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Unchained  Van Halen

Posted by Kurtis Z.
Zak5150
lordofthestrings5150@hotmail.com
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-VAN HALEN-Fair[D] Warning/The best of vol.1-
-Moderately Fast Rock-
-Drop D Tuning-
-UNCHAINED-
M =Palm Mute
^ =Hammer on/Pull off
V or ~ =Vibrato
/ or \ =Slide
B or = Bend (Number under the B= How many frets you bend up to)
Ex. B B
1 = Bend up 1 frets worth .5 = Bend half a frets worth
* = Harmonics
W = Whammy/Tremolo bar
[M] [M] [M] [M] [M] [M] [M] [M] [M] [M]  
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------| \
 -7-8-----------3-4-3---5-6-5---7-8---------10-11^10--10---- ---|
 -7-7-----------3-3-3---5-5-5---7-7---------10----------12--------| 4X
 -7-7--0-0-0-0--3-3-3-0-5-5-5-0-7-7-0-0-0-0-10------10------ ---|
 ------0-0-0-0--------0-------0-----0-0-0-0----------------- ---|
 ------0-0-0-0--------0-------0-----0-0-0-0-----------------------| /

V [B].5
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------| \
 ------------------------------10-10---8-------------------- ---|
 ------------3----5---------------------9-------------------------| 2X
 ---0-------3------5----0----10-----10---10----------------- ---|
 -3~--3-3/5----5/7----3---3--------------------------------- ---|
 -----------------------------------------------------------------| /
 --------------------------------------------------------------------|
 -8-8-----8\6/8------8-8---8\6/8-----10-10--10\8/10---10-10----------|
 -7-7-----7\5/7------7-7---7\5/7------9-9----9\7/9-----9-9-----------|
 -5-5---5-5\3/5-5-3--5-5-5-5\3/5-3/7--7-7-7--7\5/7-7-5-7-7-5/7-6-5-3-|
 -------5-------5-3------5-------3/7------7--------7-5-----5/7-6-5-3-|
 -------5-------5-3------5-------3/7------7--------7-5-----5/7-6-5-3-|

Play First part Twice
Play Second part again
Play Third part again
Play Solo:
This part is tricky to explain, play the harmonic, and do a bar dive,bring it back
up sound, play next harmonic and do another dive,mute the harmonic from ringing,
but keep bar pluck open and bring bar up.Do the finger tapping as shown.
Bend fifth fret up and let it down. Do the next pull off lick. Bend 12th fret
and let it down, play 13 and 14 normally, do a ghost bend on 14 it up without
sound, let it down with sound)Play normally for 12 14 12, put Vibrato on 11,
slide from 2, yes 2, to 14, play 14,14,17,14,16,17,14,17,16,17,16,17, normally,
Bend 17
hold it up, add Vibrato to it.
*W *W W .[B]5 [B]1 [B]1
 
 --------------------------------13^10-13^10-13^10-13^10--12--13-14-14---|
 ----------6^8^6^8^6^8^6-------------------------------------------------|
 -5--3--0-----------------5--3-5-----------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------|

BV
V .5
 
 12----12------------14---------16---14-17-16-17-16-17-17----------|
 ---14----11~---2/14---14-17-14---17-------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Play first part 2 more times then play this:
Finger Picking, don't use pick for this part
( Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/van_halen/unchained_tab_ver_6.html )
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------17--|
 -10--8-8-8-8-7-7-8-7-------------------8--17-19-20-19-17-17\15----|
 -9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-2----7--------------------------|
 ----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2----7--------------------------|
 -------------------------------------0----------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|

Use pick again here\/Build up chords
 
 --------------------------------------------------|
 -7-7^8----------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
 -7-7----0-0-0-0-0-0-2---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
 -7-7^9--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
 --------------------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------------------|

Play first part two more times
Then Play Outro:
Finger pick here too,
I'll run you through this part too, there aren't really any keys on my keyboard
to what he's doing. Slide the 3+5 octaves to the 5+7 octaves, pluck 6 times, hit
the 10+12 then 8+10, then 7+9, hit again and slide to 5+7, hit 5+7 again, grab
the string in between your octave notes around the third fret, (it may or may not
be 3, because he just grabs it.) 10 then 13, do another ghost bend,Hammer on
10 to 13, hit 13, but make it stacatto (short) hense the dot, bend 13 up, then
let it down. Hit 10, bend 13 up, then down, hammer on 10 to 13, then again, but
tap 15 with other hand, pull it off, do 13,10,13, tap 17, and so on and so forth.
[B] [B] 
[2] [2]  
 
 ------------------------------------------------------.----|
 -------------------------------------10-13-13--10^13-13-13-|
 -5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-10-9-9\7-7-----------------------------|
 --------------------------------3/12-----------------------|
 -3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10-8--7-7\5-5-----------------------------|
 -----------------------------------------------------------|

[B]2 T T T T
 
 -10---------------------------------------------------------------|
 ----13--10^13--10^13^15^13^10^13^17^13^10^13^15^13^10^13^17^13^10-|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Now hammer on 12 to 14, pull off back to 12, slide to 10 and add vibrato, do the
next normally, when you get to the 13, bend it up, then down, hit the other thirteen
and bemd dont bring it down with sound, just hit 14,13,12,11,10, normally, hit
13,then do a ghost bend on 13, hit 10,13,10,13,10,13, pull off 13 to 12 to 10,
hit 2,12,12,10, hammer on 10 11, then pull off/ hammer on 12,10,9,10,12,10,9,
slide 9to 7 to5 to 3 to 0, and do a whammy bar dive, if you dont want your guitar
to go
out of tune from the whammy bar dive, pull off/ hammer on 12,10,9,10,12,10,9,
slide 9 to 7 to5 to 3 to 0, then hit 3 on low E string, bend it up a little and
pull off to 0.
V [B]2
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ----------------10-----10------14-14-14-14-12---14-14-12-13-------|
 -12^14^12\10~~--10-----10------15-15-15-15-14---15-15-14----------|
 ------------------10-12-----12------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------------|

[B] [B]  
[2] [2]  
 
 -13--14-13-12-11-10-----------------------------------------|
 --------------------13-13-10---10---10----------------------|
 -----------------------------13---13---13^12^10---12--10^11-|
 ------------------------------------------------12--12------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------------|

W
 
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-12^10^9^10^12^10^9\7\5\3\0\--|
 
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or to stay in tune:
.[B]5
 
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 -12^10^9^10^12^10^9\7\5\3\0-----|
 ----------------------------3^0-|

If this doesnt sound right, make sure your in drop D tuning other wise your
bottom will be 3 frets too high. E-mail me with any questions or conerns. This
may not be
100%
but its quick, easy, fun, and it sounds good.
ROCK ON!

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