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From: "Nils Dücker"
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)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/van_halen/on_fire_tab.html ]
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
