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Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Van Halen
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SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR (Bassline)
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1979 Album VAN HALEN II)
Words and Music by Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony & David Lee Roth
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q +W Q. Q. Q W +W
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------|--------||
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------|--------||
|------3----5--|-(5)--------|------3----5--|----------|--------||
|-3------------|------------|-3------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
Pre-Verse
E E H. W E E H. W
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
|-3-0---------|----------|-3-0---------|------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|------|
E E H. W E E H. Q Q S S S S Q
|-------------|----------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|--------7-7-7-7-7\--|
|-3-0---------|----------|-3-0---------|----7/--------------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-------|-----3-5-(5)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-|-4-5------------||
Verse
Q Q E E E E 3x Q Q Q Q
||-----------------||-------------||
||o---------------o||-------------||
||o-7--7--7-7-7-7-o||-7--7--8--9--||
||-----------------||-------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------|-3-0-0-0-0-------|-----3-5-(5)----||
|-----------------|-----3-3-4-4-5-5-|-----------0-2-3-|-4-5------------||
Verse 2
Q Q E E E E 3x Q Q Q Q
||-----------------||-------------||
||o---------------o||-------------||
||o-7--7--7-7-7-7-o||-7--7--3--2--||
||-----------------||-------------||
Chorus 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|----------------||
||o-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------o||-3-0-0-0-0-------|-----3-5-(5)----||
||------------------|-----3-3-4-4-5-5--||-----------0-2-3-|-4-5------------||
Bridge
Q Q E E E E 3x Q Q Q Q
||-----------------||-------------|
||o---------------o||-------------|
||o-7--7--7-7-7-7-o||-7--7--3--2--|
||-----------------||-------------|
E E H. 6x W H. Q
||---------------||----------|-------------||
||o-------------o||----------|-------------||
||o-------------o||----------|---------7/--||
||--5-5----------||----------|-------------||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E S S E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E S S E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------7--8-9-10-|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-------7-|-7-7-7-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-------7-|
|-----------5-5-7---|-----------------|-----------5-5-7---|
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------5--6-7/--|
|-7-7-7-5--------|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-|-5-5-5----------|
|----------6-5-4-|-----------3-5---|----------------|
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q. Q H H
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|------7/----|
|-5----7--8-9/--|-5----10--9-10/--|-5----7----9--|-0----------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|------------|
Q. Q. Q W
|--------------|------||
|--------------|------||
|-5----7----9--|-5----||
|--------------|------||
Pre-Verse
E E H. W 3x E E H. Q E E E E E E
||--------------|-----------||-------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|----------o||-------------|-----------------|
||o-3-0---------|----------o||-3-0---------|----3-4-5-5-4-3--|
||--------------|-----------||-------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-0-0-0-------|-----3-5-(5)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-|-4-5------------||
Verse
Q Q E E E E 3x Q Q Q Q
||-----------------||-------------||
||o---------------o||-------------||
||o-7--7--7-7-7-7-o||-7--7--3--2--||
||-----------------||-------------||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------o||
||------------------|-----3-3-4-4-5-5--||
E E E E E E E E E E Q H +W
|-----------------|-------------|------------|
|-----------------|-------------|------------|
|-3-0-0-0-0-------|-----3--5----|-(5)--------|
|-----------0-2-3-|-4-5---------|------------|
+W +W Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-3--0-------*|
|------------|------------|------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths