Judgement Day by Van Halen - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

Dadd4

--------|---------|------|------0--|--(0)-|----------|-----------|
--------|------3--|--(3)-|---------|------|-------3--|-(3)-------|
--------|----0----|--(0)-|-0--2----|--(2)-|----0-----|-(0)-------|
--------|--4------|------|---------|------|--4-------|-----------|
--------|---------|------|---------|------|----------|-----------|
---^2---|---------|------|---------|------|----------|-----0**---|

	A
]

---------|---------|------|---------|
---------|---------|------|---------|
-2--2--2-|-(2)-----|-(2)--|-(2)-----|
-0--0--0-|-(0)-----|-(0)--|-(0)-----|
-0--0--0-|-(0)-----|-(0)--|-(0)-----|
---3--3--|---------|------|---------|

** Depress whammy bar as far as it will go (about an octave) then

strike note and shake bar up and down 7 times (eighth notes -&2&3 etc.)

This goes real fast so have fun!!

Repeat Intro except on the Dadd4 the second time play 2 eighth notes

instead of quarter then eighth note:

Dadd4

--------|---------|------|------0--|--(0)-|----------|-----------|
--------|------3--|--(3)-|---------|------|-------3--|-(3)-------|
--------|----0----|--(0)-|-0--2----|--(2)-|----0-----|-(0)-------|
--------|--4------|------|---------|------|--4-------|-----------|
--------|---------|------|---------|------|----------|-----------|
--------|---------|------|---------|------|----------|-----0**---|

------------|-------------|
------------|-------------|
-2--2--2^F*-|--(2)~~~~ w/bar
-0--0-------|-------------|
-0--0-------|-------------|
---3--3-----|-------------|

*AH (G) Bend up and hold bend while dipping bar one step, then

release both

bend and bar simultaneously.

Dadd4

Dsus4

--------|---------|------|------0--|--(0)-|-----3----|-(3)------------|
--------|------3--|--(3)-|---------|------|---3------|-(3)-------3(15)|
--------|----0----|--(0)-|-0--2----|--(2)-|-2--------|------2(14)-----|
--------|--4------|------|---------|------|----------|----------------|
--------|---------|------|---------|------|----------|----------------|
--------|---------|------|---------|------|----------|----------------|

let ring---

Here just punch out a D chord: (palm mute open d's)

---------2-------3---|----2---|
---3-----3-------3---|----3---|
---2-----2-------2---|----2---|
-----0-0---0--0----0-|-0--0---|

Now do the bar dive trick, except shake the bar 9 times, (i.e. 1&2&3&4&1)

Continue with this on the "&" of first beat:

--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--2--4^2--4--5/6----------|
--2--4^2--4--5/6----------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|

Here's the riff played before the first verse:

Palm mute all f#'s on six string: (the technique I recommend for this is

rocking your

first finger back and forth and using the third finger to barre the two notes

at the fourth

fret:

------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------3---|
------------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------2---|
-2----------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------0---|
-0----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--------------|----2--2--2--2--2--2--------|
---------------------|
-(3)-----------------|
-(2)-----------------|   "A" yeah, here's "A"
-(0)-----------------|
-----4^0--2----3--4--|
---------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-2----------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-0----------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--------------|----2--2--2--2--2--2-*2-|

* last note

not P.M.

Ok, do that again for the verse up to "A" and then again up to "A" with the

following

variation on the last two bars:

"...problem."

-----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|---3-------------------|
-2---------------------|---2-------------------|
-2---------------------|---0-------------------|
-----------------------|-------4^0--2----3--4--|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-2---------------------|

He continues using the riff throughout the verse with some variations that

you should be able to fiqure out were they go if you here the song:

"Kickin' back.."

-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-2---------------------|
-0---------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|

"...kickin' you."

-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
---------*2~~~-3--4----|
-2--2--2---------------|

* AH

"Ah.."

-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-2---------------------|
-0---------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|

"No.."

-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
-----------------------|
---0--2~~~-------3--4--|
-2---------------------|

Then do this:

"Anyway, if I make 'em...."

------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-2----------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-0----------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--------------|----2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|-2/4--4--4--4--4--4--2-|--------------------------|
-----2------------------|-2/4--4--4--4--4--4--2-|--------------------------|
-----0-----2------------|-2/4--4--4--4--4--4--2-|--------------------------|
-----0-----2------------|-----------------------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
--2--------0------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|----------------------------------5(17)|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--5-|-(5)-5(17)------------------5(17)------|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--6-|-(6)------------------7(19)------------|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--7-|-(7)------7(19)-7(19)------------------|
------------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--2-|-------------------------|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--2-|--------------2----------|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--2-|--------------2----------|
------------------------|--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--|
------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--5-|-(5)---------------------|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--6-|-(6)----6----(6)/9---9---|
--2/4--4--4--4--4--4--7-|-(7)----6----(6)/9---9---|
------------------------|--------4----(4)/7---7---|
------------------------|-------------------------|

"Makin' wave's a waste..."

------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------3---|
------------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------2---|
-2----------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------0---|
-0----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--------------|----2--2--2--2--2--2--------|
---------------------|
-(3)-----------------|
-(2)-----------------|
-(0)-----------------|
-----4^0--2----3--4--|
---------------------|

"Got no faith..."

------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-2----------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-0----------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--------------|----2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
------------------------|
------------------------|
-----2------------------|
-----0-----2------------|
-----0-----2------------|
--2--------0------------|

Bridge:

"why..."

1&.....................&|...................4.&|1.&...........4..&|1.&........

....|

A(2nd pos)------------D5|-(D5
etc.)----------E5|---------------F#m|---------------|

"carry you?"

------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------|---------------------|-------9(21)-----------------|
------------------------|---------------------|--9(21)---------7(19)--------|
-0--0--0--0--4----0--0--|-5-----------4----0--|-----------7(19)--------7(19)|
------------------------|--------------------0|-----------------------------|

Punch an E5 chord (7th pos) here:

"I just.."

Then:

"slide..."

1&.....................&|...................4.&|1.&...........4..&|1.&........

....|

A(2nd pos)------------D5|-(D5
etc.)----------E5|---------------F#m|---------------|

Play A5 for a bar then this on the A string:

--0--0-------2--0--4--|-(4)--4(7)--4(8)--4(8)--4(9)--4(11)~~~|--(4(11))~~~~~~~

OK, now:

Now do the bar dive trick, except shake the bar 9 times, (i.e. 1&2&3&4&1)

Continue with this on the "&" of first beat:

--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--2--4^2--4--5/6----------|
--2--4^2--4--5/6----------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|

For the Chorus play:

------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------3---|
------------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------2---|
-2----------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------0---|
-0----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--------------|----2--2--2--2--2--2--------|
---------------------|
-(3)-----------------|
-(2)-----------------|
-(0)-----------------|
-----4^0--2----3--4--|
---------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-2----------------------|---------2--------4------------|--2---------------------|
-0----------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--------------|----2--2--2--2--2--2-*2-|

Now, for verse two and the chorus, you already know, just repeat the stuff.

E-(2)~~~~~-------|

Now for my favorite, the solo, pretty hard to fiqure out, I read this one

riff in a guitar

mag, you know the over the top tapping:

The tapped riff is really 7th chords arppegiated. (16th notes) I show the

technique for one chord

and where the next chords are:

A7(12th)

                      A7(12th)--|--B7(14)---|--B7(14)--|--C7(15)--|-D7(17)--|
------------------------------------|
-14------14--------14------14-------|
-----12-------12-------12------12---|
---14------14--------14------14-----|
-------12--------12------12-------12|
------------------------------------|

* 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

Play the 14's with right hand and 12's with left over the top of the neck

with the

left hand pinky lying across and muting all the strings to cut out noise.

* fingering

Then he changes it with the same ideas:

E7 (play three times)

--------------------17-------------|
-21--17--21--17--21----19--21--17--|
-------19------19----------------19|
---21------21------21--------21----|
-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|

The solo I'll post later after I figure it out!!!

After the solo, play the intro again with some difference that's not worth

tabbing, so

you should be able to figure out the order of the stuff. There's one more

verse, and there

is some more variation in the last chorus that you could fiqure out easily,

he just plays

F#'s instead of doing the D chord thing. He also plays the tapped riff again

at the end.

Of course, you can improvise, so listen to the song

and play along. It's a lot easier to memorize that way and helps with timing.

Questions or comments, don't be shy: e-mail to MStra5150@aol.com

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Judgement Day

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