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Ice Cream Man   Van Halen

 
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 summertimes here babe need somethin to keep you


 ice cream man stop me when I'm passin by


 

 
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 cool Ah, now


 Oh, my, my,


 

 
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 summertimes here babe need somethin to keep you


 I'm your ice cream man stop me when I'm passin by


 

 
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 cool Better look


 See now


 

 
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 out now though Dave's got somethin for you


 all my flavors are guaranteed to satis-


 

 
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 Tell ya what it is I'm your


 fy Hols a second baby


 

 
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 |----2---4---5---4-----|----2---9--9---9------| .||
 |----O---O---O---O-----|----O---7--7---7------| ||

 


 


 I got good lemonade ah, dixie cups


 

 
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 all flavors and push ups to I'm your


 

 
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 ice cream man baby stop me when I'm passin by


 

 
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 See now


 

 
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 |----O---O---O---O-----|----O---O---O---O-----|

 


 


 all my flavors are guaranteed to satis-


 

 
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 fy hold on one more Well, I'm


 

 
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 |----O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O---|----7---7---7---7-----|

 


 


 usually passin by just about eleven o'clock


 uh, huh, I never stop, I'm usually passin by


 just about eleven o'clock, and if you let me


 cool you one time, you'll be my regular stop.


 Alright boys! (this is over the verse part above)


 


 I got good lemonade, dixie cups, all flavors and push


 ups too. I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passin


 by (etc. this is where the distorted guitar comes in,


 again playing basically the same thing-look at section


 after solo for a hint)


 


 (Now to the solo)


 


 Ah, one time


 (let ring . . . . . . . . . . . . .)


 sl. sl.


 

 
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 |---------------------------|--------------------------|
 |---------------------------|--------------------------|

 


 


 h p h h p


 

 
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 h p p p


 

 
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 h p h p


 

 
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 h p


 

 
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 h p h p h t-sl. t-sl. (Here Eddie taps with


 

 
 |-----------------------------------------------| his right index finger
 |----15>18>15-12^15^12^15^12^15-17~-15-17~-15---| and slides up toward the
 |-----------------------------------------------| pick-ups and the string
 |-----------------------------------------------| pulls off onto the note.
 |-----------------------------------------------| The slide goes to no
 |-----------------------------------------------| exact note but the

 


 pull-off does.)


 t-sl. t-sl. t-sl. p p


 

 
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 |----17~-15-17~-15-17~-15^12--------------------|
 |----------------------------14->-15->-14^12----|(slow bend)
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 ! ! ! p p !!!!!!dive down 1 1/2 step!!!!


 

 
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 |----14->->-15-^12^O----------------------------|(Gradual bend while
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 !!!!then back up!!


 

 
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 h p p


 

 
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 p p


 

 
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 !!!!dive bomb 3 steps!!!Then back up!!


 

 
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 slow bend t p


 

 
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 t p release bend p


 

 
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 (semi harm. ) sl. p


 

 
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 sl. sl.


 

 
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 sl. sl.


 

 
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 sl. sl.


 

 
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 sl. sl. sl.


 

 
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 sl. hold bend into next measure


 

 
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 |----(15)---(15>17)---------------------------|
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 p


 

 
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 1/4 bend p


 

 
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 p p


 

 
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 p


 

 
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 p p p h


 

 
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 |----12^11---------------------------------|
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 I'm your


 h sl.


 

 
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 ice cream man stop me when I'm passin by


 


 

 
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 |----9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9---|----------------------|
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 Im' your


 

 
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 ice cream man, stop me when I'm passin by


 

 
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 They say


 

 
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 all my flavors are guar-


 

 
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 anteed to satisfy!


 

 
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 sl. One


 

 
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 |--------9-(9)~14-----14--sl.----|
 |----(9)----9-~14--------14~16---|
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 time boys!


 

 
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 |----16----------16---------------|
 |-------16--------------*---------|
 |----------16-----------*---------|
 |----------------------------sl.--|
 |----------------------------*~---|

 


 


 I'm your


 

 
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 |----------------------------sl.----|
 |----11>13----11>13---9----(9)~-----|
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 ice cream man.____


 

 
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 |------------------15>17------------|
 |------------------------15---------|
 |-----------------------------------|
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 -I'm your


 grad bend sl.


 

 
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 |----12>14-----14--12>14---(12)~----|
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 ice cream man!___


 

 
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 |-------*---------------------------|
 |---------*-------------------------|
 |-----------O-----------------------|

 


 


 [B-b-b-b-]  

 
 |----(19)>19---->19-----------------|(bent before picking)
 |------------------------17---------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|
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 b - b - b - ba - by!


 

 
 |-----------------------------------|
 |----(17)~---------------12>14>12---|(slow release)
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 Ah, my,


 !!dive 3 !!


 

 
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 |---(12)-----9---11>12-^-9----------|
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 my, my


 !!up!!dive 3!!up!!dive 2 1/2!!!!


 

 
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 |----(9)----------------------------|
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 All my flavors are Guarante-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ed
 |---------------------|----------------|
 |----4----------------|----2-----------|
 |----4----------------|----2-----------|(free-time)
 |----4----------------|----2-----------|
 |----2----------------|----O-----------|
 |---------------------|----------------|

 


 


 to satis-uh-fy yeah!


 


 trill


 

 
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 |-----------------------------------------| (trill of hammering on and
 |-----------------------------------------| pulling off)
 |------------------------------------sl.--|
 |----7----7--5------5--4----4--3-^-(5)~---|
 |-----------------------------------------|

 


 


 Ow!__


 

 
 |--------------8----7--------------------|
 |----*---------8----7--------------10----|
 |-----*--------8----7-------------*------|
 |------*-------7----6------------*-------|
 |-------*------8----7-----------*--------|
 |----------------------------------------|

 


 


 p h sl-sl. sl-sl. p h sl-sl. p p


 

 
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |----14-12-14^12^10~9~10-14-12-10~9~10-14^12^10~9~10----------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------13^11^9----9---|
 |------------------------------------------------------------14-----|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

 


 


 p p sl. p p sl. all slides sl. sl.


 

 
 |----------------------------------------------------------------7~---||
 |----------------------------------------------------------------7~---||
 |----------------------------------------------------------------7~---||
 |----14^12^10~9-10^9---------10----------------------------------6~---||
 |--------------------12^10~9----9~7~~5~~~4~~2~~12~11~~7~~5>7-----7~---||
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------||

 


 


 That last section is the conversation type part between Ed and Dave.


 Have fun.


 


 [---]  


 Ice Cream Man is almost like an old blues standard that Dave wanted to


 do. Then the band took the tune and rocked it out. Dave actually plays the


 acoustic guitar in the intro. The guitar is tuned down a half-step and to


 an open E chord. That is E B G# E B E from high to low. It's a basic


 12-bar pattern (excluding the first two bars of intro) going E A E E A A E E


 B A E E (one bar for each chord). Here is the intro in tab with the guitar


 tuned properly. I use my thumb and middle finger to pick the notes, use


 what-ever is easiest for you.


 


 

 
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 |----O----O----O----O--|----O----O----O----O--|------------------------------|
 |----------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
 |----------------------|----------------------|----repeat both bars----------|
 |------------O----2----|--3----2----O----2^0--|------------------------------|
 |--O----4--------------|----------------------|------------------------------|


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