Van Halen - Right Now Chords & Tabs

Kevin Hill 
"Right Now" - Van Halen (piano arr. for guitar)


Here are some parts of "Right Now" that have been arranged for guitar (basically the 
first part of the song). 

It is a good idea to put a capo on the fifth fret, but I tabbed then without a capo 
(fifth fret means open string with the capo).

Here is the intro.  When applied to piano, it sounds just like the CD:

e--------5-----8-----10-----8---5----   Play this over and over again and 
B--8---------------------------------   VERY fast...
G----7-----7-----7------7-----7---7--
D------5-----5-----5------5----------
A------------------------------------
E------------------------------------

Then the cymbals kick in.  I don't know the exact name of some of the chords with 
additions, so I just put the root chord above each measure.  

 A                            G                           F          

e--5-5---5---5---5---5------|---------------------------|---------------------------
B--7-7---8---8---7---7---5--|--5-5---6---6---5---5------|----------------6---6------
C--7-7---7---7---7---7---5--|--5-5---5---5---5---5---7--|--7-7---7---7---7----7-----
D--7-7---7---7---7---7---5--|--5-5---5---5---5---5---8--|--8-8---8---8---7-----7----
A--5-5---5---5---5---5------|--7-7---7---7---7---7---8--|--8-8---8---8---5----------
E--5-5---5---5---5---5------|--8-8---8---8---8---8---6--|--6-6---6---6--------------

Am

e---------------------------|
B--6---5--------------------|  With a little improvising, it covers most of the
C--7---5--------------------|  song.  
D--7---5--------------------|
A--5---7--------------------|
E------8--------------------|

Send questions and comments to kmh001@bridgewater.edu (Kevin Hill)


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RIGHT NOW (solo)
Van Halen
tabbed by dsale@jax.jaxnet.com
http://jax.jaxnet.com/~dsale

Someone wanted this posted so i thought i'd do it.

                                                                        
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------------------------| <-These are Artificial Harmonics.
2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|   pitches: B,G,E,C#,B,A,G,E
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/13^-----13^~~~------10--13^---------13^------10--13--------------------
------------------------------------------------------12^--10-----12----
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/van_halen/right_now_tab_ver_2.html ]
                                                                        
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----------------------------------------------------17--20^-------------
12\5-----5--------------------------------------17----------------------
------7---/6\-p5p3--5p3-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------5\3-----3^~~~/10\3-----------------------------
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----------------------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-----
20^--18--20^~~~-------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-------10--10-----
-----------------12^----------12^----------12^----------12^-------------
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-----10--10---------13--13------13--13-----------15--15------15--15-----
-----10--10---------13--13------13--13-----------15--15------15--15-----
12^----------12/14----------14----------14--16^----------16-------------
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17--17^p15---------17^p15-----------------------------------------------
------------17p15----------17p15--10^p8--------10^p8---------10h12------
-----------------------------------------10p8---------10h13-------------
                                                                        

                                                                        
-------------------10--13^---p10--13~~~---------10----------------------
-------------------10-----------------------13--------------------------
-------10h12--12^-----------------------------------12^p10--12~~~/19----
10h12------------------------------------0------------------------------
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18--20---^p18-----20^--20^--20^~~~--------------------------------------
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                                            (Right now!..)