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/ Van Halen / OU812 (1988) / Finish What You Started guitar tab

                               FINISH WHAT YA STARTED   Van Halen
                              from: March 1992 Guitar World

In this song ^=1/4 step bend
            /= slide up
            \=slide down
            ~= vibrato
        --20--30---  two notes together=  pull offs

                I have not looked at enough of the tab on here to be sure I
used standard notation for the group, bot it is all pretty self-explanatory.
The only problem I had was notating hammer ons because a 1 to 3 hammer on
looked like a fretted note at 13!! oh well... hope someone out there gets some
use out of this...


------------------0-0-0-------------------------------0-0------------
------------------0-3-3---------------------0-2^-2-^--3-3------------
-------2-4----------4-4-----------2-4-------0-2^-2-^--4-4--------2-4-
-0-2-5-----5^-2-------------0-2-5-----5^-2-----------------0-2-5-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
           [all ^ are 1/4 step bends]

------0--0-0--------------------------3^3^-0-3^3^--------------------
------0--3-3------------------0-2^-2^-2^2^-0-2^2^--------------------
---------4-4--------2-4-------0-2^-2^-------------------2-4----------
5^-2----------0-2-5-----5^-2----------------------0-2-5-----5^-2-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Come on baby                                                Ow
0-0-------0-0------------------------0-0-0---0-----------------0-0-0-
0-0--3-3^-0-0-----------------0-2-2^-3-3-3---3-----------------0-3-3-
-----4-4^------------2-4------0-2-2^-4-4-4---4-------2-4---------4-4-
---------------0-2-5-----5^-2------------------0-2-5-----5^-2--------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Woah, Woah
0-0---0-0-------------------0---0--0-0----0--0--0--------------------
3-3---3-3---------0-2---2---3---3--3-3^---0--3--3---------------0-2-2
4-4---4-4--2-4-0--0-2---2---4---4--4-4^------4--4-------2-4-----0-2-2
--------------------------------------------------0-2-5-----5^2------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

0--0---------0--0--0-0-0-------------------------0--3^-3^0-3^3^0-3^3^
3--3---------3--0--3-3-3----------------0-2---2--3--2^-2^0-2^2^0-2^2^
4--4-------2-4-----4-4-4-------2-4------0-2---2--4-------------------
-----0-2-5---------------0-2-5-----5^2-------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Well if you wanna         baby I could            You wanna lover
        See other guys    let it slide             You want a friend
0--0---0-----------------------0-----------------0--0--0-------------
0--3---3---------------0-2--2^-3-----------------0--3--0-------------
---4---4-------2-4---0-0-2--2^-4--------2-4---------4----------2-4--0
---------0-2-5-----5^0----------------------5^0----------0-2-5----5^0
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

mama I can be                     I got
both of them                       the tools to satisfy.         Just
---------0-----------------------------------------------------------
0-2--2^--3-----2----------------4~-2--4~----2------------------2~----
0-2--2^--4-----2-------2-4------4~-2--4~----2---------2-4---0--2~-0--
-----------------0-2-5-----5^2--4~----4~-------0-2-5------5^0--2~-0--
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

walk 
  away                   If I fall        shy    at     all
---------------------------------------------------------------------
----2~--------------------5--5----5---5------------------3-----------
-0--2~---0-2--------------6--6----6---6------------------2-----------
-0--2~---0-2-----2--------6--6----6---6--------2---------0-----------
-------------3/4---4\2-0--4--4--4-4---4--2-3/4---4\2-0------3-2^-0---
-------------------------------------------------------------------1^

ah...               Come on 
                       baby finish what               I'm
                                      ya started        Incomplete
-----------------------0----0-----0-------------------------0--------
3-------------3^-3^----0----3-----3----------------0-2--2^--3--------
2---------2---2^-2^---------4-----4-------2-4------0-2--2^--4--------
0---0-2-5---5-----------------------0-2-5-----5^2--------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

0------------------
3------------------
4-------2-4--------
--0-2-5-----5^2----
-------------------
------------------- and so on using these riffs up to the solo:


SOLO
----14-----12-----11-----9-----7----5-----0-----0-----0--------14---12
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/15----13-----11------9----07----07---04----09----07---0--/15----13-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

---11----9-----5-----7-----5-----7-----5------14----12---11---9----7-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
11-----9----07----07----07----07----------/15----13----11---9---07---
----------------------------------04/5-------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

---5----0---0---0----0-------14----12---11---9----5----7-----5-------
------------------------------------------------------------------7--
07---04--09--09---07---0--15----13----11---9---07---07----07---------
---------------------------------------------------------------07----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------7---------------------------------------------------------
---5----3/--10-7-7----7------10-7----7-------------------------------
----------------9--10---10-9------10---10-9-7-----------------2-4----
05---04---------------------------------------9--9------0-2-5-----5^2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
END SOLO


Here are a couple of licks he does over the A chord throughout the song after 
the solo:

LICK 1                                 LICK 2
---9----7----4----2--------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------5-----3-----5----7---8/9--
09---07---04---02-----0-2---2-0--------------------------------------
--------------------------------2/------06----04----06---07---08-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

LICK 3                           END LICK
---------------------------------------------------------------------
----5----3----2----3------2-0-------5----3-----5-----7-----8--9------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-05---04---02---04----02---------06---04----06----07----08-----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--


Van Halen albums
1998 Van Halen III
1996 Twister (original soundtrack)
1995 Balance
1991 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
1988 OU812
1986 5150
1984 1984
1982 Diver Down
1981 Fair Warning
1980 Woman and Children First
1979 Van Halen II
1978 Van Halen
OU812 tabs
01Mine All Mine tabbass tab
02When It's Love tabbass tab
03A.F.U. (Naturally Wired) tabbass tab
04Cabo Wabo tabbass tab
05Source Of Infection tabbass tab
06Feels So Good tabbass tab
07Finish What You Started tabbass tab
08Black And Blue tabbass tab
09Sucker In A 3 Piece tabbass tab

 

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