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Spanish Fly

Van Halen
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Tab2

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Song

Band- Van Halen

Song- Spanish Fly

tr I (D G C F A D) - 'Eddie Van Halen acoustic - nylon string'

Free Time Q=160

(Esus4)

9/8

Gtr I

T T T T T T T T T

E E E E E E E E E

||--------------------------------------------------------:
||o-------------------------------------------0(12)-------:
||--------------------------------------2(14)-------2(14)-:
||--------------------------2(14)-2(14)-------------------:
||o-------------2(14)-2(14)-------------------------------:
||--0(12)-0(12)-------------------------------------------:

(A9)

4/4 3/4

T T T T T T T T

E E E E +E E Q +H.

|----------------------------------------------:-------------||
|-------------------1(13)-(1(13))-3(15)-0(12)--:-(0(12))----o||
|-------------2(14)----------------------------:-------------||
|-------2(14)----------------------------------:-------------||
|-0(12)----------------------------------------:------------o||
|----------------------------------------------:-------------||

4/4

T T T T

   |---5---|  |---5---|  |---5---|  |---5----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------------:

|-12p7p5p0h5-12p7p5p0h5-12p7p5p0h5-12p7p5p0----:

|-------------------------------------------h7-:
|----------------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------------:

T T T T T T T T

   |---5---|  |---5---|  |---5---|  |---5----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S +S S E Q

|----------------------------------------------:----------------------------:
|----------------------------------------------:----------------------------:
|----------------------------------------------:----------------------------:
|-12p7p5p0h5-12p7p5p0h5-12p7p5p0h5-12p7p5p0----:----------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------h7-:-12p7-12p6-12p5-(5)-12p3p0--:
|----------------------------------------------:----------------------------:

|-3-| |-3-| |-3--|

E Q E Q E Q E E +H. S S S S

|-----------------------------------:--------------------:
|-----<5>------0-------<12>---------:--------------------:
|-----<5>-----<7>------<12>---------:--------------------:
|-<5>-----<7>-----<12>----------<7>-:-(<7>)--------------:
|---------------------------<7>-<7>-:-(<7>)------3h4h5s6-:
|-----------------------------------:--------------------:

3/4

  PM----------------|
  |----6----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T

|------------------------------------------:
|------------------------------------------:
|-------------4h(5)---4-5-7p5p4---4h5h7s8--:
|-------4-5-7-------7-----------7----------:
|-5-x-7------------------------------------:
|------------------------------------------:

4/4

  |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |------6------| |------6------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------7-8-10--------7-8-10---------8-10-12---------8-10-12-:
|-7h8h10--------7h8h10--------8h10h12---------8h10h12---------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:
   |------6------|  |------6------|  |---------9:8----------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------x-12-14----------x-12-14----------x-13-15p13p12----:
|-10h12h14---------10h12h14---------12h13h15---------------15-:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------------------------------:

E E E E H

|-12----------0----:
|----13-------0----:
|-------14---------:
|----------15------:
|------------------:
|------------------:
                 |-3-|   |---5----| |---5----| |----6-----| |---5----|

S E S E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-^7p5---8-7-6-5-4-5-7-:-5h7p5p4----4-----------------------------------:
|-^5-------------------:---------h7---7p5p4----5p4----4-----5p4----4----:
|----------------------:--------------------h7-----h7---7p5-----h7---7p=:
|-^7-------------------:------------------------------------------------:
|-^0-------------------:------------------------------------------------:
|----------------------:------------------------------------------------:

3/4

  |--5--| |-----7-----|

S S S E S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T

|---------------------------------------:
|---------------x-----------------------:
|-5p4---7-------4-----4-5-7p5p4---4-----:
|-----7---4h5h7---5-7-----------7---5h7-:
|---------------------------------------:
|---------------------------------------:

5/4

  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |-3-| |---5----| |----6----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S s s S T T T T T S S S S S S

|------------------------------------------------------------------:
|------------------------------------------------------------------:
|-4h5---4-5-7p5p4---4-----4h5---4-5-7-4-5---5-7p5p4----4-----------:
|-----7-----------7---5h7-----7-----------7---------h7---7p5p4---4-:
|--------------------------------------------------------------7---:
|------------------------------------------------------------------:

Faster Q=176

4/4 7/8

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------:------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:------------------------------:

|-5h7p3p0h5h7p3p0h5h7p3p0h5h7p3p0h:=7h9p5p0h7h9p5p0h7h9p5p0h7h9p=:

|---------------------------------:------------------------------:

5/8 2/4

T T T T T T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|   |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------------:------------------------------:
|------------------------------------:------------------------------:
|---------------------------------12p:=5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p=:
|-------------------12p5h9-12p5h9----:------------------------------:
|-5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9------------------:------------------------------:
|------------------------------------:------------------------------:

T T T T T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|   |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:

|-4h9-12p4h9-12p4h9-12p4h9-11p:=4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8-11p:

|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:

T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------:
|------------------------------:

|-4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8-----:

|------------------------------:
|--------------------------9p==:
|------------------------------:

T T T T T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|   |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|--------------------------10p:=3h7-10p3h7-10p3h7-10p3h7-10p:
|------------10p4h7-10p3h7----:-----------------------------:
|-2h7-10p2h7------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:

T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------:
|------------------------------:

|-2h7-10p2h7-10p2h7-10p2h7-9p==:

|------------------------------:
|------------------------------:
|------------------------------:

3/4

T T T T T T T T T T

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e T T T T S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------:--------------------------------------:
|-------------------------------------:--------------------------------------:
|-2h6-9p2h6-9p2h6-9p2h6-9p2h6-9p2h6-9p:=2h=5s7s9-----------------------------:
|-------------------------------------:-0p-------------------------------12p=:
|-------------------------------------:----------5--------12p5h9-12p5h10-----:
|-------------------------------------:------------12p5h9--------------------:

2/4

T T T T T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|   |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:

|-5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p:=4h9-12p4h9-12p4h9-12p4h9-11p:

|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:

T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------------------------:
|------------------------------:
|------------------------------:

|-4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8-11p=:

|------------------------------:
|------------------------------:

T T T T T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|   |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:
|-4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8-11p4h8----:-----------------------------:
|--------------------------12p:=5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p:
|-----------------------------:-----------------------------:

T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------:
|-------------------------------:
|-------------------------------:
|-------------------------------:

|-4h9-12p4h9-12p4h9-12p4h9-11p==:

|-------------------------------:

T T T T T T T T

  |-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------:--------------------------:
|---------------------------:--------------------------:
|---------------------------:--------------------------:
|---------------------------:--------------------------:

|-3h7-10p3h7-10p3h7-9p3h7-9p:=3h7-9p3h7-9p3h7-9p2h6-9p=:

|---------------------------:--------------------------:

3/4

T T T T T

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T

|----------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------:

|-2h6-9p2h6-9p2h6-9p2h6-9p2h6-9p6p2p0h2h=:

|----------------------------------------:

Slower Q=108

4/4

T T T T

  |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |-----7-----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------------------:
|----------------------------------------------------:

|-6-9p6p2p0h2h6-9p6p2p0h2h6-9p6p2p0h2h6-9p6p2p0------:

|-----------------------------------------------3p2p=:

T T T T T T T T T

Q E E E E E E E E H.

|----------------------------------------:-------------0(12)----*|
|----------------------------------------:-0(12)-0(12)----------*|
|----------------------------2(14)-2(14)-:----------------------*|
|----------------2(14)-2(14)-------------:----------------------*|
|----2(14)-2(14)-------------------------:----------------------*|
|-0--------------------------------------:----------------------*|

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