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Artist:Van Halen
Album:Best of Both Worlds
Title:I'll Wait
Tuning:Standard (E A D G B E)
Legend:
p=pull off
h=hammer on
\x/=trem. bar x=# of steps bent down/raised up
|o--o| =repeat sign
|o--o|
~=vibrato
b=bend up to following note
pb=pre-bend (20pb22=fret 20,but bend up to 22 BEFORE picking,then pick note)
/=slide up
\=slide down
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[INTRO] |1. 2.
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|3.
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[RHY. FIG. 1]
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(END RHY. FIG. 1)
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[VERSES 1,2,AND 3]
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1.You've got me captured. I'm under your spell. I guess I'll never learn
2. 3., See Additional Lyrics
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I have your picture. Yes I know it well. Another page is turned.
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|Play 1st and 3rd times only
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Are you for real? It's so hard to tell, from just a magazine
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Yeah, you just smile and the picture sells. Look what that does to me
Chorus w/ [RHY. FIG. 1]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/van_halen/ill_wait_tab_ver_2.html ]
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|1. ||2.
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as fine as you are. as fine as you are.
[INTERLUDE]
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|1. ||2.
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[GUITAR SOLO]
\1/\1/ \1/\1.5/ \1/\2.5/
Harm.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
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^=1/4 bend
rake
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rake
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\1/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ \1/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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*=vibrato w/ trem.bar *=Slide and vib.
simultaneously
[Additional Lyrics]
2.I wrote a letter
And told her these words
That meant a lot to me
I never sent it
She wouldn't have heard
Her eyes don't follow me
And while she watches
I can never be free
Such good photography
3.You can't imagine
What your image means
The pages come alive
Your magic free
To everyone who reads
Heartbreakin' motor drive
Are you for real?
It's so hard to tell
From just a magazine
Yeah, you just smile and the picture sells
Look what that does to me
