5150

Van Halen

Tom: G

Okay, here's the tab for "5150".  This song is a pain in the ass for two 
reasons: 1)it's tuned to "dropped-D" 1/2 step down; and 2)there are more 
doublestops than mere humans (like me) can handle.  The little string names 
on the side of the tab lines SHOULD have a flat next to each of them 'cause 
of the 1/2 step down deal, but it's easier just to tune to dropped-D unless 
you plan to jam to the CD or something. 
 

Here's the signature riff of the song (play it FAST!):  
E|-|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|---------4---------| 
B|-|-7---5---5-7-----|-7-----5---7-----|-5-5-------------|---------5---------| 
G|-|-7---7---7-7-----|-7-----7---7-----|---4-4-------4---|-4-4-4-----4-------| 
D|-|-7-7---7-----7-7-|---7-7---7---7-6-|-----6-6-----4---|-4-4-6-------6-----| 
A|-|-----------------|-----------------|-------7-7-7---7-|-------7-------7\5-| 
D|-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| 


 
E|-|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-2/| 
B|-|-3---------------|---------3-------|-3p2-----------3-|-3-2-2-----2-2-3-3/| 
G|-|---2---------2---|-2-2-------2-----|----------2----2-|-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2/| 
D|-|-----4-4-----2---|-2-4---------4---|------2-----2--4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-| 
A|-|-------5-5-5---5-|------5--------5-|-----------------|---0-0-2-2-0-0-0-0-| 
D|-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-2-----0-0-| 

 
Repeat 3x; then... 

 
e|-|-10--10--9--9--7--7--9--9--10--10\|| 
B|-|-10--10-10-10--9--9-10-10--10--10\|| 
G|-|----------------------------------|| 
D|-|----------------------------------|| 
A|-|----------------------------------|| 
D|-|----------------------------------|| 

 
Okay, this next part you repeat twice.  One time with the first ending 
that I've tabbed out (marked between the 1>>>> and  to