Van Halen - Dancing in the street
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Tuning: E A D G
Tabbed by: BASSteve
*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate
durations.
[INTRO]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|r-------------------------------|r-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------x------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|r-------------------------------|r-----------------------10\------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------1-2-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|3---------3-3-1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------1-3-r---------3-4-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------1-2-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----5-r-----4-r-----5-r-----6-r-|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------2-------3-------4-------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[VERSE 1]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------1-2-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----5-r-----4-r-----5-r-----6-r-|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------2-------3-------4-------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------1-2-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------1-3-r---------3-4-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[CHORUS] (“Dancing in Chicago ...”)
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| x2
A||5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-||
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------0---1---2---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------1-3-r--------1-2--|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------2---3---4---|
E|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------1-3---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5---3-----------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------0---1---|
[TRANSITION 1] (“Oh, it doesn’t matter what you wear ...”)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|2-------------0-2-r---------0-1-|2-------------0-2-r-----2/------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------4---5---6---|
E|7-------------5-7-r---------5-6-|7-------------5-7---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------5-7-r---------5-6-|--------------5-7-r-5---4-------|
E|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------7---|
G|--------------------------------|-------------2-r-----4-r-----5-r-|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|12\------0-------2-------3-------|
E|5-r-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| x2
A||5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------1-2-||
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
[VERSE 2]
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| x4
A||5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-||
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
[CHORUS] (“Philadelphia, PA ...”)
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| x2
A||5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-||
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5---------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------0---1---2---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------1-3-r--------1-2--|
G|--------------------------------|------------4-r-----5-r-----6-r-|
D|--------------------------------|----5-r-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------2-------3-------4-------|
E|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5---3-----------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------0---1---|
[TRANSITION 2] (“Oh, it doesn’t matter what you wear ...”)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|2-------------0-2-r---------0-1-|2-------------0-2-r-----2/------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------4---5---6---|
E|7-------------5-7-r---------5-6-|7-------------5-7---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------5-7-r---------5-6-|--------------5-7-r-5---4-------|
E|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------7---|
G|--------------------------------|------------4-r-----5-r-----6-r-|
D|--------------------------------|----7-r-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------2-------3-------4-------|
E|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5\------------------------------|r-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------2-r-----4-r-----5-r-|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|r-------------------------------|12\------0-------2-------3-------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[SOLO]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r-------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------1-2-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-4-|
E|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------1-3-r-------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r--------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------10\------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|3-------------1-3-r---------1-2-|3-------------1-2-3---2---0---1-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|2-------------0-2-r---------0-1-|2-------------0-2-r-4---5---6---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------4---5---6---|
E|7-------------5-7-r---------5-6-|7-------------5-7---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------5-7-r---------5-6-|--------------5-7-r-------------|
E|0-------------------------------|0-------------------0---3---7---|
G|--------------------------------|-------------4-r-----5-r-----6-r-|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|12\------2-------3-------4-------|
E|5-r-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
[OUTRO]
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A||5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|------------4-r-----5-r-----6-r-||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| To Fade
A|5-------------3-5-r---------3-4-|5-------2-------3-------4-------||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Tuning: EADG
Time signature: 4/4
r = rest (listen for duration)
/ = slide (low to high)
\ = slide (high to low)
||= measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x)
x = muted note