BIG TROUBLE
Van Halen,unreleased
Studio Demo,1977
tabbed by dsale@jax.jaxnet.com
http://jax.jaxnet.com/~dsale



Intro
(fingerpicked,exept for last chord)
                                                        "Ooh lala..."
-2h3-(0)-3h2p0----3------2h3p2p0----------------------------------------
------------------3--------------------3h0------------------------------
--------------------------------------------0---------------------------
-2-------0---------------2-------------0----------4---------------------
------------------3-------------------------------2---------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 1
(bass plays A during riff)
-3-3---2----------------------------------------------------------------
-3-3---3--------------1h0-----------------------------------------------
-2-2---2--------------------2--2----------------------------------------
------------------------------------4--5h4------------------------------
-------------0--0---------------------------5---2/3\2-------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Verses   "whos    at   the     door.         tell me whos that knockin
-3----2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------
-5-x--3--------------------------------5x-3-----------------------------
-5-x--2--------------------------------5x-2-----------------------------
-5----0---0---0---0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0------0-0-0-------0--
-----------------------3(1/2)-------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------


         your dead for sure
3-2-2-2------------------------3-2-2------------------------------------
5-3-3-3------------------------3-3-3------------------------------------
5-2-2-2------------------------2-2-2------------------------------------
----------0---0---0----0---0--------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------2-2h3--3/5--------------------


"so dry your eyes                  my little friend
--------------------------------------3------3--------------------------
--------------------------------------5------2--------------------------
-----5--------------------------------5---x--3--------------------------
-----5---x---7------------------------5---x-----------------------------
-----3-------5-------5--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------2222-3333-3/5-5-------


 One thousand times                      come back againnnn..
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----5--------3---------------------------------------------------------
-----4--4-----4-------------------------------4------5------------------
-----4--------4-------------------------------4------5----------------4-
---------------------2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2---0--2--x---3-----3/5--3-2-3-2-
------------------------------------------------------------------------


and now that funky fast riff that sounds like that whitesnake song.

                                                                trem.
                                                                dive
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------x\--------------------------------
--------------------------------------x\--------------------------------
--------2~~-----------2----x/---------x\-------------2~---5h0-----------
---------------------------x/-----------------------------------5--\----
-x--0-0-------x--0-0-------x/-----------------0-0-0---------------------
                            *hit strings w/right
                            hand,move left hand
                            up



and thats it!