Written by:

  Jeff Fiorentino

             Performed by: 

  Jeff Fiorentino, & Vin Heuton

Transcribed by: 

  Jeff Fiorentino

             Engineered by: 

  Mick the mixer

Intro

Guitar 1 = The main guitar parts and is always in Black.

Guitar 2 = Secondary guitar parts and is always in Blue.

Guitar 2 does moving palm scrapes..  Do these atomic punk style but move your palm around to change pitches..  See video for help.
 

C______________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________
Eb_____________________________________________________
Bb_______//__//__//__//_//_>>palm scrapes see note above and vid___
F______________________________________________________
C__0~~________________________________________________

Guitar 1:  Main guitar part
 

C___________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________
Eb__________________________________________________
Bb__________________________________________________
F___________________________________________________
C___0~~____0_0___0_0__1--3~~___3_3__3-0~>>w.b dive>>__

C________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________________________
Bb_______________________________________________________________
F________________________________________________________________
C_1--hand slide--3---1___3~~____3_3__0~>>w.b dive>>__~0~ hit string while bar is depressed_

Main theme riffing

This is the main theme riff..  It's the groove riff that drives the track..  You can hear it in your left speaker while the leads are going on over on the other side and in the middle of things. 

Be very loose with this and try not to loose the feel.

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3_________
F________7_________0_1___________________1~_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3_________
F________7_________0_1___________________3~_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3_________
F________7_________0_1___________________1~_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3_________
F________7_________0_1___________________3~_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3_________
F________7_________0_1___________________1~_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3_________
F________7_________0_1___________________3~_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3_________
F________7_________0_1___________________1~_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

Final ending line, differs from others slightly at the very end...
 

C__________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________
Eb_________________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0__________________
F________7_________0_1_____________3_1_0___________
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3________________1__0~~~__

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Leads over the Main theme riff

These are the leads that are going on while the riffing that's tabbed above is being played.. 

Remember I'm still using the Green Kramer here, which means the odd super flat tuning is still in use too..

C________________________________________________________________________
G___8^1.5~~>>slow release>>_____________________________________________________
Eb______________________2^3/4~sick bend~____5^1_h(14)_h(12)_h(14)_h(12)_h(14)>release>5~_
Bb_______________________________________________________________________
F________________________________________________________________________
C________________________________________________________________________

C_______________________________________________
G__19^1.5~~>release>19___21^1.5~~____18^1.5~~w.b 3 hits~_
Eb______________________________________________
Bb______________________________________________
F_______________________________________________
C_______________________________________________

Take upward in a RANDOM chromatic pattern,, BUT, notice how the first set stays put and taps on 9 for a bit.. This is common for Ed to do, and it's also a key element in making it sound like VH and not like some schmoe who's tapping chromatically...  lol... 

SEE VIDEO FOR ADDITIONAL HELP WITH THIS LINE OF TAB and THIS TECHNIQUE..
 

C________________________________________________________________
G__(9)-1-4__(9)-2-5__(9)-3-6__(10)-4-7__(10)-5-8__(11)-6-9...etc on up the fret board_
Eb_______________________________________________________________
Bb_______________________________________________________________
F________________________________________________________________
C________________________________________________________________

C______________________________________________________________
G__19^1.5>release>19__19^2>release>19____19^1.5_19^1.5_19^1.5_19^1.5>release>19_
Eb_____________________________________________________________
Bb_____________________________________________________________
F______________________________________________________________
C______________________________________________________________

C_______________________________________________________
G__18^2.5>slow release>18____20^1.5>release>20______________________
Eb___________________________________2^3/4~sick bend~w.b>>____
Bb______________________________________________________
F_______________________________________________________
C_______________________________________________________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb______________________________________________
Bb______________________________________________
F_______________________________________________
C___0~~~_let ring________________________________

Ending interlude (THE VIDEO LESSON WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THIS SECTION)

This is just guitar 1 doing some noises and dive bombs etc.. leading into a solo run through of the main theme riff which then leads into the "One foot on the floor" portion of the song. 

Most of this doesn't translate well into tab, but I'll talk you through it on the video lesson, so no worries..  Remember I'm still using the Green Kramer here, which means the odd super flat tuning is still in use too..

C________________________________________________
G________________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb_______________________________________________
F_______________________________3--slide dwn and apply w.b--_
C__0~~_____1^^slow bend^1>release>1___ 3--slide dwn and apply w.b--_

C___________________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________________
Eb__________________________________________________________
Bb__________________________________________________________
F___________________________________________________________
C_1----8---1-0____////>scrape string with the side of the pick___0~~~>w.b down slowly>>>__

C_________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________
Eb_________________________________________________
Bb__////_>with bar depressed still, scrap the springs on the back with the side of your pick_
F__________________________________________________
C__________________________________________________

C_________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________
Eb__<<<5h<<<_____________________________________
Bb__<<<5h<<< with bar depressed still, strike harmonics and slowly release the bar__
F_________________________________________________
C_________________________________________________

C___________________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________________
Eb__2^1a.h scream~w.b~___0>>w.b dive>>__5^1_h(12)_h(14)_h(12)_h(14)>release>5~__
Bb___________________________________________________________
F____________________________________________________________
C____________________________________________________________

C__0____________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb______2^3/4~sick bend~_-0>~~w.b ~~~>>slow dive>>_____
Bb______________________________________________
F_______________________________________________
C_______________________________________________

Into altered stand alone main riffing, NOTE.. This riffing differs slightly from what's already tabbed.. Watch the tabs closely..
 

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3__0______
F________7_________0_1_____________________1____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1____________

C_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
Eb_______________________________________________
Bb__________________________0_1_0_____3__0_______
F________7_________0_1_____________________3_____
C___0_5____5__0_1_______3__________1_____________

C________________________________
G________________________________
Eb_______________________________
Bb____________0__________________
F________0_7_____1_0_____________
C___0_5______________1__0~~~~___

The song goes into the tabs below from here....

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One foot on the floor tab section  (THE VIDEO LESSON WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THIS SECTION)

For this part of the track I switch to the White Kramer with a basic VH style flat tuning.. Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb... in other words just a standard tuning, but the pitches are 1/2 step flat technically speaking.. 

The key changes to Em and the tempo picks up to 196 from where it was at 64 previously...  This is very similar to what's going on with Sunday afternoon in the park and One foot out the door from Vh, both tuning, and tempo wise...

Enjoy and be loose with the leads.. and remember to try being rhythm guitar first, so you understand the groove a little bit...

Guitar 1 does the rhythm part.  Basically it's just driving single notes with a swing or shuffle feel to them..  AKA Hot for Teacher feel... I didn't tab the exact number of hits for each note below but you'll get the idea..
 

The chords you're soloing over are,  Em, G, and F
 

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E__0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0< with swing feel_

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E__0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0< with swing feel_

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E__3_3_3_3_3_3_3_3_3____1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E__0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0< with swing feel_

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Guitar 2 does the leads...  These are very traditional improvised VH leads and they're based on pieces of the the soloing sections that occur in "One foot out the door"... Which is why certain parts of it will sound familiar to some of you..  The sound is also similar to what Ed was doing on "One foot out the door"..  This was intentional on my part..  It's again, just a chorus and Flanger mix, with a thick Hall reverb... any Spring style reverb unit will do the trick in a live setting for a sound like this...

Remember, we're using a standard guitar tuning now, just 1/2 step flat... You can play it with a standard tuning if you want, you just won't match my pitch on the mp3..  Either way for Early VH type stuff, a flat tuning is a must... It's a sin in my house to tune a Kramer guitar to anything other than Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb...  You just can't get that early VH sound with a standard E, A, D, G, B, E, guitar tuning...  So if possible always have a flat tuned guitar in your arsenal of axes...

       Em

E__12______ 12_____12_____12_____________________
B__15^1~___15^1___15^1___15^1>>release>_15~~_______
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

Be very relaxed and semi random with the tapping.
 

This section is very tricky... See video for help... The tabs almost do you no good for it other than pointing out the notes.
 

Ending soloing after drum fill

        Em

That taps below are just gliss taps that go upward in a semi random chromatic sequence.  The beginning little riff that starts it is very important to the feel of it though..  See vid for help..
 

E_______________________________________________
B__taps end with >>__20^2>release>20---sl dwn---__________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

End