Beautiful Girls (ver3) Tab - Van Halen






BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1979 Album VAN HALEN II)




 Words and Music by Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, & David Lee Roth

 

E5
x 2 2 x x x F#5
x 4 4 x x x G5
x 5 5 x x x A5
x x 2 2 x x 
B5
x x 4 4 x x C5
x x 5 5 x x G5open
3 x 0 0 3 x C5III
x 3 5 5 x x 
D5
x 5 7 7 x x B5II
x 2 4 4 x x E5VI
x 7 9 9 x x 


Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Eddie Van Halen'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=104(16=s16)
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H..       S S   S S S S +E  e E e S S S S   S S S S +H     +E.  S
|---------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-------2-(2)---2-----------|-----------------------|
|-------------0-|-2-3-4-2-(2)---2-----------|-7---8-9-(9)----(9)--0-|
|---------------|-------------------0h2---0-|-5-0-6-7-(7)----(7)---|
|---------------|-------------2---3---------|-----------------------|


  S S S S +E  e E e S S S S   S S S S +H     +Q
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-------2-(2)---2-----------|----------------------|
|-2-3-4-2-(2)---2---0-------|-7-----9-(9)----(9)---|
|-------------------0h2---0-|-5-0-6-7-(7)----(7)--|
|-------------2---3---------|----------------------|


                                                         1.5/
  S S S S +E  e S S e S S S S   S S S S +Q   a  E     S +S     +E.  S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------2-(2)---2-2-----------|----------------[9]b11-9-(9)----(9)---|
|-2-3-4-2-(2)---2-2---0-------|-7---8-9-(9)--x----------------------0-|
|---------------------0h2---0-|-5---6-7-(7)---------------------------|
|-------------2-----3---------|---------------------------------------|


  S S S S +E  e S S  e  S  S S S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------2-(2)---2-2--------------|
|-2-3-4-2-(2)---2-2-----0--------|
|-------------------------h2---0-|
|-------------2-----(3)----------|


                            1st Verse
                          N.C.
                             PM-------------------------
  S S S S +Q   +Q.   +E      E e e E +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-7---6-4-(4)--(4)---(4)/-||---2---4-(4)-------2-------|
|-5-x-4-2-(2)--(2)---(2)/-||---2-4-5-(5)-5p0---4-2p0---|
|-------------------------||-0-----5-(5)-------------0-|


 -------------|
  +S  S e e E +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------0---0--|
|-------------------------0---0--|
|--------------------------------|
|-------2-2-4-(4)----------------|
|-------2-4-5-(5)-5p0-2s4--------|
|-(0)-0-----5-(5)----------------|


    PM-------------------------
  S S e e E +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----2-2-4-(4)-------2-------|
|-----2-4-5-(5)-5-x---4p2p0---|
|---0-----5-(5)-------------0-|


 ---------|                     PM--| ~~~~~~ PM
  +S  S e e E +S  S S S S S E   E e e E +E   e  S a E S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------2-2-4-(4)---------2---|---2-2-4-(4)-----2--------|
|-------2-4-5-(5)-5p0-2s4---4-|---2-4-5-(5)-(0)-4-2p0----|
|-(0)-0-----5-(5)-------------|-0-----5-(5)-----------0--|


        PM--------|                     PM--| ~~~~~~ PM
  +S  S S S S S E +S  S S S S S S S   S S e e E +E   s  S S S S S
|-----------------------------0---0-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------0---0-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------4-(4)---------------|-----2---4-(4)-------2-------|
|-------2-x-4-x-5-(5)-5p0-2s4-------|-----2-4-5-(5)-(0)---4p2p0---|
|-(0)-0---------5-(5)---------------|---0-----5-(5)-------------0-|


      PM--|                 PM        PM  PM  PM|       PM
                      |-3-|                       |-3-|
  +S  S e E E +S   E. S S S S S   +E  E E E E S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------2-|-(2)---------------------|
|-------2-2-4-(4)-------------2-|-(2)---2---2-------------|
|-------2-4-5-(5)-----3p2p0---0-|-(0)---0---0-----3-2-0---|
|-(0)-0-----5-(5)s14-------3---|-----2---2---2-2-------3-|


    PM  PM  PM                PM  PM----|                   PM  PM
              |-3-|                       |-3-|
  E E E E E E S S S S S   +E  E S S E E E S S S  S  S   +E  E E E e e Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-------4-----4-------------4-|-(4)---4---4-4-4/---|
|-2---2---2---3p2p0---4-|-(4)---4-----4---3p2p0-----4-|-(4)---4---4-4-4/---|
|-0---0---0---------3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-------(3)-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2/---|
|---2---2---2-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------|


  PM------------|                 PM--|
  E E E E +S  S S S S S S S   +S  S e e E +S  S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------0---0-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------0---0-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------4-(4)-------2-------|-------2-2-4-(4)---------------|
|---2-4-5-(5)-0-0---4-2p0---|-------2-4-5-(5)-5-0-2s4-------|
|-0-----5-(5)-------------0-|-(0)-0-----5-(5)---------------|


  PM--| ~~~~~~                 PM-----| ~~~~~~
  E e e E +S  S S S S a E S   +S  S e e E +Q    Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---2-2-4-(4)-------2-------|-------2-2-4-(4)-------||
|---2-4-5-(5)-5p0---4-2p0---|-------2-4-5-(5)--14--||
|-0-----5-(5)-------------0-|-(0)-0-----5-(5)---x--||


 Chorus
  N.E5F#G5           N.A5B5C5
  E E E E +Q   Q     E E E E +Q   S E.
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---2-4-5-(5)--5s7--|
|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|---2-4-5-(5)--5s7--|
|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|-0-----------------|
|-0----------------|-------------------|


  N.E5F#G5           N.A5B5C5
  E E E E +Q   Q     E E E E +Q    E. S
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---2-4-5-(5)---------|
|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|---2-4-5-(5)---------|
|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|-0------------12----|
|-0----------------|--------------12-3--|


  G5   C5 D5
                     |-3-|     |-3-|     |-3-|
  H    Q  E. S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S
|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3----------5h|=7h9p5p0----------------------------------|
|-0----5--7----|-----------7h8h9p5p0----------------------|
|-0----5--7----|---------------------7h8h9p5p0------------|
|------3--5----|-------------------------------7p4s2-(2)/-|
|-3------------|------------------------------------------|


                        ~~~~
  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  +Q.    +E
|---14-14s13-14s13-12-(12)---(12)-||
|---15-15s14-15s14-13-(13)---(13)-||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||


 2nd Verse
  N.C.
  E e e E +S  S S S S S S S   +S  S e e E +S  a E S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------0---0-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------0---0-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---2-2-4-(4)---------------|-------2---4-(4)---------------|
|---2-4-5-(5)-5p0---4-4p0---|-------2-4-5-(5)-5p0-3s4-------|
|-------5-(5)-------------0-|-(0)-0-------------------------|


                                                            1.5/  1.5
    PM----------------|
  S S e e E +S  S S S S S  S S   +E   S  S  +E  S     S +E  E     +Q
|-----------------------9s16p0-|-(0)-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------3-----(3)----|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----2---4-(4)-------2--------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----2-4-5-(5)-5-0---4--------|----------------------2-(2)--------------|
|---0-----5-(5)----------------|-----14-0p-(0)-3b3.5--------------------|


      PM------------------------------| ~~~~~~
  S S e e E +S  S S S E S S   +S  S e e E +E  S S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------0-|
|-----2---4-(4)-------2-----|-------2-2-------------2---|
|-----2-4-5-(5)-5-0---4p0---|-------2-4-5-(5)-0-2s4-----|
|---0-----5-(5)-----------0-|-(0)-0---------------------|


      PM------------------|
  E e e E +S  S S S S a E S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-0--------------------------|
|---2-2-4-(4)-------2--------|
|---2-4-5-(5)-5p0---4-2p0----|
|-------5-(5)-------------0--|


   PM-----|
                         |-3-|
  +S  S e e E +S   S  E  S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-|
|-------2-2-4-(4)----------------2-|
|-------2-4-5-(5)--------3p2p0---0-|
|-(0)-0-----5-(5)-/x-10-------3---|


      PM      PM    PM        PM  PM    PM      PM
                                          |-3-|
  +E  E E E E E S S S S   +E  E E E E S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-(2)-------2-----------|-------------------------4--|
|-(2)---2---2---------2-|-(2)---2---2-x-0-3p2p0---4--|
|-(0)---0---0---3-0---0-|-(0)---0---0-----------3-2--|
|-----2---2---2-----3---|-----2---2------------------|


                                                Chorus
                                                 N.E5F#G5
      PM------|       PM        PM  PM
                |-3-|
  +E  E E E E E S S S S S   +E  E E E Q   Q      E E E E  Q   Q
|-------------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-(4)---4---4-----------4-|-(4)---4---4-------||------------------|
|-(4)---4-4-4-4-3-2-0---4-|-(4)---4-4-4-------||---2-4-5-(5)--x--|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-------3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2---x--||---2-4-5-(5)--x--|
|-------------------------|--------------12--||-0--------3-------|


  N.A5B5C5              N.E5F#G5
                                                            PM
  E E E E +Q   S S E    E E E E +Q   Q     E E E E +Q    E. S
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|---2-4-5-(5)--5h7p5/-|------------------|---2-4-5-(5)--------|
|---2-4-5-(5)---------|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|---2-4-5-(5)--------|
|-0-------------------|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|-0------------------|
|---------------------|-0----------------|--------------15-3-|


  G5   C5       B5
                                                         1.5___/
                  PM  PM  PM|                 PM  PM
                              |-3-|
  H    Q  Q     E E E E E S S S S S S S   +E  E E E Q  E S     +S
|-------------|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-3-----------|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-0----5--7--|-4---4---2-------------4-|-(4)---4---4----5-----(5)--||
|-0----5--7--|-4---4---4-----3p2p0---4-|-(4)---4---4--0------------||
|------3--5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------3-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2--0------------||
|-3----3--5--|-------------------------|---------------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  N.C.  F#5
             1.5___/
  +S  S  S  +S     +S  +S   T  T  S     +Q   S S  S  S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------10--------------------13-|
|-(5)-x---------------------9----11b12-(11)--xS6s10----|
|-------[7]-(7)----(7)-(7)/----------------------------|
|--------0---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


                                                      |-----3-----|
   E     E     E  S  S      +E   +S   S  S      +S   +S      +S   S
|-17b20-17b20-17-19------------------14--------------------------14-|
|-------------------17b19==(17)r(17)----17b19==(17)r(17)b19-(17)----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                          N.C.
                                                  |--3--|
   S  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  E      S   S  S  S  S  E.S
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-17-14-12-14-13-12-17-14-14-14-12b14r(12)p10-12-14-10------|
|---------------------------------------------------------11s3s|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


                    E5
  S S S S S S S S E Q.
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|-4-2--------------------||
|-----4-3-2--------------||
|-----------4-3-2---2----||
|-------------------0----||


  N.C.
  S S S S +E  e E e S S S S   S S S S +Q   +Q.   +S   S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------2-(2)---2-----------|---------------------------|
|-2-3-4-2-(2)---2---0-------|-7---8-9-(9)--(9)---(9)---|
|-------------------0h2---0-|-5-0-6-7-(7)--(7)---(7)-0-|
|-------------2---3---------|---------------------------|


  S S S S +E  e S S e S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------2-(2)---2-2-----------|
|-2-3-4-2-(2)---2-2---0-------|
|---------------------0h2---0-|
|-------------2-----3---------|


                 2.5_____/
  S S S S +E. S  Q       +E.  S   S S S S E e S S e S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------2-2---2-2-----------|
|-7---8-9-(9)-----------------0h|=2-3-4-2-2---2-2---0-------|
|-5-0-6-7-(7)s9-----------------|-------------------0h2---0-|
|--------------------()---|-----------2-----3---------|


  S S S S +S  S  S  S S S S S +E  S  S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-------------9-------9-----7-(7)------|
|-7-7-8-9-(9)---------9-----7-(7)-x-0-|
|-5-5-6-7-(7)---10-11---9-9------------|
|--------------------------------------|


                              3rd Verse
                            N.C.
                               PM|                     PM--|
  S S S S +E  e E e S S S S    E S S +H     +E. +S     E e e E +S  S E S E S
|---------------------------||-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------||-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------2-(2)---2-----------||-----------------------|------------------------|
|-2-3-4-2-(2)---2---0-------||-7-6-4-(4)----(4)-(4)-|---2---4-(4)-----2------|
|-------------------0h2---0-||-5-4-2-(2)----(2)-(2)-|---2-4-5-(5)-5p0-4-0----|
|-------------2---3---------||-----------------------|-0-------------------0--|


        PM| ~~~~~~                    PM| ~~~~~~
  +S  S e E E +S  S S S S S  S  S   E e e E +S  S S S S S S S
|-------------------------0-----0-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------0-----0-|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------2-2-4-(4)-----------------|---2-2-4-(4)-------2-------|
|-------2-4-5-(5)-5-0-2-4---------|---2-4-5-(5)---5p0-4p2p0---|
|-(0)-0-----5-(5)-----------(3)---|-0-----5-(5)-------------0-|


      PM|
  +E  e e E +S  S  S     +S      +Q
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----2-2-4-(4)---11b12r(11)b12-(11)---|
|-----2-4-5-(5)s9-----------------------|
|-(0)-----5-(5)-------------------------|


    PM|                           PM--|
  E e e E +S  S S S S S S S   +S  S e e E +S  S S S E   E
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---2-2-4-(4)---------------|-----------4-(4)--------------|
|---2-4-5-(5)-5-0---4-2p0---|-------2-4-5-(5)-5p0-3s4------|
|-------------------------0-|-(0)-0-----5-(5)--------------|


    PM--| ~~~~~~
  S S e e E +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---2-2-2-4-(4)-------2-------|
|---2-2-4-5-(5)-5p0---4p2p0---|
|-0-------5-(5)-------------0-|


  +E   S   S   +S    S   E    S    E.  Q
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------()----------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-(0)---------------------------------16--||


 Chorus
  N.E5F#G5           N.A5B5C5            N.E5F#G5
  E E E E +Q   Q     E E E E +Q   S E.   E E E E +Q   Q
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---2-4-5-(5)--5s7--|-------------------|
|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|---2-4-5-(5)--5s7--|---2-4-5-(5)--5---|
|---2-4-5-(5)--5--|-0-----------------|---2-4-5-(5)--5---|
|-0----------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|


                                        PM
  E E E E +Q    E  S S   H    Q  Q    E E E S S S S E E S S
|----------------------|------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-3----------|-----------------------|
|---2-4-5-(5)----------|-0----5--7--|-9---9-----x-----7s8-9-|
|---2-4-5-(5)----------|-0----5--7--|-9---9---x---x---------|
|-0----------------0---|------3--5--|-7---7---------x-5s6-7-|
|--------------10---3-|-3----3--5--|---0-------------------|


                                                       PM
  +E  E E S S E E  S S S S    +Q.   E Q  S S S S   +E  E E S S S E. S S S S
|--------------------------||--------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------3-||-(3)----------------|------------------------3-|
|-(9)-8-7-6s4-4----------2-||-(2)-----2--------9-|-(9)---7---9-9----------2-|
|------------------------0-||-(0)-----2--------9-|-(9)---7---9-9----------0-|
|-(7)-6-5-4s2-2-x---------||---------0--------7-|-(7)-----------0----------|
|------------------3p2p0---||-------x----3p2p0---|-----0---0-----0--3p2p0---|


                   TP   TP  TP     TP
  +Q.   S S Q   E. S   +Q   Q    S E.  S E S   +Q.   E Q  S S S  S
|------------------0-|-(0)--0--/16p0--19p0---|---------------------|
|-(3)--------------5-|-(5)--7--------------3-|-(3)------------9s12-|
|-(2)-------2--------|---------------------2-|-(2)-----2--9-9------|
|-(0)-------2--------|---------------------0-|-(0)-----2-----------|
|-------x-x-0--------|-----------------------|-------0-0-----------|
|--------------12----|-----------------------|---------------------|


                          ~~~~~
                  |-3--|
   S     +E.  S S S  S S  E.   S +E.  S   +Q.   E Q  S  S       +S   S
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-11b13-(11)s15--------x-11b12--------3-|-(3)----------14b15.5r(14)p12h|
|-----------------9h12---------9-(9)-2-|-(2)-----2--------------------|
|---------------9---------------------0-|-(0)-----2--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------x-0--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------x----------------------|