Mean Street Van Halen
Van Halen - Mean Street
First of all this is very advanced stuff so be prepared. There are a lot of brief notes
the intro for obvious reasons. The intro makes this song what it is. I can?t even play
right. Having said that this tab is quite accurate & will help a lot I?m sure. Yes It
me a good while to tab this so please rate etc. Thanks! Contact me at:
rattlehead.coolio@hotmail.com
Tablature Legend:
t - tap
x - muted note
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
H - Harmonic
~ - Vibrato
PM|-| - Palm-Mute
t~ - tremolo
d - dive-bomb
?(?) - Bend(to whatever is in the brackets)
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide Down
* - Brief Note
X\ - Pick Slide
Intro:
e|-12t---------12t-------------12t---------12t------------| B|-12t---------12t-------------12t---------12t------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|-----x-----x-----x---------x-----x-----x-----x----------| A|-----x-----x-----x---------x-----x-----x-----x----------| E|-----x-12t-x-----x-12t-12t-x-----x-12t-x-----x-12t-12t--|
*This is done by tapping the 12th fret of both the high e & B strings together with the
finger & then slapping the strings with the left hand (denoted by ?x?) & then tapping
12th fret of the low E string with the thumb, slapping the strings with the left hand &
on. This bar is played about 6 times.
e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-------12tp5-------------------------------h7--| A|-12tp5-------10tp5-12tp5-----------------------| E|-------------------------12t-12t-12t-12tp5-----|
*This is done by a bunch of taps & pull-offs. Then a hammer-on of the 7th fret of the D string.
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4p0-4-5--------------------------| D|-------12tp5p0-5-----------5h7-12t-7-11t-------h7--| A|-12tp5---------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------12tp5-----|
* ?H? are natural harmonics created at the fret.
e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-------12tp5-------------------------------h7--| A|-12tp5-------10tp5-12tp5-----------------------| E|-------------------------12t-12t-12t-12tp5-----|
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
e|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4p0-4-5--------------------------| D|-------12tp5p0-5-----------5h7-12t-7-11t-------h7--| A|-12tp5---------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------12tp5-----| e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-------12tp5-------------------------------h7--| A|-12tp5-------10tp5-12tp5-----------------------| E|-------------------------12t-12t-12t-12tp5-----|
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4p0-4-5------------------------------------| D|-------12tp5p0-5------------5h7-12t--11t--10t--11t--12t--p0--| A|-12tp5-------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------h5p0--| G|------------------------------h5p0--| D|------------------------------------| A|-h7--10t--11t--12t--12t--14t--------| E|------------------------------------|
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-h7-19tp5-17t-h7-19tp5-17t-h7-19tp5-17t-h7-19t-h5h7p5\4~-(4)--d~~~~~~~--| G|-h7-19tp5-17t-h7-19tp5-17t-h7-19tp5-17t-h7-19t-h5h7p5\4~-(4)--d~~~~~~~--| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse:
e|--------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------0---------| G|-5--------5---------------5-------0---------| D|-5-7-7--5---7-7----5h7p5--5-7-7---0---------| A|-----------------7--------------7-----------| E|--------------------------------------------| PM|-------------------------------------------|
*Softly palm-Mute
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------5----------12-------| G|-5--------5---------------5--------------5---7-------12----| D|-5-7-7--5---7-7----5h7p5--5-7-7---5--5-----7---12----------| A|-----------------7--------------7--------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| PM|----------------------------------------------------------|
*Softly palm-Mute
e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|-5------------------------5-------5----------------------| D|-5-7-7--5-x-7-7----5h7p5--5-7-7-5---7-7-5-5-5-5----------| A|-----------------7------------------------------7-7-7----| E|---------------------------------------------------------| PM|---------------------------------||---------------------|
*Softly palm-Mute & then full palm mute at the gap of the palm Mute.
e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-5--------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--5-----| D|-5-7-7--5-x-7-7----5--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--5-----| A|-----------------7----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------| E|-------------------------------------------| PM|------------------------------------------|
*Softly palm-Mute
*A type of phaser is used (denoted by ?x?) & this is done by rubbing the strings over
bridge pick-up.
Verse I:
H (x4)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-3p0-0----3p0-0--------3p0-0----3p0-0----------------------| E|--------3--------0-3~---------3---------3-3-3-3p0-0-0-0----| PM |-------------------|
Chorus I:
e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-----------5-----------------------7-------------| D|-----------5-----------------------7-------------| A|-3p0-0-0-0----3p0-0-3/5--3p0-0-0-0----3p0-0-3/5--| E|-------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------------------10---------------| G|-----------5------10-12------------9-----X\---------| D|------------------10-12------------------X\---------| A|-3p0-0-0-0----0-0-8--10--3p0-0-0-0-------X\---------| E|---------------------------------------------12~----| e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-----------5----------------------7---7-7--------| D|-----------5----------------------7---7-7--------| A|-3p0-0-0-0----3p0-0-3/5?3p0-0-0-0----------------| E|-------------------------------------------/15\--| e|-------------------------------| B|----3--------------------------| G|----2--------------------------| D|-2--0----------------------9---| A|-0------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7---| E|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---|
Verse II: same as Verse I
Chorus II:
e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-----------5-----------------------7-------------| D|-----------5-----------------------7-------------| A|-3p0-0-0-0----3p0-0-3/5--3p0-0-0-0----3p0-0-3/5--| E|-------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------1-3-3-1~---| B|-----------6-----------------------10-------------| G|-----------5------10-12------------9--------------| D|------------------10-12---------------------------| A|-3p0-0-0-0----0-0-8--10--3p0-0-0-0----------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-----------5----------------------7---7-7--------| D|-----------5----------------------7---7-7--------| A|-3p0-0-0-0----3p0-0-3/5?3p0-0-0-0----------------| E|-------------------------------------------/15\--| e|--------| B|----3---| G|----2---| D|-2--0---| A|-0------| E|--------|
Bridge:
(x4)
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-8/10--10-----------------------|-8/10--10-----------------------| G|-x/x---x---------------7p5------|-x/x---x----------------12/14---| D|-5/7---7-----12/14--14-----7p5--|-5/7---7-----12/14--14--10/12---| A|----------10-10/12--12----------|----------10-10/12--12----------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Solo:
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-7(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(9)-(7)~~~-5---7p5-----| D|---------------------------------------7-----7~--| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
[B] [B] [B] [B]
e|----5-8-6-5----7-10-8-7----------------------| B|---5----------7---------10-8-7-------8-7-8~--| G|--5----------9-----------------9-8-7---------| D|-8-------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------| e|-----19-17-15-14-17-15-14----15-14--------------------| B|-/15----------------------15-------17-15-14-----------| G|--------------------------------------------17-15-14--| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-15(16)-(16)-12-15(16)-(16)-12-15(16)-(16)-12-15(16)-(16)-12------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------15t~~~~~~--| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| mess with the whammy here |
e|-15(17)(15)-13-15-|-15p12h15p12h15p12h15p12h15p12-|--| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------15t~~\---| B|-------------------------------------15t~~\---| G|-------------------12----12h15p12-------------| D|-15-12----12h15p12----15----------15----------| A|-------15-------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| End Solo
Verse III: Same as Verse I
Chorus III: Same as Chorus I
Interlude:
volume swells (x4)
e|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|-5-------------------7-------------------| D|-5-------------------7-------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
Outro:
*For the next part add strumming of the open A string with the swells of the interlude.
Here?s an outro riff used:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3(3)------5(5)-6-(6)--8-(8)-10(10)-11(11)-------13(13)-14(14)-15(15)-------------|
G|-5(7)~~~~~~7(9)~8(10)~10(12)~12(14)~13(15)~~~~~~~15(17)~16(18)~17(19)-20(22)~~~~--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*The rest is just a lot of tremolo that fades out!
Is it me or does the outro sound similar to that infamous part of Guns N' Roses' Rocket
you know th one!;)
Enjoy or else!
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