Van Halen – Humans Being (Bass Tab)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)
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HUMANS BEING (Bassline)
As recorded by Van Halen
(Released as a Single in 1996)
Transcribed by [email protected]
Words by Van Halen Music by Hagar, Anthony and the Van Halens lol ala Van Halen
Arranged by Van Halen
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Michael Anthony'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
Wx12 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-2-|
|-------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
1. 2.
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------o||-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2---o||-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-5-7-|
|-----------------3--||-------------------|
1st Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
Guitar Break
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||----------------||-----------------|
|-------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2---o||-3-3-3------2-3-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------3--||-------3--3-----||-----------------|
E E E S S E S S S S E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5h7-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
E E E E a E S S Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-5\--|------------------|
|-2h3-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----3-3-------------|------------------|
E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E Q E
|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-0-|-2-2-2----------|
|---------------------|-------2-2-3--3-|
2nd and 3rd Verses
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E S S +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------|
|-------------------------||------------------|
|-3-2-3b4==(3)-3r-5-5-7-7-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2---|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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 E E E S S
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------7\---|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----||---------------3-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-|-------------2-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7p5---|-----------------|
|-------------------7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|
E E S S E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|---------------3--|
|-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10\--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------7s9p7----|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------9\-|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|--------------------|-----------3-2-0-|
2nd Guitar Break
+E S S E S S E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------||-----------------|
|-----2-2---------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-(0)-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q S S E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-------7s12--12-12-12-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-|-5-5-5----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
E E E E a E E Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|-11-12-12-12-10h12-10------|-------------------|
|----------------------12\--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---------------------------|-------------------|Interlude
To Coda
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q Q H.. E
|---------------|-----------------|-------5---9-7h9-||--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---5s7---7-------||--------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---------------||-7---------7--|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|
|-3-|
H.. E H. E E Q. E Q Q Q W
|-------------|-------------|--------------|------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|------|
|-7---------2-|-3-------2h3-|-5----5-3-2---|------|
|-------------|-------------|------------3-|-0----|
+H +E E E E Q. E Q. E E Q E a Q Q Q. E Q. +E
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|--------7------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------7-----|---------------|--------5h7--5\--|--------7----(7)-|
|-(0)----(0)---7-6-|-5----5------5-|-5-5--5----------|-0----0----------||3-| |-3-|
H +Q E E E E H. E E Q. E a Q E E Q. E E Q E
|------------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------/5-4-|------------------|-----------------|
|-7----(7)-0-0-2-2-|-3------------|-5----5-5s7--5----|----------7--7---|
|------------------|--------------|---------------7\-|-0----0-0--------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E Q. E E Q E E E E E H Q. E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------7----7-|----------------|-------------|
|--------7------|---------------|----------------|------7------|
|-0----0---0-3--|-5----5--------|-5-5--5-8-7-5-3-|-0---------0-|
H +E a E E E H +E a E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------5h7-5---|----------------|-------------------|
|----------5h7-5-7-|-3----(3)-------7-|-5----5-7-5-5---|-------------------|
|-0----(0)---------|------------------|--------------7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
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 S S E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E a E Q E E E E S S E E E E
|----------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------14s16p14------|---2---------------|
|-/14-14-14-14-----------14\-|-------------------|
|----------------------------|-0---0-0-0-3-5-5-3-|
E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---2---------------|---2---------------|
|-------------------|-------------0-0-2-|
|-0---0-0-0-3-5-5-3-|-0---0-0-0-3-------|
E E E E E E Q E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E
|-----5-----7-----|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---2---------------|---2---------------|---2----------------|
|-3-3---3-5---5\--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------0-0-2--|
|-----------------|-0---0-0-0-3-5-5-3-|-0---0-0-0-3-5-5-3-|-0---0-0-0-3--------|
E E S E S 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
|-------5-----------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------2------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3---3-5-3-5---|-----------------|---------------2/-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0----|-----------------|
E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------14s16p14-12-----|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-/14-------------14\-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E S S S S Q E E E S S E E E E
|--------------------------||-------------------|
|-------7S12-12-12-12-12\--||-------------------|
|-5-5-5--------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------------------------||-------------------|
Outro
TP
W E E E E E E E E
|------------||------------------|
|------------||------------------|
|-24\--------||------------------|
|------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2---||o-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------3-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E 6x E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||-----------------*|
|-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-2---o||-----------------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----------------3--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-*|Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
<n> - 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
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths