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Van Halen

D.O.A.

Intermediate Bass Tabs

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Tabbed By: unchained

Added: Jul 14, 2009

Type: Bass

Skill Level: Intermediate

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Description:

D.O.A. (Bassline)
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1979 Album VAN HALEN II)

Notes:

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'

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 rep

Intro
  Q=137
4/4          2/4    4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          W      Wx4
|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|
|------------|------|--------|

  q  q  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
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0--0----------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|-------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||

Verse
  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 E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-0-|

  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 E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|---------0--2-4-||
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--------||

Pre-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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-3--||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||

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 E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||

Verse 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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E Q  Q  E Q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|------0--2-4/--|
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-4-----------|

  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 E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|---------------4-||
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||

Pre-Chorus 2
  E E E E E E E  E   +H     E. E. E   E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E E Q
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------2--4--6-|------------------|---------2-2-4\---||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-5-5-5-5----------||
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||

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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||

Guitar Solo
  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 E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-0------0--2-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-2--------|

  E E E E E E E  E   +H     E. E. E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|------------------|--------6--4--3-|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-3-2-7-7-7-7---|------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|

  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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||

Verse 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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|

  Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E q  q
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-----2--4--||
|----2----2-2-2-|----2----2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-------||

Pre-Chorus 3
  E E E E E E E  E   +H     E. E. E   E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E E Q
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------2--4--6-|------------------|---------2-2-4\---||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-5-5-5-5----------||
|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------||

Chorus 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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||

Outro Solo
  E E E E E E E  E   +H     E. E. E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------6--4--3-|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-|-(5)------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-3-2-7-7-7-7-7--|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  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 Q  Q  Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|------2--4/---|
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-4----------|

  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 E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-||

   Outro
    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 E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-------------|-0-0--------------o||
||----------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2---||

    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---------|
||----------3-2-2-2-|---------3-2-2-2-|

  E E E S S E S S E E   E E E S S E S S E E
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-----------------|-0-0------------------o||
|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||

    Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H      Q  Q  H     3x
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
||o------------|------------|------------|------------o||
||o-0--0-------|-0--0-------|-0--0-------|-0--0-------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||

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