• Song:

    Big Trouble

  • Artist:

    Van Halen

  • Album:

    Blueprint (disc 1)

Big Trouble Tab by Van Halen


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
BIG TROUBLE
Van Halen,unreleased
Studio Demo,1977
tabbed by dsale@jax.jaxnet.com
http://jax.jaxnet.com/~dsale

Intro
(fingerpicked,exept for last chord)
                                                        "Ooh lala..."
-2h3-(0)-3h2p0----3------2h3p2p0----------------------------------------|
------------------3--------------------3h0------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------0---------------------------|
-2-------0---------------2-------------0----------4---------------------|
------------------3-------------------------------2---------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1
(bass plays A during riff)
-3-3---2----------------------------------------------------------------|
-3-3---3--------------1h0-----------------------------------------------|
-2-2---2--------------------2--2----------------------------------------|
------------------------------------4--5h4------------------------------|
-------------0--0---------------------------5---2/3\2-------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verses   "whos    at   the     door.         tell me whos that knockin
-3----2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------|
-5-x--3--------------------------------5x-3-----------------------------|
-5-x--2--------------------------------5x-2-----------------------------|
-5----0---0---0---0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0------0-0-0-------0--|
-----------------------3(1/2)-------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|


         your dead for sure
3-2-2-2------------------------3-2-2------------------------------------|
5-3-3-3------------------------3-3-3------------------------------------|
5-2-2-2------------------------2-2-2------------------------------------|
----------0---0---0----0---0--------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------2-2h3--3/5--------------------|


"so dry your eyes                  my little friend
--------------------------------------3------3--------------------------|
--------------------------------------5------2--------------------------|
-----5--------------------------------5---x--3--------------------------|
-----5---x---7------------------------5---x-----------------------------|
-----3-------5-------5--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------2222-3333-3/5-5-------|


 One thousand times                      come back againnnn..
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----5--------3---------------------------------------------------------|
-----4--4-----4-------------------------------4------5------------------|
-----4--------4-------------------------------4------5----------------4-|
---------------------2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2---0--2--x---3-----3/5--3-2-3-2-|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|


and now that funky fast riff that sounds like that whitesnake song.

                                                                trem.
                                                                dive
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------x\--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------x\--------------------------------|
--------2~~-----------2----x/---------x\-------------2~---5h0-----------|
---------------------------x/-----------------------------------5--\----|
-x--0-0-------x--0-0-------x/-----------------0-0-0---------------------|
                            *hit strings w/right
                            hand,move left hand
                            up

and thats it!
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