Subject: TAB: "Spanked" by Van HalenHere's yet another addition to my collection of hard-as-hell Van Halen tabs.But this one is probably the easiest of the bunch. The interesting thingabout this song is that the main riff is played on a special six-stringbass/guitar. The bass/guitar is an instrument that Ernie Ball/Music Manmakes (as far as I know, they're the only ones who make em') that issupposedly "the guitar for bassists, and the bass for guitarists". It'sBASS-ically (ha, ha) a guitar with open strings that are tuned an octavedown from normal guitars. The strings are the same (E-A-D-G-B-E), butthey're an octave lower. It's a pretty cool idea, I wish I had 1200 bucksto spend on one. Anyway, apparently Van Halen's producer (whose nameescapes me at the moment) brought this thing into the studio one day andEddie decided to plug it into his 5150 stack and liked the sound it got sothey decided to use it for the ominous verse and chorus riffs to "Spanked".For live performances, Eddie uses a hybrid double-neck with his signatureguitar on top, and this bass/guitar on the bottom. I'm not entirely surehow they arrange the parts between him and Michael Anthony when they playlive, but here's the album version of "Spanked" from For Unlawful CarnalKnowledge:Some notes on my tab: b = bend a little bit :)bf = bend fullbr = bend and release back to pitchpm = palm mute until the end of the "..."h = hammer-onp = pull-off"Spanked"by Van Halentab by Paul D.s3bz@music.transy.eduFirst, there's this nifty intro utilizing the infamous "E-Bow" (nice little$70 electronic guitar gadget). The E-Bow part is tabbed in between thebrackets (>> to <<). Then, it is repeated while the bass/guitar does theintro riff:w/ E-Bow-->>||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------| ||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------| ||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------| ||--14--~~~~~~-|-(14)--~~~~~~-|-12--~~~~~~-|-(12)--~~~~~~-|-11--~~~~~~-| ||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------| ||-------------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|b << pm.. b------------||--------------|---------------------|--------------------| ------------||--------------|---------------------|--------------------| ------------||--------------|---------------------|--------------------| -12--~~~~~~-||--------------|-------2-2-0h2-------|--------------------| ------------||------------5-|-------------2p0-----|--------------------| ------------||-0-----0--7---|-0---------------3-2-|-0-----0-4-5-4/5--3-| ------------------------|-------------|-------------------------| ------------------------|-------------|-------------------------| --------------0---0-----|-------------|-------------------------| ------2-0-0-2-4-4/5-x-x-|-------------|-------2-2-2-0-5-2---0h2-| --------------------x-x-|---------5---|-------------------2-----| 0-----------------------|-0-----7---0-|-0-----------------------|b-----------|-----------| -----------|-----------| -----------|-----------| -----------|-----------| ---------5-|-------5---| 0-----7----|-0-0-0---0-|Okay, at this point, the bass/guitar starts playing the following at asorta "double-time" pace:pm.....................||-----------|---------------------------------|-----------|----------|| ||-----------|---------------------------------|-----------|----------|| ||-----------|---------------------------------|-----------|----------|| ||-----------|---------------------------------|-----------|----------|| ||-0---0-2---|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-5---5\|2-2-2-2-2-|| ||-----------|---------------------------------|-----------|----------||While a lead electric guitar does something like this:remember...play it FAST :)br||-----------0-------0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-0-0----------| ||-0-3-0-3/5---0-3/5---3/5---0-3---|-3/5---0-3---3---0----0h3-| ||---------------------------------|-------------------2------| ||---------------------------------|--------------------------| ||---------------------------------|--------------------------| ||---------------------------------|--------------------------| ----0-------0-----0-----0-0----0----|-0----0-0----0-----|| (3)---0-3/5---5/7---7/8-8-8/10---10-|---10---8-10/12-12\|| ------------------------------------|-------------------|| ------------------------------------|-------------------|| ------------------------------------|-------------------|| ------------------------------------|-------------------||Then, the bass/guitar begins its "verse" part; that really cool, crunchy,ominous-sounding bassline (while the electric guitar twangs out an Em7):bf||------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------|| ||------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------|| ||*-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------*|| ||*-----------4---5-|---------2--------|---------4-5-|-----------2-*|| ||----------2-------|-------2---5--5-5-|-------2-----|---------2----|| ||--0-0-2/3---------|-0-2/4------------|-0-2/4-------|-0-0-2/4------||You can adlib a bit on that bass part wherever you feel it's necessary.Listen to the CD to get the variations. ;)Now, comes the "pre-chorus" ("Tell me, who ya gonna call when you need thataffection..."). The basic chords are D A C G, but here's the tab:(D) (A) (C) (G)|---------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |---------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-----------2---|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-0-0-4-x-x-----|---------2--\|-------2---5-|-----5-----------| |---------------|-0---0-4-----|-3---3-------|---------2-3-4-5-| |---------------|-------------|-------------|-3-----3---------|(D) (A) (C) (nc)--------------|-------------|---------------|----------| --------------|-------------|---------------|----------| ----------2---|-------------|---------------|----------| 0-0-4-x-x-----|---------2--\|-------2-x-x-5-|----------| --------------|-0---0-4-----|-3---3---------|---0-1-2--| --------------|-------------|---------------|-3--------|Then for the chorus ("All you bad, bad boys, call her up on the SpankLine"), there's this variation on the main verse riff:bf bf||---------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------| ||---------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------| ||---------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------| ||-----------4-5-|-----------------------|-----2-5-4---5-|----2-5-4-------| ||---------2-----|---------2----5-5--5-5-|-3-3-----------|3-3-------5-6-6-| ||-0-0-2/4-------|-0-0-2/4---------------|---------------|----------------|bf bf---------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|| ---------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|| ---------------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------|| -----------4-5-|-----------------------|----2-5-4---5-|-----------2-|| ---------2-----|---------2----5-5--7-7-|3-3-----------|---------2---|| -0-0-2/4-------|-0-0-2/4---------------|--------------|-0-0-2/4-----||After the SECOND chorus, there's a bit with percussive guitar noises andvocal and guitar echo effects, just adlib that. Do a lot of divebomb stuffwith a ton of delay and reverb. :)Here's what I could gather from the lyrics:Verse 1:Both feet up, watchin' TVSomeplace to feast my eyes.Well I'm always tripped on commercialsBut this one blew my mind.Pre-chorus 1:"Tell me who you gonna callWhen you need that affection?You got ta' have it quick.Well just aim your love lineIn her direction."Whoa_____!Chorus:All you bad, bad boysCall her up on the Spank Line.All you bad, bad boysCall her up on the Spank Line.Verse 2:Three dollars, first minuteAfter that, cost ya' four.She'll be up for negotiationsIf you come back for more.Pre-chorus 2:"Now, who you gonna callWhen you need that special little somethin'?You can say what you like.It's all confidential."Interlude (the part with all the wierd echo effects and stuff);B-b-bad boy!Dial 1-900-SPANKED!All you bad, bad boysCall her up on the Spank Line.For the most part, this tab was created with:============================================================================= BUCKET 'O TAB ==== tablature creation software for Windows ==== For more information: ==== email: gse@ocsystems.com ==== US Mail: The Bucket, 3176-B5 Summit Square Dr., Oakton, VA 22124 =============================================================================Well, there's "Spanked" without the solo or outro. Here's a hint: the solobegins with that lead guitar bit from the before the first verse. I'm notmuch of a lead guitarist so Eddie Van Halen solos are a bit out of myleague. But I think what I've tabbed here should provide a practicalversion of "Spanked".Questions/comments/(maybe even requests) welcome by email only. ;)Good luck,Paul D. s3bz@music.transy.edu
Source: http://www.xguitar.com/guitar-tabs/van_halen/for_unlawful_carnal_knowledge/spanked.txt