Panama Van Halen
Here's Panama by Van Halen... THE WHOLE THING (Well most of it anyway)
Transcribed by Eric Larson (larsoe@rpi.edu)
I figured this out with my own two ears, so I'm sure it's not perfect, but
I tried to come as close as I could. This is a great song to learn. The chord
progressions are classic. The solo I found hard to notate, I give the basics,
fill in the rest with your own improvisation. I should be posting Drop Dead
Legs soon, another awesome tune! Perhaps someone could post some stuff off
their latest album???
Intro:
[E] [Esu4] [B] [E] [E] [B] [D] [Dsu4] [A]
-------------------------------- ------------------------- - -9----10-----7------9------10-7- -7-----8-----7----------- - -9-----9-----8------9-------9-8- -7-----7-----8----------- - -9-----9-----9------9-------9-9- -7-----7-----9-----7\\\-- - -7-----7------------7-------7--- -5-----5-----------O\\\-- - ---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O------- ---O-O---O-O------------- -
PM (all open E's) DB (Dive Bomb -
Hit the Twang Stick)
[E] [Esu4] [B] [E] [E] [B] [D] [Dsus4] [A]
-------------------------------- ------------------------- -9----10-----7------9------10-7- -7-----8-----7----------- -9-----9-----8------9-------9-8- -7-----7-----8----------- -9-----9-----9------9-------9-9- -7-----7-----9-----####-- -7-----7------------7-------7--- -5-----5-----------####-- ---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O------- ---O-O---O-O-------------
PS (Pick-Slide)
Pre-Verse:
[C#min] [B/Bsu4] [A]
-0--------------------------------------------- - -5------------------4-5-4--4\2--2-2------------ - -6------------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2------------ - -6------------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2--4^h^4~~~~- - -4------4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------- -
$ AH ($ = strum & let ring)
C#min B/Bsu4 A B [---------Riff #1------------] -4---------------------------------------------O-----O-----5----5-----5----- -5--4---4-5--------4-5-4--4\2--2-2---------------4-----4-----4----4-----4--- -6----6------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2---------4-------4-----4-----4----4-----4- -6-----------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2---------4-------------------------------- -4-----------------------------------O-O-O-2-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [---Harmonics----]
Chorus:
[E] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [G] [E] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [G] [E] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [G]
------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ --------3-X---3---------- --------3-X---3--------- --------3-X---3--------- -----2--2-X-2-2-2-------- -----2--2-X-2-2-2------- -----2--2-X-2-2-2------- -2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------- -2---2--O-X-2-O-2------- -2---2--O-X-2-O-2------- -2---O----X-O---O-------- -2---O----X-O---O------- -2---O----X-O---O------- -O-O--------------3/5\3~~ -O-O--------------3/5\3~ -O-O--------------3/5\3~
(Uh!) (Hey yeah!....) (Uh Huh!)
------------------------- --------3-X---3---------- -----2--2-X-2-2-2-------- -2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------- -2---O----X-O---O-------- -O-O--------------3/5\3~~
Verse1:
[D] [E] [E] [A] [D] [D] [E] [Asu2]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------O--- -3-------------------------------5---------------------------------------O--- -2-----------------------------9-6-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/ -O---2-------------------------9-7-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/ -----2-------------------------7---5------------------5-5-7--------------O--- -----O------O-O-O-O-O--------------------(O)-(O)-(O)--------(O)-(O)----------
Jump Back What's that sound Here she comes..... Hot shoe.. $ PS
Bridge:
F# C#min (arpegiate chord)
-O---------------------- -O--------------- --------------------------- ------ -O----O-----O-----O----- -5--------------- --------------------------- ------ -3------3-----3-----3--- -6--------------- -\------------------------- -riff- -4--------4-----4-----4- -6--------------- -\------------------------- --#1-- -4---------------------- -4--------------- ----5-------3------------2- ------ -2---------------------- ----------------- ------6-5~----4-5~--2~-O--- ------
$(Dont you know she...) $(You lose a....)
Chorus
Verse 2 (basically the same as the first)
Solo:
--------------- -------7-----7-7-------------- ----------------- ------------- --------------- -----7-------7-7-------------- ---H-T-P--H------ ------------- --------------- -9^F-----9^F------9^F^9^F\~/-- -6-9-11-6-9- %5x- -9^F^9^F~~~~~ --------------- ------------------------------ ----------------- hold this---- -3~-O----O----- ------------------------------ ----------------- bend for next ------3~---3~~- ------------------------------ ----------------- -part -------
..ah oh) WB = Whammey Bar % = repeat
^F = Bend Full Step H = Hamer-On
T = Tap P = Pull-Off
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P----------------------- -(9^F~)--14-(9^F)--12-(9^F)--14-(9^F)--16-(9^F)--14-(9^f^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(release 9th bend here) ^ (bend up ^
with whammey bar)
------------------------------- ------------------------------- -7^F-7-----7^F~---------------- -------9-7------9-8-7---------- ----------------------9-8-7---- ----------------------------10-
Break? (I dunno what ya' call this part!) 'The Reach down
between my legs part' :)
------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ---H--P-----------------H--P------------------H--P---------------- -- -/9-10-9----7^F^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~---------- -- ---------10--------7~---------10-----10-------------10---10-10/12- -- --------------O------- --------------O------- --------------2------- The rest of this is basically the same, ---H--P-------3------- He throws some chords in there that you -/9-10-9------3------- should be able to figure out. ---------10---1-------
$ (Arpegiate Chord)
That's about it, It's 2:30 am, I'm beat. :O *yawn* I don't feel like double
checking this any mistakes should be obvious; If it sounds wrong, It's a
mistake!
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