• Song:

    Atomic Punk

  • Artist:

    Van Halen

  • Album:

    Live USA

Atomic Punk Tab by Van Halen, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Standard Tuning

Start off the intro by muting the strings,by rubbing your hands off the strings
                                w         w
e--------------------------|----------|--------|
B-------------------3------|----------|--------|
G----------------4--2------|--7/\/\/\-|--------|
D----------------4--0------|----------|--------|
A----7-10-9~~~~~~2---------|----------|--------|
E--0-----------------------|----------|--0\\\\-|

e--------------------------------------------|
B----3-------------------3-------------------|
G----2-------------------2-------------------|
D----0----0-0-0-0--------0----0-0-0-0--------|
A-----------------3p2p0---------------3p2p0--|
E--------------------------------------------|
         (pm----)            (pm-------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

e--------------------------------------------|
B----3-------------------3-------------------|
G----2-------------------2-------------------|
D----0----0-0-0-0--------0----0-0-0-0--------|
A-----------------3p2p0---------------3p2p0--|
E--------------------------------------------|
         (pm----)            (pm-------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

  Nobody rules these streets at night like me, the atomic punk
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-9-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
D-9-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
A-7-----------------------------5-----------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

e--------------------------------------------|
B----3-------------------3-------------------|
G----2-------------------2-------------------|
D----0----0-0-0-0--------0----0-0-0-0--------|
A-----------------3p2p0---------------3p2p0--|
E--------------------------------------------|
         (pm----)            (pm-------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

e------------------------|
B------------------3-----|
G---------------4--2-----|
D---------------4--0-----|
A----7-10-9~~~~~2--------|
E--0---------------------|

  Nobody rules these streets at night like me, the atomic punk
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-9-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
D-9-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
A-7-----------------------------5-----------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Now to get that geekish sound on the guitar
-use you hand by rubbing the strings
-put your other hand on all the stings
on the twelfth fret
-and use a flanger

Notation used:
w-whammy bar
pm-palm mute
~-vibrato
p-pull off
/\-(also used as the whammy bar)

I promise all ya'll i'll get the solo later!
(That's a promise!)
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