alen - 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:
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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.
H H H H H
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-----|
H H H H H
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-----|
H H H H H H H H
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------4p0-4-5------------------------------------|
D|-------12tp5p0-5------------5h7-12t--11t--10t--11t--12t--p0--|
A|-12tp5-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
H H H H H
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------h5p0--|
G|------------------------------h5p0--|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-h7--10t--11t--12t--12t--14t--------|
E|------------------------------------|
H H H H H H H H
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
H H H H H H H H
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.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/van_halen/mean_street_tab_ver_2.html ]
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|-----------------------
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