Girl Gone Bad
Van Halen (from 1984)
To avoid wasting vast amounts of space, entire sections are labeled as being tap
harmonics
rather than notating the harmonics for each note. For every note in these
sections, hold down the tabbed fret, and then tap exactly 12 frets above
to sound
the harmonic. It's a very tough song, so good luck.
INTRO PART 1:
| E | 0 0 |
| B | 1 1 0 1 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 3 3 2 |
| A | 0 |
| E | |
| E | 0 0 |
| B | 1 0 0 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
| E | 0 5 |
| B | 1 1 1 4 4 1 |
| G | 2 2 2 6 6 2 |
| D | 3 3 7 3 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
| E | 0 |
| B | 4 4 |
| G | 6 6 |
| D | 7 7 |
| A | 0 0 0 |
| E | |
INTRO PART 2:
| E | |
| B | 7 7 7 8 |
| G | 8 8 8 9 |
| D | 9 9 9 10 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
| E | |
| B | 8 8 8 10 10 12 12 10 10 10 13 12 8 10 10 12 12 10 |
| G | 9 9 9 11 11 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 9 11 11 12 12 11 |
| D | 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | |
| B | 8 10 |
| G | 7 9 7 9 10 |
| D | 5 7 7 9 10 |
| A | 5 7 5 7 8 |
| E | 5 7 8 |
| E | |
| B | 1p0 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2p0 |
| D | 3p2 |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 2 |
| D | 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 5 T T T T T |
| D | 3 9p7p5 9p7p5 9p7p5h7 7/17 9p7brp5 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 2 |
| D | 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | hold |
| G | 5 7b *7r* *7b* |
| D | 3 *7* |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b |
VERSE:
| E | 5 |
| B | 5 |
| G | 9 x x 7 5 5 5 x 5/7 /5 /73 |
| D | 7 x x 5 3 3 3 x 3/5 /5 /73 |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | 5 |
| B | 5 |
| G | 5 x x 7 5 7 1 1/3 |
| D | 3 x x 5 3 5 1 1/3 |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | |
| B | 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 |
| G | 14 14 12 12 10 10 8 8 6 6 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
CHORUS #1:
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 2 |
| D | 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 5 <5> <7> <12> |
| D | 3 <5> <5> <7> |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 2 |
| D | 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 5 |
| D | 3 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | T T T T T T T T |
| G | 8p7p5 8p7p5 8p7p5 10p7p5 10p7p5 10p7p5 12p7p5 12/x 5 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Now repeat the verse (simile) before going on to:
CHORUS #2:
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 2 |
| D | 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b |
| E | |
| B | |
| G | 5 |
| D | 3 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 4b 4b 4b 4b 3b 2b 1b 1b 0 |
INTERLUDE #1:
| E | <12> |
| B | 1 3/5 3 5/6 6/8 8/10 <12> |
| G | 5 7 <12> |
| D | 2 x |
| A | 2 3 x |
| E | 0 x |
| E | 3 3 |
| B | 3 2 0 3 2 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 |
| D | 2 2 2 /x 2 0 2 2 /x 2 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 /x 0 2 0 0 0 /x 0 2 |
| E | 4b 4b /x 3 4b /x 3 10 |
| E | |
| B | # # # |
| G | 7 6b 7 7 /9 /11 11/12 14~ |
| D | 4 3b 4 x x 4 3b 4 4 |
| A | 5 |
| E | x 2 |
| E | |
| B | 7p3p0 6p3p0 5p3p0 3~ |
| G | 7 6b 7 |
| D | 4 3b 4 x 4 x 3b 4 |
| A | x 5 5 |
| E | x 2 |
GUITAR SOLO:
| E | 13p10 12p10 |
| B | # # # 10 13p10 10 |
| G | 2 2 4 6 7 9 11 12b 12b 12b |
| D | 2 |
| A | 0 |
| E | |
| E | 12brBRBR |
| B | |
| G | 9 10p9 9 # # |
| D | 12 12 12p10 10 # 10 12 |
| A | 12 12b 12 12 |
| E | |
the big "B's" represent huge bends using the whammy bar
| E | 12 17 20 19 17 19 17 |
| B | 13brbrp10 13brbr /20 20 20 19 17 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | |
| B | 17 20p17 17 20p17 |
| G | 19 19 19 19p17 19b 17b 19p17 17h19p17 17 |
| D | 19 19 19 19 |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | 17br 17 17 17br 17 |
| B | 20 20b 20b |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | |
| B | 12 12h13p12 |
| G | 14p12 14 12h14p12 |
| D | x 14 13h14p13p12 |
| A | x |
| E | |
| E | # # # # # |
| B | # # # 5 /7 5 /8 7 11 |
| G | 2 /5 4 5 /7 5 /8 7 11 11 |
| D | 12 *12* /17 |
| A | 15 15 15 |
| E | |
INTERLUDE #2:
| E | 5 0 |
| B | 1 1 0 0 5 5 1 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 5/ 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | 0 |
| B | 1 0 0 1 5 1 |
| G | 2 2 2 5 5 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 |
| A | |
| E | |
| E | 0 |
| B | 1 1 |
| G | 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 3 3 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
| E | 0 |
| B | 4 4 1 |
| G | 6 6 2 |
| D | 7 7 3 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
normal
| E | 0 |
| B | 4 4 |
| G | 6 6 |
| D | 7 7 |
| A | |
| E | |
OUTRO:
Play INTRO PART 2 again, and repeat the last four lines of it (ie the riff
Used in the chorus) 4 times, improvising those little solo parts that come
at the end of every 2nd line.
finally, end with this, played twice:
| E | 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |