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And the Cradle Will Rock

Van Halen
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Song

AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK...

VAN HALEN: Women and Children First

Tabbed by:Carl Gustafsson to Taborama.com

Here's some tab for =VH='s and the cradle will rock.I know it was originally

played on a Wulitzer electric piano, but what the hell, it sounded like a

guitar and sounds great live.

If anyone happens to have any WACF or FW shows, please leave me some email,

we'll trade some stuff.

Latah.Ed's moving the pick along the low E string, sliding it up and down (something

like: x\ x\ x\ x\ x\ x\ x/ x/ x/ x/ x/ x/ x/) with an MXR flanger pedal at

the beginning.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------2--2-----5-----5-----0--------------------------------2--2--------
------2--2-----5-----5-----0--------------------------------2--2--------
------0--0--0-----0-----0-----------0--0--0--0--0-----------0--0--0-----
0--3--------------------------------------------------0--3--------------

------------------------------------| This part is also played during

------------3-----------------------| the chorus.It should be picked w/
5-----5-----2-----------------------| fingers to reproduce the song.
5-----0-----------------------------| The second time around you should add:
---0-----0--------------------------|
---------------3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
-----------------------------------------|
10-----------10p8-----8-----8\-/10------\| (trem.pick)
-------------------9---------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|

"Well they

Say its kinda frightnin'.."

------------------------------------------------------1--1--------------
------6--------5--------6-----------6--5--3-----------1--1--------3-----
------5--------5--------5-----------5--------5--------3--3--------3-----
------5--------5--------5-----------5-----------------------------3-----
3--3-----3--3-----3--3-----------3--------------1--1--------1--1--------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------|
---3--------3-----3p1-----3--|
---3--------3----------------|
---3--------3----------------|
------1--1-----1-------1-----|
-----------------------------|

that part is played again,under:

-----------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------3--2~~~-----3~~~----|
-------/7-----5~~~-----5\3\---2-----3-----------3----------|
3~~~-------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------x\|

second verse:

"And when some

local kid gets down.." "They say.." "faked.."

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------2--------0-----0-----2--2--------------3--------------2-----3-----
------3--------3-----3-----3--3-----------------------------------1-----
------3--------3-----3-----3--3--------------3--------------3-----------
1--1-----1--1-----1-----------------------------------------------------

"and at an early.."

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------10--------8-------
---0--------2-----2--3--3-----5-----3-----------------10--------10------
1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-----1-----1-----------------10--------10------
------------------------------------------------8--8------8--8----------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------|
---8---10--10--------11-----10--8-----10-----10-----11--11--------|
---10--10--10--------10-----10--8-----8------8------8---8---------|
---10--10--10--------10-----10--8-----8------8------8---8---------|
8-----------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------0--3--|

the guitar solo..

------------------------------------------------------------------------

t-----------t--------t--------t---------t---------t---------t-----------

17p---9h12--17p9h12--17p9h12--17p10h13--17p10h13--17p11h14--17p11-------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

t-------------t------p------p-------------------------------------------

17h11\10^-----13-----10-----10p9~~~---\------x--5^--5--5--5--5--5--5----

------------------------------------------x-----------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------8--11p8--11----
5--5--5-----5p3h5-----3^\--------------------5h9p5--5/9-----------------

--------------------------------------5h7h9-----------------------------

----------------------------x--3h5h7------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

---8--11^--11--10--9--8------------------------------------20~~~--|
^---------------------------11^~~~/20----------20-----------------|
------------------------------------------19^------19--17---------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
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