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Added: Apr 14, 2008

Type: Guitar

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Description:

"Finish What Ya Started" by Van Halen


Notes:

^=1/4 step bend
/= slide up
\=slide down
~= vibrato
--20--30--- two notes together= pull offs


------------------0-0-0-------------------------------0-0------------|
------------------0-3-3---------------------0-2^-2-^--3-3------------|
-------2-4----------4-4-----------2-4-------0-2^-2-^--4-4--------2-4-|
-0-2-5-----5^-2-------------0-2-5-----5^-2-----------------0-2-5-----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
           [all ^ are 1/4 step bends]

------0--0-0--------------------------3^3^-0-3^3^--------------------|
------0--3-3------------------0-2^-2^-2^2^-0-2^2^--------------------|
---------4-4--------2-4-------0-2^-2^-------------------2-4----------|
5^-2----------0-2-5-----5^-2----------------------0-2-5-----5^-2-----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Come on baby                                                Ow
0-0-------0-0------------------------0-0-0---0-----------------0-0-0-|
0-0--3-3^-0-0-----------------0-2-2^-3-3-3---3-----------------0-3-3-|
-----4-4^------------2-4------0-2-2^-4-4-4---4-------2-4---------4-4-|
---------------0-2-5-----5^-2------------------0-2-5-----5^-2--------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
                             Woah, Woah
0-0---0-0-------------------0---0--0-0----0--0--0---------------------|
3-3---3-3---------0-2---2---3---3--3-3^---0--3--3---------------0-2-2-|
4-4---4-4--2-4-0--0-2---2---4---4--4-4^------4--4-------2-4-----0-2-2-|
--------------------------------------------------0-2-5-----5^2-------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|

0--0---------0--0--0-0-0-------------------------0--3^-3^0-3^3^0-3----|3^
3--3---------3--0--3-3-3----------------0-2---2--3--2^-2^0-2^2^0-2----|2^
4--4-------2-4-----4-4-4-------2-4------0-2---2--4--------------------|
-----0-2-5---------------0-2-5-----5^2--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Well if you wanna         baby I could            You wanna lover
        See other guys    let it slide             You want a friend
0--0---0-----------------------0-----------------0--0--0--------------|
0--3---3---------------0-2--2^-3-----------------0--3--0--------------|
---4---4-------2-4---0-0-2--2^-4--------2-4---------4----------2-4--0-|
---------0-2-5-----5^0----------------------5^0----------0-2-5----5^0-|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|

mama I can be                     I got
both of them                       the tools to satisfy.         Just
---------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
0-2--2^--3-----2----------------4~-2--4~----2------------------2~----|
0-2--2^--4-----2-------2-4------4~-2--4~----2---------2-4---0--2~-0--|
-----------------0-2-5-----5^2--4~----4~-------0-2-5------5^0--2~-0--|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

walk
  away                   If I fall        shy    at     all
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----2~--------------------5--5----5---5------------------3------------|
-0--2~---0-2--------------6--6----6---6------------------2------------|
-0--2~---0-2-----2--------6--6----6---6--------2---------0------------|
-------------3/4---4\2-0--4--4--4-4---4--2-3/4---4\2-0------3-2^-0----|
-------------------------------------------------------------------1--|

ah...               Come on
                       baby finish what               I'm
                                      ya started        Incomplete
-----------------------0----0-----0-------------------------0--------|
3-------------3^-3^----0----3-----3----------------0-2--2^--3--------|
2---------2---2^-2^---------4-----4-------2-4------0-2--2^--4--------|
0---0-2-5---5-----------------------0-2-5-----5^2--------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

0------------------|
3------------------|
4-------2-4--------|
--0-2-5-----5^2----|
-------------------|
-------------------| and so on using these riffs up to the solo:


SOLO
----14-----12-----11-----9-----7----5-----0-----0-----0--------14---12-|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-/15----13-----11------9----07----07---04----09----07---0--/15----13---|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

---11----9-----5-----7-----5-----7-----5------14----12---11---9----7-|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
11-----9----07----07----07----07----------/15----13----11---9---07---|
----------------------------------04/5-------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

---5----0---0---0----0-------14----12---11---9----5----7-----5-------|
------------------------------------------------------------------7--|
07---04--09--09---07---0--15----13----11---9---07---07----07---------|
---------------------------------------------------------------07----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

-----------7----------------------------------------------------------|
---5----3/--10-7-7----7------10-7----7--------------------------------|
----------------9--10---10-9------10---10-9-7-----------------2-4-----|
05---04---------------------------------------9--9------0-2-5-----5^2-|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
END SOLO


Here are a couple of licks he does over the A chord throughout the song after
the solo:

LICK 1                                 LICK 2
---9----7----4----2--------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------5-----3-----5----7---8/9--|
09---07---04---02-----0-2---2-0--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------2/------06----04----06---07---08-----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

LICK 3                           END LICK
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
----5----3----2----3------2-0-------5----3-----5-----7-----8--9------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-05---04---02---04----02---------06---04----06----07----08-----------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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