Panama Lyrics

Here's Panama by Van Halen... THE WHOLE THING (Well most of it anyway)
I figured this out with my own two ears, so I'm sure it's not perfect, but
I tried to come as close as I could.
Intro:
u4
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------O\\\--|-
PM (all open E's) DB (Dive Bomb -
Hit the Twang Stick)
us4
-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----####--|
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------####--|
PS (Pick-Slide)
Pre-Verse:
su4
$ AH ($ = strum & let ring)
C#min B/Bsu4 A B
-4---------------------------------------------O-----O-----5----5-----5-----|
-4-----------------------------------O-O-O-2--------------------------------|
Chorus:
|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|-2---2--O-X-2-O-2-------|
|-2---O----X-O---O--------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|-2---O----X-O---O-------|
|-O-O--------------3/5\3~~|-O-O--------------3/5\3~|-O-O--------------3/5\3~|
(Uh!) (Hey yeah!....) (Uh Huh!)
-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|
-2---O----X-O---O--------|
-O-O--------------3/5\3~~|
Verse1:
su2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------O---|
|-3-------------------------------5---------------------------------------O---|
|-2-----------------------------9-6-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/|
|-O---2-------------------------9-7-7------------------7-7-9----------O-O-2-\/|
|-----2-------------------------7---5------------------5-5-7--------------O---|
|-----O------O-O-O-O-O--------------------(O)-(O)-(O)--------(O)-(O)----------|
Jump Back What's that sound Here she comes..... Hot shoe.. $ PS
Bridge:
F# C#min (arpegiate chord)
|-O----------------------|-O---------------|---------------------------|------|
|-O----O-----O-----O-----|-5---------------|---------------------------|------|
|-3------3-----3-----3---|-6---------------|-\-------------------------|-riff-|
|-4--------4-----4-----4-|-6---------------|-\-------------------------|--#1--|
|-2----------------------|-----------------|------6-5~----4-5~--2~-O---|------|
$(Dont you know she...) $(You lose a....)
Verse 2 (basically the same as the first)
By Vlad (vladmo@hotmail.com)
Solo for "Panama":
This is really how it goes...
(-%4x-)
-3~-O----O-----|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
..ah oh) WB = Whammey Bar % = repeat
^B = Bend Full Step H = Hamer-On
T = Tap P = Pull-Off
-(9^B~)--14-(9^B)--12-(9^B)--14-(9^B)--16-(9^B)--14-(9^B^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~|
(release 9th bend here) ^ (bend up ^
with whammey bar)
-7^B-7-----7^B~----------------|
Break? (I dunno what ya' call this part!) 'The Reach down
between my legs part' :)
|---H--P-----------------H--P------------------H--P----------------|--
|-/9-10-9----7^B^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~----------|--
$ (Arpegiate Chord)
Any sugestions to: vladmo@hotmail.com
By Vlad (vladmo@hotmail.com)
Solo for "Panama":
This is really how it goes...
(-%4x-)
-3~-O----O-----|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
..ah oh) WB = Whammey Bar % = repeat
^B = Bend Full Step H = Hamer-On
T = Tap P = Pull-Off
-(9^B~)--14-(9^B)--12-(9^B)--14-(9^B)--16-(9^B)--14-(9^B^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~|
(release 9th bend here) ^ (bend up ^
with whammey bar)
-7^B-7-----7^B~----------------|
Break? (I dunno what ya' call this part!) 'The Reach down
between my legs part' :)
|---H--P-----------------H--P------------------H--P----------------|--
|-/9-10-9----7^B^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~----------|--
$ (Arpegiate Chord)
Any sugestions to: vladmo@hotmail.com
Panama
6=D#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM trem\down PM
|--9-------10--------7--------9-------10-----7--7--------8--------5----0-------|again exc.
|--9--------9--------8--------9--------9-----8--7--------7--------6------------| last two,
|-----7--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7--------5--5-----5--5---------------| replace
|--9--------9--------9--------9--------9-----9--7--------7--------7------------| w/pick
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------0--| slide
PM-----------| PM AH~~~~~ H PM
PM------------| harm---------------------|
PM--| PM---| PM
pickslide ~~~~ ~~~~
harmonics are the same as the intro
I'll do the rest later
Tab by: Mike V. (|5150|)