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AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK - Van Halen
As heard on the 1980 album 'WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST'.
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Tuning: Standard
This is one of my all-time favorite Van Halen songs. It's also got some pretty cool
which are made by Eddie's Wurlitzer electric piano. The Wurlitzer was run through a flanger
then put through Eddie's Marshall stack. I actually believe that all the rhythm parts in
song are played on the Wurlitzer, but for the sake of tabbing this, it'll be on guitar.
Wurlizter piano intro
0:00 - 0:04
Eddie said in a 1980 Guitar World interview that he just banged on random sets of keys,
didn't actually intend to make a melody. However, it's possible to get a similar sound
just sliding up and down, doing harmonics on the 
E MajorE string. It's also good if you can get
MXR Phase 90 thrown into the mix as well.
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-/+-/+-/+-/+-/+-/+-/+-/+--/++--\+-\+-\+-\+-\+-\+-\+-----|
Intro
0:04 - 0:22
|--PM----------|
e|---------------------------|
BB|----------3----------------|
G+G|-22-x-5x5-2--20202020------| x4
D MajorD|-22-x-5x5-0--20202020------|
A augmentedA|-00-x--------0-0-0-0-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|
Intro lead solo (tremolo picked)
0:11 - 0:22
e|--------------|
BB|---10-8--8-10-|
G+G|--------9-----|
D MajorD|--------------|
A augmentedA|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|
Listen to the song to get the timing right.
Verse
This part is played in kind of a shuffle, it's hard to tab out how many times
each chord is hit, so just play along with the song and you'll get it.
0:22 - 0:37
0:37
e|------------------1-1-x1-11x-11------|
BB|--6-6--6-66x-66---1-1-x1-11x-11----3-|
G+G|--5-5-x5-55x-55---3-3-x3-33x-33----3-|
D MajorD|--5-5-x5-55x-55--------------------3-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
Interlude
0:37 - 0:40
e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|-/+-/+-/+-/+-/+-/+--|
Chorus
0:40 - 0:57
|--PM----------|
e|---------------------------|
BB|----------3----------------|
G+G|-22-x-5x5-2--20202020------| x4
D MajorD|-22-x-5x5-0--20202020------|
A augmentedA|-00-x--------0-0-0-0-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|
Verse 2
0:57 - 1:13
1:12
e|-------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------3--|
G+G|--2-2--2-22--22---3-3-x3-33x-33---3--|
D MajorD|--3-3-x3-33x-33---1-1-x1-11x-11---3--|
A augmentedA|--3-3-x3-33x-33----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|
Interlude
1:13 - 1:15
e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|-\+-\+-\+-\+-\+-\+--|
Chorus 2
1:15 - 1:33
|--PM----------|
e|---------------------------|
BB|----------3----------------|
G+G|-22-x-5x5-2--20202020------| x4
D MajorD|-22-x-5x5-0--20202020------|
A augmentedA|-00-x--------0-0-0-0-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|
Solo
1:33 - 1:51
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--t-----------t--------t--------t---------t---------t---------t-----------|
G+G|--17p---9h12--17p9h12--17p9h12--17p10h13--17p10h13--17p11h14--17p11-------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1:38
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--t-------------t----t----p--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--17h11\10~-----13---10---10p9~~~--\------x--5b--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------8--11p8--11---|
G+G|--5-5-5---5p3h5---3^\-----------------5h9p5--5/9---------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------5h7h9--------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------x--3h5h7---------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----8--11^--11--10--9--8------------------------------------20~~~--|
BB|--^---------------------------11^~~~/20----------20-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------19^------19--17---------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest of the song is just repeating the second verse and the chorus.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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