tab by Paul D.
(For the sake of accuracy, I have tabbed this song as it would ACTUALLY be
played. With the capo on the 3rd fret, your open notes are technically
all gonna be 3's in tab. So until I indicate that you are to remove
the capo, all 3's mean that you leave the string open and let the capo do
the rest. :) For example, the first chord here is SUPPOSED to look like
a standard "G" shape, but the tab looks funny because the 3rd fret is
really your "open". Is that confusing enough?...)
w/fingers:
||---------5-------3---|---------------------|---------5-------3---|-------
||-6-------6-----6---6-|-6-------6p5---3-----|-6-------6-----6---6-|-------
||-3-----3-5---5-------|-3-----3-5-------5---|-3-----3-5---5-------|-------
||-3---3-----3---------|-3---3---5---5-----5-|-3---3-----3---------|-------
||---------------------|-5-5-----3-----------|---------------------|-------
||-6-6-----------------|---------------------|-6-6-----------------|-------
----------------------|---------5-------3---|---------------||
6-------6p5---3-------|-6-------6-----6---6-|-6---------5---||
3-----3-5---------5---|-3-----3-5---5-------|-3-------3-5---||
3---3---5---5---5---5-|-3---3-----3---------|-3-----3---5---||
5-5-----3-------------|---------------------|-5---5-----3---||
----------------------|-6-6-----------------|-6-6-----------||
w/pick:
----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|--------
6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-6-6-6---5-5-----------------|---6-6-6---6-6-----|--------
3-3-3-3-5-5-----|-3-3-3---5-5-----------------|---3-3-3---5-5-----|--------
3-3-3-3-3-3---x\|-3-3-3---5-5---3-7p5p3-------|---3-3-3---3-3---x\|--------
----------3---x\|-5-5-5---3-3-----------7p5p3-|-----------------x\|--------
6-6-6-6-------x\|-----------------------------|-6-6-6-6---------x\|--------
--------------------------------|---------------------|
6-6-6---5-5---------------------|---6-6-6-6-6-6-------|
3-3-3---5-5---------------------|---3-3-3-3-5-5-------|
3-3-3---5-5-----------8---------|---3-3-3-3-3-3---x\x\|
5-5-5---3-3---3h5h6h7---7p6p5p3-|-------------3---x\x\|
--------------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-------x\x\|
* [nh w/bar]
-------------------2~~~-|-----------||
6-6-6---5-5--------3----|-----------||
3-3-3---5-5------2-2----|--5--/---7-|| at * return to standard
3-3-3---5-5------2-0----|--5--/---7-|| position (remove capo)
5-5-5---3-3------0------|-----------||
------------------------|-----------||
When you're back in standard, you're ready to begin the main part of the
song, which has the following chord progression with a few variations:
G D G/B A
And it's played like so...
G D G/B A
|-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3---------------------|---3-3-3-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-2-2-----------------|---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-2-2---|-0-0-0-2-2-----------------|---0-0-0-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-2-2---0-4p2p0-------|---0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------0-0---|-2-2-2-0-0-----------4p2p0-|---------0-0-|
|-3-3-3-------|---------------------------|-3-3-3-3-----|
w/bar
3-3-3-------------------------|---3-3-3-----------|-3-3-3------------------
3-3-3-2-2---------------------|---3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-2--2~~~----------
0-0-0-2-2---------------------|---0-0-0-2-2-------|-0-0-0-2--2~~~----------
0-0-0-2-2-----------5---------|---0-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0-2--2~~~----------
2-2-2-0-0---0h2h3h4---4p3p2p0-|---------0-0-------|-2-2-2-0--0~~~----------
------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-------x\--|------------------------
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||*-2-------------------|-2---------------------------|
||*-0-4---x-2-4---------|-0-4-------------------------|
||----2-----0-2---0h2p0-|---2-----------------x-4p2p0-|
||----------------------|-------0h2p0-3p0-4-5---------|
<---[2x]
--------------------|--------------------||--------------------------|
--------------------|--------------------||-7/9\7/9\7---9---10---7/9-|
2-------------------|-2-----------------*||-------------9---9----7/9-|
0-4---x-2-4---------|-0-4---------------*||-7/9\7/9\7---9---9----7/9-|
--2-----0-2---0h2p0-|---2----------------||-------------7---7----5/7-|
--------------------|-------0h2p0-3/4p0--||--------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------|
------------9----9---7-|-------------9---9----7---9\--|
------------7----7---5-|-------------7---7----5---7\--|
-----------------------|------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------|
-----12\11------10-----7-----6\5-|---------------------|
---------------------------------|-2-------------------|
0h12----11-0h10----0h7---0h6--(5)|-0-4---x-2-4---------|
---------------------------------|---2-----0-2---0h2p0-|
---------------------------------|---------------------|
------------------|---------------|
------------------|-3-----3-3-----|
2-----------------|-2-----2-2-----|
0-4---------------|-0-----0-0-----|
--2---------------|---------------|
------0h2p0-3/4p0-|---0~------2~--|
t t t t sl t
----------------------------------------------------||
3-3-----3-3-3---------------------------------------||
2-2-----2-2-2---------------------------------------||
0-0-----0-0-----------------------------------------||
------------2~--0h4-12p0h4-12p0h4-12p0h4-12/14\12p7-||
----3~----------------------------------------------||
Then it's back to the G D G/B A progression again for the chorus.
Then comes the solo for which Eddie locks his Trans-Trem 1 step DOWN!
(i.e. DON'T ASK! I'm not gonna tune my guitar 1 step down just to figure it
out.) Then, after the solo, Eddie brings the Trans-Trem back up to the
FIRST position (1 1/2 steps up) and plays the little beginning part again.
And then again back to standard for another chorus bit ("Ahhhh, summer
nights...").
For the outro, I think it's just that main chord progression with something
like this over it...
(let ring)
nh................. nh......
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
||-------12----------7-|-----7------5-----|----12-----7-||
||----12-----------7---|---7----------6---|-12------7---||
||-12---------12-7-----|-7-------7------7-|/12-----/7---||
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
||---------------------|------------------|-------------||
After that, I'm not sure, it starts to fade out and it's tough to hear.
I guess you could just flub it from there...
Compositores: Halen Van Edward, Alex Halen Van, Sammy Hagar, Sobolewski Michael A
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