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Subject: TAB: "Right Now" - Van Halen (piano arr. for guitar)
Here are some parts of "Right Now" that have been arranged for guitar (basically the
first part of the song).
It is a good idea to put a capo on the fifth fret, but I tabbed then without a capo
(fifth fret means open string with the capo).
Here is the intro. When applied to piano, it sounds just like the CD:
e--------5-----8-----10-----8---5---- Play this over and over again and
B--8--------------------------------- VERY fast...
G----7-----7-----7------7-----7---7--
D------5-----5-----5------5----------
A------------------------------------
E------------------------------------
Then the cymbals kick in. I don't know the exact name of some of the chords with
additions, so I just put the root chord above each measure.
A G F
e--5-5---5---5---5---5------|---------------------------|---------------------------
B--7-7---8---8---7---7---5--|--5-5---6---6---5---5------|----------------6---6------
C--7-7---7---7---7---7---5--|--5-5---5---5---5---5---7--|--7-7---7---7---7----7-----
D--7-7---7---7---7---7---5--|--5-5---5---5---5---5---8--|--8-8---8---8---7-----7----
A--5-5---5---5---5---5------|--7-7---7---7---7---7---8--|--8-8---8---8---5----------
E--5-5---5---5---5---5------|--8-8---8---8---8---8---6--|--6-6---6---6--------------
Am
e---------------------------|
B--6---5--------------------| With a little improvising, it covers most of the
C--7---5--------------------| song.
D--7---5--------------------|
A--5---7--------------------|
E------8--------------------|
RIGHT NOW (solo)
Van Halen
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------------------------| <-These are Artificial Harmonics.
2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| pitches: B,G,E,C#,B,A,G,E
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-----------------10-----------10-----10---10----------------------------
/13^-----13^~~~------10--13^---------13^------10--13--------------------
------------------------------------------------------12^--10-----12----
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----------------------------------------------------------------20------
----------------------------------------------------17--20^-------------
125-----5--------------------------------------17----------------------
------7---/6-p5p3--5p3-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------53-----3^~~~/103-----------------------------
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----------------------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-----
20^--18--20^~~~-------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-----
-----------------12^----------12^----------12^----------12^-------------
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-----10--10---------13--13------13--13-----------15--15------15--15-----
-----10--10---------13--13------13--13-----------15--15------15--15-----
12^----------12/14----------14----------14--16^----------16-------------
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17--17^p15---------17^p15-----------------------------------------------
------------17p15----------17p15--10^p8--------10^p8---------10h12------
-----------------------------------------10p8---------10h13-------------
-------------------10--13^---p10--13~~~---------10----------------------
-------------------10-----------------------13--------------------------
-------10h12--12^-----------------------------------12^p10--12~~~/19----
10h12------------------------------------0------------------------------
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18--20---^p18-----20^--20^--20^~~~--------------------------------------
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(Right now!..)
