Dirty Movies

Van Halen

Tom: G

"Dirty Movies"
By Van Halen (from Fair Warning)

Drop D and half step down tuning. The intro is just random guitar noise, drums, and bass.

E |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------10---10---10b-10----|
G |-6br~-/7-6-7-/9~-6-7-6----------7/9-----9----9--------9--|
D |-----------------------7-5-5br---------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------|

The next two lines are played together.
E |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------3-2-1-0-------|
D |--------------------------------------3-2-1-|



E |----------------------------------------19b-|
B |-14-14-14-15-15-16-16-17-17-18-18-19-19-----|
G |--------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------|


CHORUS RIFF:

This is reused a few more times later on.
Sometimes Eddie replaces the notes on the D-string with scraping noises like in the
of "Atomic Punk."

Rhythm: (x2)

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------5------5-5/7--------------------|
D |---7------7---------5-----5--------3------3-3/5--------------------|
A |---5------5-0-2p0---3-----3--------------------------3-2-1-0-------|
D |-0----0-0---------3---0-3----0-2-3----0-3--------0-5---------3-2-1-|


Lead: (x2)

E |-14~-------14~-------14h15-14-14p12-------12~-15-----12---------|
B |-----15--------15-------------------13-----------15-----13------|
G |--------14--------14-------------------12------------------12---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|



E |-----------------------------------------------------------------/x-|
B |-13-------13~-------13-13/15~-------/15--17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b----|
G |----14-----------14-----------16------------------------------------|
D |-------15-----15-----------------17---------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------|


VERSE: (Rhythm Guitar only)


E |-----------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------6-------8--|
G |----------------------------------5-------7----|
D |----------------3------------x-/3-----3/5------|
A |-2br-0-3--2~-3----5--2br-0-3-------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------|



E |---------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------|
D |----------------3----------------------|
A |-2br-0-3--2~-3----5--2br-0-3--3-2-0----|
D |------------------------------------3~-|


PRECHORUS PART 1: ("her movies get down," etc.)

Rhythm:

E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--|
A |-x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--|
D |-x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--|


Lead:

E |-----------------------------------|
B |----------------10-----------------|
G |-----9-9-9/10------12-10-12-9br----|
D |-/12----------------------------12-|
A |-----------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------|


PRECHORUS PART 2: ("they won't believe it," etc.)

Rhythm:

E |-------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |-x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--|
A |-x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--|
D |-x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--|


Lead:

E |------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------|
G |-2-2/3--2-2-2/3----2-2/3--2-2-2/3---|
D |----------------5-----------------5-|
A |------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------|


PRECHORUS PART 3: (Rhythm Guitar only; "come see baby now")


E |----------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------|
G |-2-3-3--2-3-5--2-3-/542-----------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------3-2-1-0-------|
D |----------------------------------------3-2-1-|


CHORUS #1: play the chorus rhythm guitar from earlier, plus the following
lead guitar part twice. This part basically just  doubles the root notes
of the chords an octave higher:


E |-------------------------|
B |--------------/6~~--/8~~-|
G |--/7~~--/5~~-------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|


VERSE #2: play the verse riff as before
PRECHORUS #2: play the first two prechoruses and then:


E |----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|
G |-2-3-3--2-3-5--2-3-/542-----|
D |----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|


INTERLUDE #1:


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



E |------------------------------------------------10--9-------------|
B |---------------------------------------------10-------10----------|
G |----7---7------9-------7---------7---7----/9-------------9~-b--r--|
D |-/7---7---7-/9---9-------7----/7---7------------------------------|
A |-------------------9-7-----7~----------7~-------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------------|


INTERLUDE #2: neither guitar plays anything for a while, and then the
rhythm guitar leads into the second chorus with:


E |---------------|
B |---------------|
G |---------------|
D |---------------|
A |-3-2-1-0-------|
D |---------3-2-1-|


CHORUS #2: play the chorus rhythm guitar (without lead)
PRECHORUS #3: play the second and third prechorus segments
CHORUS #3:

Rhythm:

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------5------5-5/7--------------------|
D |---7------7---------5-----5--------3------3-3/5--------------------|
A |---5------5-0-2p0---3-----3--------------------------3-2-1-0-------|
D |-0----0-0---------3---0-3----0-2-3----0-3--------0-5---------3-2-1-|



E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------5------5-5/7----x-4p2-----------------|
D |---7------7---------5-----5--------3------3-3/5----------3-x-7p5---------|
A |---5------5-0-2p0---3-----3--------------------------------------7-x-3p2-|
D |-0----0-0---------3---0-3----0-2-3----0-3--------0-----------------------|


Lead:

E |-14~-------14~-------14h15-14-14p12-------12~-15-----12---------|
B |-----15--------15-------------------13-----------15-----13------|
G |--------14--------14-------------------12------------------12---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|



E |-----------------------------------------------------------------/x-|
B |-13-------13~-------13-13/15~-------/15--17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b----|
G |----14-----------14-----------16------------------------------------|
D |-------15-----15-----------------17---------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------|



E |-14~-------14~-------14h15-14-14p12-------12~-15-----12---------|
B |-----15--------15-------------------13-----------15-----13------|
G |--------14--------14-------------------12------------------12---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|



E |-----------------------------------------------------------|
B |-13-------13~-------13-13/15~-------/15--------------------|
G |----14-----------14-----------16---------------------------|
D |-------15-----15-----------------17------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------|


OUTRO: play verse riff, substituting the last 4 notes with:


E |--------------------------------------|
B |-1-0----------------------------------|
G |-----3-2-1-0--------------------------|
D |-------------3-2-1-0------------------|
A |---------------------3-2-1-0----------|
D |-----------------------------3-2-1----|