Artist: Van Halen
Song: Eruption
Guitarist: Eddie Van Halen (God)
Tabber: c0z420
Email: coz200059@hotmail.com

Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb

Electric guitar(brigde pickup on) with/distortion,
slow phase shifting effect and reverb.
ph =pinch harmonic
pm = palm mute
wh/b = with whammy bar
T=tap string with right hand index or middle finger

Here ths song is, start to finish.  Sorry its in so many pieces
but mxtabs was makin it an SOB to put on here.

Intro:
ph                          .......
e|------|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|------|-----------------1/2--------full---5---8h5p0---5h8h5p0-|
G|-/13\-|--2--full-----5---7^(7)(7)h5h7^(7)-----------8---------|
D|--13\-|--2---2^--5-7------------------------------------------|
A|------|--0----------------------------------------------------|
E|------|-------------------------------------------------------|
pm                 .....

|--------------5------------------|
|--5h8h5p0---5h8h5p0--5h8h5p0---5-|
|8---------7---------8--------7---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

ph                       ............
e|--5---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8h5---5--1/2--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------7----7^(7)h5---4---5----7-5-7h5h4----4h7h5h4---4h7h5h4-7--4h7h5h4-----|
D|---------------------6--------------------7----------7--------------------7---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

ph...............
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7--6--5--4---------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------7--6--5--3/15-------0~~-(0)--(0)-(0)--(0)-(0)--(0)--)--|
E|------------------------------0~(0)------------------------------------|
wh/b and feedback               ..........................................


pick scrap
e|-------3---2--------full--17------17-----17-----17-17-----17---17-20^-----20--|
B|-------3---3---3/19--20^-----20^-----20^----20^-------20^---20^--full--19-----|
G|----2--0---2------------------------------------------1/2---------------------|
D|----2--0---0------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0--x---0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-x-----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|17--------17----17-20^h17--17---------full---full-------full-------------------|
B|--19^-19^---20^--full----20--20^h17---20^h17-20^h17---20^20^\------16-18-20-21-|
G|--1/2-full--1/2--------------full---19---------------19-------12/h18-----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

wh/b                                                    .........................
e|1720------------172017h20h17\h14h15h14-----------------------------------------|
B|-------17h20---------------------------17h14----14-----------------------------|
G|----17------(17)-----------------------------17----17^h14-17(17)(17)--14\(14)--|
D|---------------------------------------------------1/2-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
wh/b  .....    tremelo pick   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-----------------12-12-12--12-16--19-17--16-17--14-16--12-16--19-17--16-17--14-16-|
B|-----15^--15^-0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------full------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0\-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|12-12-12-14-12/h10-10-10-12-10/9-9-9-10-9\7-7-7-9-7-7\5-5-5-7-5\3-3-3-3-5-3\1-1-1-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

wh/b                              .............................
e|-1-1-1-1-1h3h1p0-0-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------3h1p0-1-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------^2h1------------------------------|
D|-------------------------1/2 pre bend------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------/20p0--(0)--(0)---------0~~~--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--x------------------------------------6----5-------8p0--7---|
G|--x----------------5p0---------5p0------------7p0-5----------|
D|--x----5h7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7/8----8------------------|
A|---/7--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5h7h5h7h5h7h5h7h5h7h5----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------5p0-4------|
D|----------------------0----------------5p0---7--(7)-5p0-------7-4-4-|
A|-----------------------------5h7-7-7-7-----7---7-7------7-----------|
E|------------------------3/h7----------------------------------------|

|--------------------------|
|7p0-6-4h6h4h6h4h6h4h6h4p0-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------6hx5-------8p0-7--5h7h5h7h5h7-5\-|
G|----------------5p0-------5p0-3------7p0-5-----------------------|
D|----5h7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7----------------------------------------|
A|-/7--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|
|-h3h5h3h5\3-1h3h1h31p02p02p0h2--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


     T     T     T     T       T       T       T      T      T      T
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14h2h5-9h2h5-9h2h5-9h2h5---10h2h5-10h2h5--10h4h7-10h4h7--12h4h7-12h4h7--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    T     T        T      T       T      T      T       T        T       T
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h5h9-12h5h9---13h5h8-13h5h8--15h5h8-15h5h8-15h7h10-15h7h10--17h7h10-17h7h10--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    T     T        T       T       T     T       T        T
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|17h12h9-17h12h9-17h9h12-17h9h12-17h12-17h12h15-17h11h14-17h11h14-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  T        T        T
|------------------------------|
|-17h10h13-17h10h13-17h9h12----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

   T            T        T        T        T        T        T       T
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17h9h12h/15--17h12h15-17h12h15-17h11h14-17h11h14-17h10h13-17h9h12-17h9h12-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   T        T        T       T       T       T       T
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15h10h13-15h10h13-15h9h12-15h9h12-15h8h11-15h7h10-15h7h10/13-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
   T       T       T       T
|----------------------------------|
|--14h8h11-13h8h11-13h7h10-13h7h10-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

    T      T       T      T      T      T        T      T        T      T
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13h6h9-13h6h9--13h5h8-13h5h8-12h4h7-12h4h7---12h5h8-12h5h8---12h4h7-12h4h7--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

     T                                 with tape/echo effect........then dive bar last note
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12h5\----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------tap harmonics-------------------------------------|
E|---------4/h18\--/19\p0-----12*--12*-(12)---(12)---(12)---(12)--------(12)---|



What can I say........harder then F$%$% shiznit to play and to tab out.  Great song.
Please rate this tab, its pretty *** accurate!  Eddie is god on the guitar.