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Dance the Night Away
Van Halen, from _Van_Halen_II_
transcribed by pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov (patrick m. ryan)
As with just about all VH songs, tune down 1/2 step to play the
song in the original key. The underscore '_' means "slide".
[here's the signature riff for the song]
-----------------------------------------------------------
----9-----9-10--9--7-7__5-5----9-----9-10--5---5_7---------
----9-----9--9--9--8-8__6-6----9-----9--9--6-6--_8---------
----9--9--9--9--9--9-9__7-7----9--9--9--9--7----_9---------
-7---------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
[this riff is ad-libbed through most of the song.]
Have you ....
.
Ooh, baby....
C#m C#m E A
--4---4------------------------
--5---5---9-----5--------------
--6---6---9-----6--------------
--6---6---9-----7--------------
--4---4---7-----7--------------
----------------5--------------
Won'tcha turn ....
F#
--------------------------------0-------
---------2------------------------4-----
---------3--------------------------4---
---------4----------------------------2-
---------4------------------------------
---------2------------------------------
[solo]
Dance the night ...
Dance, dance....
(repeat and fade)
--
"I have a cunning plan." -- Baldrick
patrick m. ryan
nasa / goddard space flight center / oceans and ice branch / hughes stx
pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov / zmpmr@charney.gsfc.nasa.gov
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