Van Halen – Dancing In The Street (Bass Tab)
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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