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Drop Dead Legs

Van Halen
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Van Halen - Drop Dead Legs

Tabbed By: Carl Gustafsson

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[Intro/Verses] (x3)

e|---|------------------|-----------O----------------------|------------------|
B|---|--2-----2-------2-|-3-------5---------3--------------|-2-----2-------2--|
G|-2-|.---2-------2-----|-2-----------4-------2----2------.|---2-------2------|
D|-2-|.-----2-------2---|-4---4/6-------6\4-----4--2--1/2-.|-----2-------2----|
A|-O-|------------------|-O------------------------O-------|------------------|
E|---|------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|

< swell Funky Bend

e|---|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---|-1--------2-------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
G|---|-2----------2-----|.-7-------------------------|-5-5-------------------|
D|---|--------------2---|.-7-------------------------|-5-5----------O-5-4~---|
A|---|----------------4-|--5---------O-2--3^5^3^5^3--|-3-3----O-2-3----------|
E|---|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
e|---|------------------|
B|---|------------------|
G|---|-5-5-----------2-.|
D|---|-5-5-----------2-.|
A|---|-2-2---O-2-3~--O--|
E|---|------------------|

The Choruses are something like the into:

You know that you want it.... etc...

e|----|             |-------|           |-------|          |-------|      |----|
B|----|             |---3---|           |---5---|          |---3---|      |----|
G|-2--|             |---2---|           |---4---|          |---2---|      |-2--|
D|-2--|             |---4---|           |---6---|          |---4---|      |-2--|
A|-O--|             |---O---|           |---O---|          |---O---|      |-O--|
E|----|             |-------|           |-------|          |-------|      |----|

Then there's that break thing with this awesome run...

B B B B D D D D

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------H-H-------------H-H-------------H-H----------H-H----3--5-5--7-7--|
D|--H-H--1-3-5------H-H--3-5-7------H-H--5-6-8--H-H---6-8-10--3--5-5--7-7--|
A|-1-3-5-------3---3-5-7-------5---5-6-8-------6-8-10---------1--3-3--5-5--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then the outro rythmn goes something like this: (palm muted)

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|----H-P--O----H----------H-P--------H-H--------|
A|---O-2-O-----O-2-3------O-2-O-3~---O-2-3-------|
E|-2---------2-------2--2----------2-------2-----|

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| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| ~ Vibrato

| P Pull off

| H hammer on

| . reprise

| ^ bend

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