MEAN STREET (Bassline)
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1981 Album FAIR WARNING)



 Words and Music by Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth



Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tuned Down 1/2 Step'


   Intro
    Moderate Rock Q=132
   4/4          3/4
    Gtr I
    W         5x W
||------------||------|
||o----------o||------|
||o----------o||------|
||------------||------|


   4/4
    W        W
||---------|-------||
||o--------|------o||
||o--------|------o||
||---------|-------||


            5/4
  W          W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|


 4/4
  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||


  Slower Q=100
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5-----------5--------------|-5-----------5--------------------|
|---7---7---5---7---7-----5--|---7---7---5---7-7-5-5-5-5--------|
|-----------------------7----|---------------------------7-7-7--|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S    S  S E E. S +H
|-5-----------5----------------|-14p12---------------|
|---7---7---5---7---7-----5s12-|---------------------|
|-----------------------7------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|------------8-(8)----|


   Verse
    S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-------------3--------------|-3-----------3-------------------|
||--5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------||
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--||


 Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S S E S +S  S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S a E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------7-7-(7)-------------|-------------------5h7-5----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------7-6-5-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-0-0-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|


                                      1.
  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E S S a S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S q  Q
|-------------------7---7---5s4-|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------o||
|-----------7-9-7-5---5---5-----|-7-7-7-5--------------o||
|-5-5-5-7s9---------------------|---------7-4-3-0-------||


  2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S a S S S S Q.   E
|---------------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------7-9-7-5------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-7s9--------------||


 Bridge
  W          S E S Q  E  Q.
|----------|------------------|
|----------|------------------|
|----------|------------------|
|----------|-5-5--------10\---|


  S E S Q  H      S E S Q  E  Q.
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|-5-5-----------|-5-5--------10\---|


  S E S Q  H      S E S Q  E  Q.
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|-5-5-----------|-5-5--------10\---|


  S E S Q  H      S E S Q  S E S E S S
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------||
|-5-5-----------|-5-5--------2-2-3-3-4-||


 Guitar Solo
  E S S E S S S S S S S S E   +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------7---|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|-(3)-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|


  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S E   +E  S S S S S S S E S +S  S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------7-(7)-5---|
|-----------------------------3-|-(3)---------------3---------7-|
|-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|


  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S E   +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(7)-------------------------3-|-(3)---------------------------|
|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|


                                                                       ~
  +E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S. T    S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------7s12-|-12-9-10-11-12-9-10-11-12-10-11-12----||
|-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|-----------------------------------8--||


 Verse
  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|-5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3-----------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------||
|---5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--||


 Chorus
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  E S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S S E S +S  S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S a E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------7-7-(7)-------------|-------------------5h7-5----------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------7-6-5-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-0-0-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|


  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S q  Q
|-----------------7---7---5-4-|------------------------||
|-----------7-----------------|------------------------||
|-------5h7---7-5---5---5-----|-7-7-7-7-5--------------||
|-5-5-5-----------------------|-----------7-5-3-0------||


 Interlude
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3-3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-5-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-|---------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3---|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-5-|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------5---|--------------------------------|
|-3---------3-----------------0-|-3------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-----|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-5-|--------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-----------------|-3------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-----|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5---|-------------------------------|
|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-----------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------5-|--------------------------------||
|-3-----------3-----------------|-3------------------------------||
|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3---|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5--||


 Outro
  E S S S S S S S S S S E S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------5---|-------------------------------|
|-3---------3-----------------|-3-----------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-|


    E S S S S S S S S S S E S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   3x
||------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------5---|--------------------------------o||
||o-3---------3-----------------|-3------------------------------o||
||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---||


    E S S S S S S S S S S E S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   6x
||------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------5---|--------------------------------o||
||o-3---------3-----------------|-3------------------------------o||
||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---||


    E S S S S S S S S S S E S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   4x
||------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-------------------------5---|--------------------------------o||
||o-3---------3-----------------|-3------------------------------o||
||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---||




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths