with SMTP id ; Tue, 16 Mar 1993 10:03:29 -0800 Reply-To: pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov (patrick m. ryan) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 2175 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