Lesson - Tabs

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Tabs

Intro

See video for performance tips. Flanger settings are given at the top of this page in the setup section.

Blue highlight = Flanger in use

Flanger tip: Use the side of your pick to palm mute the open string or strings indicated in blue Highlight. With the side of your pick palm mute the note starting between your bridge and neck pickup and move incrementally with each hit toward the neck of your guitar. You do not need to do an actual string scrape. This is a misconception about this trick but it is another trick for another song on another day called the "Cradle will Drop." This UNTAMED Unchained Flanger scrape thing is only a slight pick scrape. If you don't have a Flanger you can do the same trick but you'll need to apply a deeper pick scrape to it to get it to sound close to the real thing.

Chord names below may not line up properly because everything is a / something. The chords to the main riff are listed below for easier reading.

D/A Dsus4 /A F/C Fsus4/C F5/C C/G Csus4/G C5/G Dsus4/A D/A Bb/F Bb5 Dsus4/A C/G

** ALL open 6th string accent hits are slightly palm muted **

D/A Dsus4 /A F/C Fsus4/C F5/C C/G Csus4/G C5/G Dsus4/A D/A

E___________________________________________________
B__7_8__________10_11_13_____5_6_8_____8_7__________
G__7_7__________10_10_10_____5_5_5_____7_7__________
D__7_7__________10_10_10_____5_5_5_____7_7__________
A__0________________________________________________
D______0_0_0_0____________0_________0_______0_0_0_0_

Bb/F Bb5 Dsus4/A C/G

E_______________________________________________
B__3_6-4______ 8_5_______________________________
G__3_3________7_5_______________________________
D__3______5x__7_5_______________________________
A_______________________________________________
D____________________0__________________________

E________________________________________________________
B__7_8____________10_11_13_____5_6_8_____8_7_____________
G__7_7____________10_10_10_____5_5_5_____7_7_____________
D__7_7____________10_10_10_____5_5_5_____7_7_____________
A________________________________________________________
D______0_0_0_0_0___________0__________0________0_0_0_0___

Band kicks in on the last two chord hits below. Bass hits on G and F

Verse Riff #1

The idea of this type of riffing is to noodle around the vocals.

Most of the notes below have a slight artificial harmonic applied to them. See video for "Semi-harmonic 101"

Dm7 Gm6 Dm7 Gm6 Am6

E__________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________________3__
D____________________________________1_______________________________1__________3__
A_______3_____5_______3~_5________1_____________3_____5___________1__________3_____
D__5~______0_____0_0_______0_3---5_______0_3--5~____0_____0_0_3---5_____0_5--7_______

Dm7 Gm6 Dm7 Dm7 Gm/D

E__________________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________________________7______________________
D____________________________________1_________________________________10_____8____________
A_______3_____5_______3~_5________1_____________3_____5_________________________10~-sl dwn--_
D__5~______0_____0_0_______0_3---5_______0_3--5~____0_____0_0_1---8_________0_______________

Bridge

This is a 4/4 time section with off beats. This is a classic move in this style of music and if you're not paying attention it can throw you for a loop.

G F G F G F G

E______________________________________________
B_____8--6________8__8--6--8_____________________
G_____7--5________7__7--5--7_____________________
D_____5--3________5__5--3--5_____________________
A__5__________5____x_________3_5_______________
D__5_______0x_5______________3_5_______________

F G F G

E____________________________________________
B_____8--6________8__8--6--8__________________
G_____7--5________7__7--5--7__________________
D_____5--3________5__5--3--5__________________
A_____________5____x________________________
D__________0x_5_____________________________

F A G A G G A G

E_____________________________________________________________
B________ 10- 8_________10__10- 8-10_______10- 8_________________
G_________9--7__________9___9--7--9________9--7_>slide chord down____
D_________7--5__________7___7--5--7________7--5_________________
A__3__7_____________7____x__________5_7_______________________
D__3__7__________0x_7_______________5_7_______________________

Flanger hits below follow the snare drum hits.

A G F

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A__________7____5_____3____>>into chorus riff_______
D__0_0_0___7____5_____3_________________________

Chorus Riff

The chorus riff might sound like the intro riff to many of you, but in fact it's different. The intro riff is more rigid with less hammering on and more individual chord hit picking.

By contrast the chorus riff on this track is done smoother with more hammering on. These minor variations in riffs are one of the subtle things you should look for in this style of guitar playing.

E___________________________________________________
B__7_8__________10_11-13_____ 5_6-8____8_7___________
G__7_7__________10_10________5_5______7_7___________
D__7_7__________10___________5________7_7___________
A___________________________________________________
D______0_0_0_0___________0_________0_______0_0_0_0__

E______________________________________________________
B__7_8____________10_11-13_____ 5_6-8_____8_7___________
G__7_7____________10_10________5_5_______7_7___________
D__7_7____________10___________5_________7_7___________
A______________________________________________________
D______0_0_0_0_0___________0__________0_______0_0_0_0__

E_______________________________________________
B__3_6-4______ 8_5_______________________________
G__3_3________7_5_______________________________
D__3______5x__7_5_______________________________
A___________________________>into verse 2_________
D____________________0_0________________________

Verse Riff #2

Similar to verse 1 but with slight variation. I could lie and say it was intentional but the truth is it came around while we were rolling and I forgot what I did the first time so I just made something up that was close to what I did.

This type of thing is very common in this VH guitar style. Your Van Halen CDs are loaded with mistakes and screw ups that the band just left. That attitude is part of what makes this guitar style so much fun and why I enjoy it too.

I don't go out of my way to fix any Vin Heuton mistakes. That's part of what makes the Vin Heuton stuff workas VH style lessons. What you hear is what really happened. In a lot of cases the mistakes, define this VH guitar style.

E_________________________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________________________________________3_____
D___________________________________________________________________1____________3________
A_______3_____5_______3~_5____3~_5~___________3____5____________1____________3___________
D__5~______0_____0_0________0_________0_3--5~____0_____0_0_3---5________0_5--7__________0__

E_____________________________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________________________7_________________________
D______________________________________________________________________10______8______________
A_______3_____5_______3~_5____3~_5~___________3_____5____________________________10~-sl dwn--_
D__5~______0_____0_0_______0__________0_3--5~_____0_____0_0_1---8___________0_________________

Bridge #2

Flanger hits below follow the snare drum hits.

Chorus #2

E_______________________________________________
B__3_6-4______ 8_5_______________________________
G__3_3________7_5_______________________________
D__3______5x__7_5_______________________________
A___________________________>into Solo___________
D_______________________________________________

Solo

This solo makes up the other lesson here besides picking technique and flow. This solo is an example of a quirky little VH style thing. The trick to doing solos like this off the top of your head is remembering a couple things.

1. Don't think about it too much

2. Know the chords you're soloing over. In our case here it's "G" to "A". So I'm using both G positions and A positions. Basically G pentatonic minor and A pentatonic minor, BUT, see tip #3 below for more on this...

3. Stay in scale but use the notes in chromatic sequence that are in between the scale notes to add personality to your phrasing sections.

4. Finally, remember to break things up and put them into phrasing sections. These types of solos have defined sections. It doesn't all just blend together. Put some personality behind it all.

This solo is over the bridge. It's the same chord feel and groove that the bridge has and the same basic chords. However in the case of the solo the Bass is mostly focusing on the main root note G and A. I've written those basic chords above the tabs below.

**Solo begins with bar depresses slightly** there are no effects used in this solo. no Flanger, no phaser, just a stright up brown sound.

E___________________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________________________________
G_>w.b depressed<5h<<bring up bar slowly but not all the way>>bring bar back down slightly & go into the next note>>w.b 3^^1<release bar
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________

E__________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________
G____________(12)-7-10_(12)-7-10_(12)^3/4_-7-10^1/2>slight release _(12)-7-10^1/2>slight release_
D__________________________________________________________________________
A__________________________________________________________________________
D_0x<string noise________________________________________________________________

E___________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________
G_(12)-7-10^1/2>slight release__(12)-7-10^1_~ 7-w.b10_w.b10^^1_~_
D___________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________

E__________________________________________________________________________
B_w.b depressed release into note & bend at the same time<15^1_w.b<17^1.5 slight release~_17_18_19_20_20_20^1~_
G_________________________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________

Harmonic below is a slight miss. These accidents happen and I feel should be left in when doing this style of guitar playing.

E____________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________
G_w.b<<5h>>w.b back dwn___w.b<<3^1/2>>w.b back down and slide note upward at the same time----->_
D____________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________

A G F

E__17_18_19_20^1~~______________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D___________________________into chorus 3_________
A_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________

Chorus #3

E_______________________________________________
B__3_6-4______ 8_5_______________________________
G__3_3________7_5_______________________________
D__3______5x__7_5_______________________________
A___________________________>into interlude________
D_______________________________________________

Interlude

Ahh the sutble art of key modulation. This is the break in the song. The calm in the eye of the hurricane. This section in both my song UNTAMED and VH's tune Unchained is done with the Phase 90. The phase 90 has a very distinct sound and it works well for parts like this.

There are 2 guitar parts to this. I overdubbed in Guitar 2. Guitar 1 has no effect on it and is just hitting the root chord of the whole thing.

Guitar 1: Let chord ring out lightly strumming it a second time as it fades.

E G F

E_________________________________________________________________________
B__9______________________________________________________________________
G__9___________________________________ 9_________________________________
D__9__>>>>let ring_________>lightly strum_ 9_____kick in_______________________
A__7___________________________________7_______________5__3_______________
D______________________________________________________5__3_>>into outro chorus

Guitar 2: This is the primary guitar part for this section. Phase 90 on throughout.

E___________________________________________________________
B__15--17~~__17---15--14--15---14---12--14--12---10---12---10---8---9~~___
G___________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________

Do the double stop sections below with your fingers. Pluck the strings with your thumb and index finger.

E_______________________________________________________________
B________________9_9_9__9_9_9___________________________________
G_9_9_9__9_9_9___9_9_9__9_9_9___9--sl dwn--___1__1_1_1__1_1_1__1~__
D_9_9_9__9_9_9__________________9--sl dwn--___2__2_2_2__2_2_2__2~__
A_______________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________

More of a women and children area thing, the little semi-chromatic riff below is a Classic VH move and well worth knowing if you don't know how to do it.

E_______________________________________________________17____________
B_______________________________________________________20^1_~w.b~~ ___
G__10-9_11-10_12-11_13-12__15-14_16-15_17-16_19-18_20-19_________________
D_____________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________

Outro Chorus and leads

Guitar 1: Guitar 1 is just the chorus with a new ending. It's a doubled chorus but we have a go back on itself ending followed by chord hits and a chord ring out to end the song. Below is the tab for Guitar 1. Guitar 2's tab which is leads that come in for the second part of this ending chorus is tabbed separately.

E_________________________________
B__3_6-4______ 8_5_________________
G__3_3________7_5_________________
D__3______5x__7_5_________________
A_________________________________
D_________________________________

Guitar 2's leads would enter here....

Ending chord sequence

Bb/F Bbsus4 Bb5 G5 C/G

E________________3__________________
B__3___6-3_______3__ 5_______________
G__3___3____________5______________
D__3________5x______5______________
A__________________________________
D________________________0x_________

A G F D

E________________3____________________________________
B__3___6-3_______3__ 5__5______________________________
G__3___3____________5__5______________________________
D__3________5x______5__5______________________________
A___________________________7__--5__--3_--_0_>let ring____
D___________________________7__--5__--3_--_0_>let ring____

Final Guitar 1 ending

This is a light Palm strum. Lightly strum the strings by using the side of your hand to graze over the chord. See video for help.

E_______________________________________________
B__7____________________________________________
G__7____________________________________________
D__7_~ see instructions above_______________________
A__5____________________________________________
D_______________________________________________

Guitar 2 the lead portion of this ending

This part, not unlike Unchained's ending was added later as an overdub. If you are 1 guitar in a live setting you would want to do the ending leads instead of the Guitar 1 part. People associate certain things and these sorts of ending outro leads are very important to the songs. This is classic Pentatonic minor ending for Fair Warning era.

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_____5--7~___7--10~__ 3---5~__ 5--7~_--sl dwn--______
D_______________________________________________
A_____3--5~___5---8~___1---3~___3--5~_--sl dwn--_______
D__x____________________________________________

E__________10___________10______________________
B______________13^1/2~______13^1>slight release_________
G_7-----13________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________

Taps below need to stagger and have some personality behind them.

E_____________________________________________________________________
B_(15)-10-13-(15)_-10-13-(15)-10-13-(15)__-10-13-(15)_-10-13-(15)_-10-13-(15)__
G_____________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________

E_____________________________________________________________________
B_-10-13-(15)---(18)-13^1>>release_13_^^bend back up^^13^1.5>>slow release_13^1/4~___________
G_____________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________

E_______10_13_10_______10_____________10_13_10_13^1_~_____
B_13^1___________13^1_____13____13^1______________________
G_________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________

E_______10_13_10_______10_______________________________________________
B_13^1___________13^1______13___w.b10~__w.b8~_____________________________
G___________________________________________w.b10~_______________________
D_______________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________0~let ring out add light w.b vibrato_
D_______________________________________________________________________

Final Guitar 2 ending

This is a light Palm strum. Lightly strum the strings by using the side of your hand to graze over the chord. See video for help.

This is Guitar 2's palm strum. It's the last thing you hear on the track in your right speaker.

End

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"Untamed" The Crappier Website version
Written by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Performed by:	Jeff Fiorentino, & Vin Heuton
Transcribed by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Engineered by:	Mick the mixer


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