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Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:48:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "TOM K. HUBBARD" 
Subject: Aftershock (TAB)


Tabbed BY: James Norton 

Here is part one of my Aftershock tab, today's lesson is the intro
(tapped harmonics and the wicked flanger riff) the tab here goes up
untill the first vocals (you know "Oh Yeah!")

AFTERSHOCK
By Van Halen
>From the Album Balance

****************************************************************************

Intro (hold chord and tap fret indicated in parenthesis )
Let all notes ring in the first part of intro

----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
------------------0(12)-----------|----------------0(12)----------|--------|
-------------2(14)-----2(14)------|-----------2(14)-----2(14)-----|--------|
--------2(14)---------------1(13)-|------2(14)---------------1(13)|--------|
--0(12)---------------------------|-0(12)-------------------------|--------|

----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--0(12)-|
------------------0(12)-----------|----------------0(12)----------|--------|
-------------2(14)-----2(14)------|-----------2(14)-----2(14)-----|--------|
--------2(14)---------------1(13)-|------2(14)---------------1(13)|--------|
--0(12)---------------------------|-0(12)-------------------------|--------|

****************************************************************************

Intro (2)
this goes down as one of my favorite Ed licks, it kicks ass, esp through
a flanger.
-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
-------------0--------0--|--------0-----------|-------0--------0------|
-----------2--------2----|------2-----------0-|-----2--------2--------|
---------2------2-1------|--1-0-----------0---|---2------2-1----------|
-------0-----------------|-----------3b(1/2)--|-0---------------------|
pm------------------------------|               pm--------------------|

---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
--------0------------------|---------0---------0--|-------0-----------------|
------2--------------------|-------2---------2----|-----2---2----------0----|
--1-0---------------0t(2)--|-----2-------2-1------|-1-0--------------0------|
-------------3b(1/2)-------|---0------------------|-----------3b(1/2)-------|
                    ^^^^^     pm--------------------------------------------|
                    trill

-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
--------0--------0-------|------------------------------------------|
------2--------2------2--|----------------------------------0-------|
----2------2-1------1-0--|------------------------0-------2---------|
--0----------------------|---752b(1/2)-3--3b(F)---5b(F)-----------|
pm------------------------------------------------------------------|

------------------0--------|--3--2---0-|-3--3--3--2----0---------|
------------------0--------|--3--3---0-|-3--3--3--3----0---------|
---------0-2b(F)-----2p0---|--0--2---2-|-0--0--0--2----2---------|
-------2-----------------2-|--0--0---2-|-0--0--0--0----2---------|
--5b(F)--------------------|---------0-|---------------0---------|
---------------------------|-----------|-3--3--3-------------0---|
                         (Flanger off)

***************************************************************************
Key to terms used

3b(1/2)  Bend third fret up 1/2 tone
5b(F)    Bend fifth fret up a whole tone
0t(2)    Trill (hammer and pull of second fret quickly)
75      slide down from seventh to fifth fret
pm       Palm Mute
2(14)    Fret second fret, tap on the fourteenth fret

**************************************************************************
Part two coming soon!

			James 5149 1/2 (M-O-O-N, that spells James, laws yes)

jnorton@u.washington.edu
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jnorton/james.html

Subject:         TAB : Aftershock by Van Halen
   Date:         Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:20:23 +1000
   From:         "IceMan" 


TAB: :"Aftershock" by Van Halen
Album: Balance

Tabber: Stephen Yorke 

This is the rest of the song after the intro part (when the drums
come in) which has been submitted by another tabber.
This is a great VH song that goes down as one of the best.

TAB Notes:

----5h8----| Hammeron
----5p8----| Pulloff
----5/8----| Slide Up
----58----| Slide Down
----5~-----| Vibrato
||---------| Repeat
||*----*||
||*----*||
||------||


 (0:36) Fig.1
0-----------------3--3--2--0---||--0-----------------3--3--2-----|
0-----------------3--3--3--3---||--0-----------------3--3--3-----|
0-----------------2--2--2--2--*||--2--------------2--2--2--2-----|
2-----------2--2--------------*||--2-----------2--2--------------|
2-----2--5~----2---------------||--0-----2--5~----0--------------|
0--------------0---------------||--------------------------------|


                       End Fig. 1
0--0-----------------3--3--2--0--||--0-----------0---------------|
3--0-----------------3--3--3--3--||--0-----------0---------------|
2--0-----------------2--2--2--2--||--5-----------6---------------|
---2-----------2--2--------------||--5-----------7---------------|
---2-----2--5~----2--------------||--3-----------4---------------|
---0--------------0--------------||------------------------------|


  P.M--------------                   Verse 1/ Fig. 2-------------|
0-----------------------3--3--2--0--||-----0----------------------|
0-----------------------3--3--3--3--||-----0----------------------|
7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--||-----0----------------------|
7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------||-----2----------------------|
5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------||-----2----------------------|
------------------------------------||-----0----------------------|

------------------------3--3--2--0--0----------------------------|
------------------------3--3--3--3--0----------------------------|
------------------------2--2--2--2--0----------------------------|
---------------2--------------------2----------------------------|
2--5--5--2--------------------------2-----------2--5--5--2-------|
------------0-----0--0--------------0-----------------------0----|

---------3--3--2--0--0-----------------------------------3--3----|
---------3--3--3--3--0-----------------------------------3--3----|
---------2--2--2--2--2--------------------------2--2-----2--2----|
2--2-----------------2-----------2--5--5--2-----------2----------|
---------------------0-----------------------0-------------------|
------0----------------------------------------------------------|


                                         End Fig 2
2--0--0-------------------------------3--3--2--0--||-------------|
3--3--0-------------------------------3--3--3--3--||-------------|
2--2--0-------------------------------2--2--2--2--||-------------|
------2--------------------------9---------------||-------------|
------2-----------2--5--5--2-----7---------------||-------------|
------0-----------------------0-------------------||-------------|


(1:26) Interlude
0-----------0-----------0-------------------------0--------------|
0-----------0--------------0----------------------0--------------|
5-----------7--------2--------2--2--2--4--4-------5--------------|
5-----------7--------2--------2--2--2--4--4-------5--------------|
3-----------5--------0--------0--0--0--2--2-------3--------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|


   P.M. --              P.M. -------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------3--3--2--0-------|
------------------------------------8p7----------3--3--3--3-------|
7--7--7--7--7-----------9--9--9--9-------9--9---2--2--2--2-------|
7--7--7--7--7-----------9--9--9--9----------9--------------------|
5--5--5--5--5-----------7--7--7--7----------7--------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|


  (1:40)   Verse 2 Fig .2        (2:08) Bridge
||-----------------------------||-----0-----------0--------------|
||-----------------------------||-----0-----------0--------------|
||-----------------------------||-----5-----------7--------------|
||-----------------------------||-----5-----------7--------------|
||-----------------------------||-----3-----------5--------------|
||-----------------------------||--------------------------------|


P.M.------                         P.M.---------------------------|
------------0-----------------------------0-----------------------|
---------------0--------------------------0-----------------------|
---2--2--2--------2--2--2--4--4-----4--4--5--------8--7-----------|
---2--2--2--------2--2--2--4--4-----4--4--5--------8--7-----8--7--|
---0--0--0--------0--0--0--2--2-----2--2--3--------6--5-----8--7--|
------------------------------------------------------------6--5--|


                                   (2:22) Chorus / Fig. 1
---------------------3--3--2--0--||------------------------------|
---------------------3--3--3--3--||------------------------------|
------7-----------7--2--2--2--2--||------------------------------|
---5--7-----------7--------------||------------------------------|
---5--5-----------5--------------||------------------------------|
---3-----------------------------||------------------------------|


        (2:37) Post Chorus       P.M.----        P.M.-------------|
------||--0-----------0--------0-----------0----------------------|
------||--0-----------0--------0-----------0----------------------|
------||--5-----------6-----------6--6--6--7-----7--7--7--7-------|
------||--5-----------7-----------7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7-------|
------||--3-----------4-----------4--4--4--5-----5--5--5--5-------|
------||----------------------------------------------------------|


                          (2:44) Solo
-----0---------0--------||---------------------------------------|
-----0---------0--------||--------9--10-----9--9-----7--7--------|
-----8---------9--------||-----9---------------------------------|
-----9---------9--------||--9------------------------------------|
-----6---------7--------||---------------------------------------|
------------------------||---------------------------------------|


 [A second guitar plays rythmn overtop]
-------------------------------------------7---------------------|
---9p7-----------5--5---------------9--10-----9p7--7--7----------|
---------------------------------9-------------------------------|
------------------------------9----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|


                          (2:58) Post Solo
----------------------||--------------3--2-----------------------|
----------------------||--------------------3--0-----------------|
----------------------||-----------------------------------------|
----------------------||--5-----------------------2--------------|
----------------------||--5--------0--------------2-------0--3---|
----------------------||--3--------2--------------0--------------|

---------------------3------------3--2--------0------------------|
------------------------2/32-----------3--0--0------------------|
---0--------0---------------------------------0------------------|
2--------4--------5---------------------------2------------------|
------5-----------5------------2--------------2------------------|
------------------3------------0--------------0------------------|


Harmonics --------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------12--12--12--12--12--12-----------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------7---------|
---------------7--7--------------------------7----------7---------|
---------7--7--------------------------------7----------5---------|
---7--7--------------------------------------5--------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
12--12--12--12--12--12--------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------7-----------------------------------------|
------------------------7-----------------------------------------|
------------------------5-----------------------------------------|

Whammy bar dive,sqeal,solo(Don't ask)
              (Solo is over chorus and interlude figs.)
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||


  Fast alternate picking on each note
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
4--7--9--7--9--11--12--11--12--14--16--11--12--11--9--7--11------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|

---------------------------------------------------||------------|
---------------------------------------------------||------------|
7--9-----4--7--9--7--9--11--12--14--12--11--9--7---||------------|
---------------------------------------------------||------------|
---------------------------------------------------||------------|
---------------------------------------------------||------------|


(3:44) Post Solo
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
9--9-----12--12/14--14/17--5--5/7--7--9--9-----12--12/17--17-----|
9--9-----12--12/14--14/17--5--5/7--7--9--9-----12--12/17--17-----|
7--7-----10--10/12--12/15--3--3/5--5--7--7-----10--10/15--15-----|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------||--------------------------------------|
-------------------------||--------------------------------------|
/16--12--12--12/11--11--*||-----4--------------------2-----2-----|
/16--12--12--12/11--11--*||-----4--------------------2-----2-----|
/14--10--10--10/9---9----||-----2--------------------0-----0-----|
-------------------------||--------------------------------------|


        P.M.--                          (4:05) Chorus Fig. 1
--------------------------3--3--2--0--||-------------------------|
--------------------------3--3--3--3--||-------------------------|
2--2h4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--||-------------------------|
2--2h4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------------||-------------------------|
0--0h2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------||-------------------------|
--------------------------------------||-------------------------|


                       (4:20) Post Chorus
---------------------||--0-----------0-----------------0----------|
---------------------||--0-----------0--------------0--------0----|
---------------------||--5-----------7-----------2--------2-----2-|
---------------------||--5-----------7-----------2----------------|
---------------------||--3-----------5-----------0----------------|
---------------------||-------------------------------------------|


      P.M.
----------------------0--------0--0--0-----0--------0--||--------|
----------------------0--------0--0--0-----0--------0--||--------|
-2--2-----4-----------5--------7--7--7-----8--------9--||--------|
-2--2-----4-----------5--------7--7--7-----9--------9--||--------|
-0--0--2--2-----------3--------5--5--5-----6--------7--||--------|
-------------------------------------------------------||--------|


(4:32) Solo 3 (C,D,D#,E)          End with intro riff
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
------------------------------||-------------------------------||
Van Halen - Aftershock Tab :: indexed at Ultimate Guitar.
Send "Aftershock" Ringtone to your Cell

About artist:

Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide[2] and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[3] According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Van Halen is the 19th best selling band/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the USA[4] and is one of five rock bands that have had two albums sell more than 10 million copies in the USA.

In addition to being recognized for quality and success, the band is known for the drama surrounding the exits of former members. The (multiple) exits of singers Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth were surrounded in controversy and mass press coverage with various contrasting press statements between them and the band. More recently, founding bassist Michael Anthony was kicked out of the band for controversial reasons. Following their 2004 concert tour the band was on a hiatus from the public until September 2006, new bassist Wolfgang Van Halen's place was confirmed and Roth-reunion rumours began to re-surface coinciding with the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction on March 12, 2007.[5] After years of speculation, Van Halen began a tour with Roth in late 2007 across North America, which has been extended into 2008. An album is proposed to follow.[6] Along with this, a live tour DVD was announced at their May 13, 2008 concert at the Izod Center that would contain recordings from several performances on their current tour.

Indexed at Wikipedia.

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