Van Halen - "Big River"
From "A Different Kind of Truth"
Tuning - Eb (all strings down 1 fret)
tabbed by jjhand



Clean Intro

eb|-2h3p2p0--3p2p0------------|-2h3p2p0------------------|
Bb|-----------------3---------|----------3p0-------------|
Gb|---------------------------|--------------0-----------|
Db|-2--------0----------------|-0---------------4--------|
Ab|-----------------3---------|----------3------2--------|
Eb|---------------------------|--------------------------|




Main Riff (w/ Distortion)

eb|-----------------------|------------------------|
Bb|-7h8-8-8--x-7------x-x-|------------------------|
Gb|-7---7-7--x-7------x-x-|-5-4--------------------|
Db|-7h9-9-9--x-7------x-x-|-----5-7--5--5p4p0------|
Ab|-----------------------|-------------------0----|
Eb|-----------------------|------------------------|

|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-7h8-8-8--x-7------x-x-|--------------------------|
|-7---7-7--x-7------x-x-|-5-4----------------------|
|-7h9-9-9--x-7------x-x-|-----5-7PH----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------3p0-3h5-3p0-0--|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|

|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-7h8-8-8--x-7------x-x-|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7--x-7------x-x-|-5-4---------------------|
|-7h9-9-9--x-7------x-x-|-----5-7---5--5p4p0------|
|-----------------------|--------------------0----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-7h8-8-8--x-7------x-x-|--------------------------|
|-7---7-7--x-7------x-x-|-5-4-------------0--------|
|-7h9-9-9--x-7------x-x-|-----5-7-5----------------|
|-----------------------|------------0-3qb-3qb--0--|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|



Verse Riff

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-8-8-8-7-----------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-7-7-7-7-----------------|
|-----------0-----0-----0-|-----------0--0--0--0--0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-8-8-8-7-----------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-7-7-7-7-----------------|
|-----------0-----0-----0-|-----------4--5-5/7-5--4-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|



Repeat Main Riff

"Oh Big River, Oh Yeah"


Play Verse Riff Again with slight changes

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-8-8-8-7-----------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-7-7-7-7-----------------|
|-----------0-----0-----0-|-----------5h7-5h7p5-4-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------*************-|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-8-8-8-7---10-10-8--8--7-| * w/ slight
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-7-7-7-7-----------------|   trem bar bends
|-----------0-----0-----0-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


Repeat Main Riff (0:55)


Verse 2:

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-8-8-8-7-----------------|
|-5-5-5-7------7-----7----|-7-7-7-7-----------------|
|-----------0-----0-----0-|-----------0--0--0--0--0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-3------3-----3----|-7-7-7-5-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4------4-----4----|-5-5-5-5-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4------4-----4----|-5-5-5-5-----------------|
|-----------2-----2-------|--------------5--3--2--3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--8PH~~~------|