Tabs
Tuning: Half-Step Down Difficulty: advanced ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERUPTION - Van Halen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: JackMule E-mail: [email protected] Editor Notes: There are a lot of subtle notes played in this song. I may have missed a couple or misinterpreted some. Email me if you know a part is wrong. Tuning: Half-Step Down
1st Section: PM|- - - -| p+ e|-----------------------------------------------------5-----| BB|---------------------------------------------------5---8p5-| G+G|-----2-----------------------------5--7br9p5-7brb9---------| D MajorD|-----2-----------------------5--7--------------------------| A augmentedA|-ps--0-----------7brb9-------------------------------------| E MajorE|-ps--------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------| BB|---5h8p5p0---5h8p5p0---5h8p5p0---5h8p5p0-| G+G|-8---------8---------8---------8---------| D MajorD|-----------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------------------------| p+ p+ e|-------5-----------------------------------------------------------| BB|-----5---8---------------------------------------------------------| G+G|-7b9-------7-8p7p5-4--5--7-5h7p5p4---4h7p5p4---4h7p5p4-7-5h7p5p4---| D MajorD|-----------------------------------7---------7-------------------7-| A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------| p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ p+ w\ //w w w w w e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|----7--6--5--4-------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|----------------7--6--5--3b5-----------0-----------------------------------| E MajorE|-------------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
2nd Section: (Hold the bend (20th fret) at a pitch of around 21.5 and do slight bends to 22; don't release it back to 20 each time.) |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - e|---------------------17-17-------17-17-------17-17-------17-17-------17-17-| BB|----3--3---/20--pb22-------20b22-------20b22-------20b22-------20b22-------| G+G|-2--0--2-------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|-2--0--0-------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-0--x--0-------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|----3----------------------------------------------------------------------| - - - -| e|-------17-20b21------21p17------------17-------17-17-20br22p17----17-| BB|-20b22------------19--------19br22b21----20b22-----------------20----| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| BB|-20br22p17----20br22p17-20br22p17----20brb22---| G+G|-----------19---------------------19------------| D MajorD|------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|------------------------------------------------| e|----------------16-17-20----------20p17-20p17-20p17------------------------| BB|-------16-18-20-------------17-20-------------------19-20-19---------------| G+G|-12/18-------------------18----------------------------------18pbr21p17h18-| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| w|- - - - - - - - - - - -| w\ e|------------------------------------------| BB|------------------------------------------| G+G|-18br19p14//18\14//18\14//18\14-------| D MajorD|------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|------------------------------------------| E MajorE|--------------------------------------0---| 3rd Section (Tremolo Picking): w w w e|-12------12-12-12-12-16-16-16-16-19-19-19-19-17-17-17-16-16-16-| BB|---------------------------------------------------------------| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------| e|-17-17-17-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-| BB|-------------------------------| G+G|-------------------------------| D MajorD|-------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------------------------------| E MajorE|-------------------------------| e|-12-12-16-16-16-19-19-19-17-17-17-16-16-16-17-17-17-14-14-14-16-16-16-| BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-12-12-12-14-12-10-10-12-10-9-9-9-10-9-7-7-7-9-7-5-5-5-7-5-3-3-3-5-3-| BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------| w //w \ // e|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1h3p1p0-------------------------------------------------------| BB|---------------------5p3p0-------------------------------------------------| G+G|---------------------------5p2p0-------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------| 4th Section: e|-----------------------------------------------------| BB|-----------------------------------6---5-------8p0h7-| G+G|-----------------5p0---------5p0---------7p0h5-------| D MajorD|-----5h7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----8---8---------------| A augmentedA|-5/7-------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------| BB|-5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5-| G+G|-----------------------| D MajorD|-----------------------| A augmentedA|-----------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------| PM|- - -| PM|- - - -| e|----------------------------------------------------| BB|----------------------------------------------------| G+G|----------------------------------5---4-------7p0h6-| D MajorD|----------------5p0---------5p0---------7p0h4-------| A augmentedA|-----5h7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7-----7---7---------------| E MajorE|-3/7------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------| BB|-------------------| G+G|-4h6p4h6p4h6p4h6p4-| D MajorD|-------------------| A augmentedA|-------------------| E MajorE|-------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------| BB|-----------------------------------6---5-------8p0h7-| G+G|-----------------5p0---------5p0---------7p0h5-------| D MajorD|-----5h7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----8---8---------------| A augmentedA|-5/7-------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------| BB|-5h7p5h7p5h7--3h5p3h5p3--1h3p1h3p1--0h2p0h2p0h2-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------| 5th Section (Tapping): T T T T T T T T e|--------------------------------------------------| BB|-14p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-9p2h5-| G+G|--------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-10p2h5-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-10p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-12p5h9-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-13p5h8-15p5h8-15p5h8-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| BB|-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-15p7h10-17p7h10-17p7h10-| G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| BB|-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-17p12p9-| G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T e|---------------------------------| BB|-17p9h12-17p9h12-17p9h12-17p9h12-| G+G|---------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| BB|-17p12-17p12h15-17p11h14-17p11h14-17p10h13-17p10h13-17p9h12-17p9h12-| G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| BB|-17p12h15-17p12h15-17p11h14-17p11h14-17p10h13-17p10h13-17p9h12-17p9h12-| G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| BB|-15p10h13-15p10h13-15p9h12-15p9h12-15p8h11-15p8h11-15p7h10-15p7h10-| G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|-------------------------------------------------------------| BB|-13p8h11-13p8h11-13p7h10-13p7h10-13p6h9-13p6h9-13p5h8-13p5h8-| G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-12p4h7-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------| T T T T T T T T e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-12p5h8-12p4h7-12p5h8-12p4h7-12p5h8-12p4h7-12p5h8-12p4h7-| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|X2 T + + w\ e|---------------------------------------------------------| BB|-12p5---------------------------------------------------| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-----------------7--7------------------------------------| E MajorE|---------ps-0--------------------------------------------| ************************************ | / slide up | slide down | // whammy up | // whammy down | ps pick slide | w whammy | h hammer-on | p pull-off | + harmonic | p+ pinch harmonic | PM Palm mute | T Tapped note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | pbr Pre-bend release | br Bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************
Eruption tab
'Eruption' is a song from Van Halen's self-titled album from 1978. 'Eruption' is written buy guitarist Eddie Van Halen.
'Eruption' is an instrumental, basically a guitar solo. This guitar tab will help you learn how to play it. Enjoy!
Other versions of Eruption
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Eruption live by Van Halen
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