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Big Trouble

Van Halen
Tab

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Song

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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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