Van Halen - Panama guitar tab
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Here's Panama by Van Halen... THE WHOLE THING (Well most of it anyway)
Transcribed by Eric Larson (larsoe@rpi.edu)
I figured this out with my own two ears, so I'm sure it's not perfect, but
I tried to come as close as I could. This is a great song to learn. The chord
progressions are classic. The solo I found hard to notate, I give the basics,
fill in the rest with your own improvisation. I should be posting Drop Dead
Legs soon, another awesome tune! Perhaps someone could post some stuff off
their latest album???
Intro:
E Esu4 B E E B D Dsu4 A
--------------------------------|-------------------------|-
-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|-
-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|-
-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----7\\\--|-
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------O\\\--|-
---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|-
PM (all open E's) DB (Dive Bomb -
Hit the Twang Stick)
E Esu4 B E E B D Dsus4 A
--------------------------------|-------------------------|
-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|
-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|
-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----####--|
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------####--|
---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|
PS (Pick-Slide)
Pre-Verse:
C#min B/Bsu4 A
|-0---------------------------------------------|-
|-5------------------4-5-4--4\2--2-2------------|-
|-6------------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2------------|-
|-6------------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2--4^h^4~~~~-|-
|-4------4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------------------|-
$ AH ($ = strum & let ring)
C#min B/Bsu4 A B [---------Riff #1------------]
-4---------------------------------------------O-----O-----5----5-----5-----|
-5--4---4-5--------4-5-4--4\2--2-2---------------4-----4-----4----4-----4---|
-6----6------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2---------4-------4-----4-----4----4-----4-|
-6-----------------4-4-4--4\2--2-2---------4--------------------------------|
-4-----------------------------------O-O-O-2--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---Harmonics----]
Chorus:
E A D A D A G E A D A D A G E A D A D A G
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------3-X---3----------|--------3-X---3---------|--------3-X---3---------|
|-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|
|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|
|-2---O----X-O---O--------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|
|-O-O--------------3/5\3~~|-O-O--------------3/5\3~|-O-O--------------3/5\3~|
(Uh!) (Hey yeah!....) (Uh Huh!)
-------------------------|
--------3-X---3----------|
-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|
-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|
-2---O----X-O---O--------|
-O-O--------------3/5\3~~|
Verse1:
D E E A D D E Asu2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------O---|
|-3-------------------------------5---------------------------------------O---|
|-2-----------------------------9-6-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/|
|-O---2-------------------------9-7-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/|
|-----2-------------------------7---5------------------5-5-7--------------O---|
|-----O------O-O-O-O-O--------------------(O)-(O)-(O)--------(O)-(O)----------|
Jump Back What's that sound Here she comes..... Hot shoe.. $ PS
Bridge:
F# C#min (arpegiate chord)
|-O----------------------|-O---------------|---------------------------|------|
|-O----O-----O-----O-----|-5---------------|---------------------------|------|
|-3------3-----3-----3---|-6---------------|-\-------------------------|-riff-|
|-4--------4-----4-----4-|-6---------------|-\-------------------------|--#1--|
|-4----------------------|-4---------------|----5-------3------------2-|------|
|-2----------------------|-----------------|------6-5~----4-5~--2~-O---|------|
$(Dont you know she...) $(You lose a....)
Chorus
Verse 2 (basically the same as the first)
Solo:
---------------|-------7-----7-7--------------|-----------------|-------------|
---------------|-----7-------7-7--------------|---H-T-P--H------|-------------|
---------------|-9^F-----9^F------9^F^9^F\~/--|-6-9-11-6-9- %5x-|-9^F^9^F~~~~~|
---------------|------------------------------|-----------------|hold this----|
-3~-O----O-----|------------------------------|-----------------|bend for next|
------3~---3~~-|------------------------------|-----------------|-part -------|
..ah oh) WB = Whammey Bar % = repeat
^F = Bend Full Step H = Hamer-On
T = Tap P = Pull-Off
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P-----------------------|
-(9^F~)--14-(9^F)--12-(9^F)--14-(9^F)--16-(9^F)--14-(9^f^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(release 9th bend here) ^ (bend up ^
with whammey bar)
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
-7^F-7-----7^F~----------------|
-------9-7------9-8-7----------|
----------------------9-8-7----|
----------------------------10-|
Break? (I dunno what ya' call this part!) 'The Reach down
between my legs part' :)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--
|---H--P-----------------H--P------------------H--P----------------|--
|-/9-10-9----7^F^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~----------|--
|---------10--------7~---------10-----10-------------10---10-10/12-|--
--------------O-------|
--------------O-------|
--------------2-------| The rest of this is basically the same,
---H--P-------3-------| He throws some chords in there that you
-/9-10-9------3-------| should be able to figure out.
---------10---1-------|
$ (Arpegiate Chord)
That's about it, It's 2:30 am, I'm beat. :O *yawn* I don't feel like double
checking this any mistakes should be obvious; If it sounds wrong, It's a
mistake!
