)----|
G|--------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------|
lr---|
e|20b(22)r^17----17----------------------------------------------|
B|------------20----20b(22)r^17----20b(22)r^17----20b(22)r^17----|
G|------------------------------19-------------19-------------19-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------14-17-20----------14-17-20-17^20^17^14-15^14---------------------------------|
B|20b(22)~---14^17^20----------14^17^20----------------------------17^14---------------------------|
G|-------/17-------------------------------------------------------------17b(19)r^14^17\\//\\//----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0\\|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------16*-19*-17*-16*-17*-14*-16*-----16*-19*-17*-14*-16*-| Just pick as fast as humanly
B|17b(19)-17*-------------------------------17*---------------------| possible while switching to
G|------------------------------------------------------------------| the different notes
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|12*-14*-10*-12*-8*-10*-7*-8*-5*-7*-3*-5*-1*---|1^3^1^0----------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|--------3^1^0^1^0------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|------------------2b(4)r^0---|--------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|0\\---------------//|
On that last measure, whammy down really far, like an octave or so, then slowly release the whammy bar back to the low E.
This next section is played extremely fast, and each set of three notes is grouped into a triplet.
e|----|------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|----------------------|
B|----|------------------------|------6^0----------8^0----|-----------|----------------------|
G|----|------------5^0---------|4^0-------9-7^0--------11-|9=11-------|----------------------|
D|----|5^7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-|----7-----------10--------|-----------|----------5^0---------|
A|/7--|------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|5^7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-|
E|----|------------------------|--------------------------|-------/7--|----------------------|
e|--------------------------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-----------|----------------------|------6^0----------8^0----|
G|------5^0----------7^0----|-----------|----------5^0---------|4^0-------9-7^0--------11-|
D|4^0-------9-7^0--------11-|9=11-------|5^7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-|----7-----------10--------|
A|----7-----------10--------|-------/7--|----------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------|
e|---------------------| Now the rest of the song is all double tapping on the B string so I'm just
B|---------------------| going to write the number of the notes that you tap and how many times you
G|9=11--7=9--5=7--4=5--| tap them
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
B|9-2-5-| X8 |10-2-5-| X8 |10-4-7-| X6 |12-4-7-| X2 |12-5-9-| X8 |13-5-8-| X6 |15-5-8-| X2
B|15-7-10-| X6 |17-7-10-| X2 |17-9-12-| X12 |17-12-15-| X2 |17-11-14-| X2 |17-10-13-| X2
B|17-9-12-| X2 |17-12-15-| X2 |17-11-14-| X2 |17-10-13-| X2 |17-9-12-| X2 |15-10-13-| X2
B|15-9-12-| X2 |15-8-11-| X2 |15-7-10-| X2 |13-8-11-| X2 |13-7-10-| X2 |13-6-9-| X2 |13-5-8-| X2
B|12-4-7-| X8 |12-5-8-| X8 |12-4-7-| X8 |12-5-8-12-4-7-| X8
e|------------------------| now you whammy down an octave and fade out and thats the end.
B|12^5--------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|-------0---[12]-[12]-\\-|
Well that was by far the hardest thing I've ever had to tab. It should be pretty much 100% correct, but email me if it isn't. Please rate. Thanks!
