From: "Nils D?cker" 
Subject: v/van_halen/on_fire.tab
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 10:26:00 PDT


                                    On fire
                                      By
                                   Van Halen

                               Tabbed by Nisse D.


Ok i?ve been all over the web trying to find this, but haven?t
seen anything but the solo, so i thought i?d do it by myself.
This is a rather tricky song to figure out, because of all small
licks, so everything might not be correct...

Use a delay,set at about 250 ms or so,plus a flanger to give
that ominous distorted sound that Eddie gets.
There?s bits of lyric to help you keep up.
Anyway, here goes:


Key:

b  : bend
bf : bend full
x  : noise
w  : whammy
pm : palmmute
(5): natural harmonic
\  : slide downwards
/  : slide upwards
T  : tap note (i never tap using the pick,
               finger-tapping gives a greater sound)

Intro:

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-7-5-7-4-------9-7-5-7--2*b------17b19wbw---------------|
|-9-7-5-7-4-------9-7-5-7----------------------------------|
|-7-5-3-5-2-------7-5-3-5----------------------------------|
|-----------3bxxx------------------------------------------|

*:bend 2nd and start picking fast while sliding up to 17th fret without
  actually fretting,thus causing harmonics.

Then do this:

|-0-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)---|     Strike harmonic at 5th then make noise on muted
|------x---x---x---x--|     strings g and b.The rythm may feel a bit awkward
|-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|     at first,but you`ll soon get the hang of it.
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

Pre verse:
                                                      harm........
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-0----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--(5)-(7)---|
|---------------------------------------------------------7-|----(5)-(7)-|
|---2--2-5b--2--2-5-----2--2-5b--2--2-7-----2--2-5b--2--2-7-|------------|
|-----------------5-------------------5-------------------5-|------------|
|-0---------------3---0---------------5---0-----------------|------------|

verse 1:
  bf Pm.................
|--------------------------------------------------5---|
|--------------------------------------------------5---|
|-5---------------------------7----7----7------5-------|
|-5----5555555\--5555555/-----7----7----7--5-7---7-----|
|-3----5555555\--5555555/--0--5-0--5-0--5--------------|
|------3333333\--3333333/------------------------------|
      "turn your radio`s ooon!, i?ll be a right there"

(note: < and > means slide >:up or