Top Jimmy (ver2) Tab - Van Halen






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                                    TOP JIMMY
                            As recorded by Van Halen
                           (From the 1984 Album 1984)

Words and Music by Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth
Arranged by Van Halen
Transcribed by Derek Line

          G5                   F5                   D5                Dsus2sus4
      5 5 x x x x          3 3 x x x x          0 0 x x x x          x 5 7 7 7 x

           D                  G7+5                   C                  F7+5
      x 5 7 5 6 x          x x 5 5 5 x          x x x 3 4 x          x x 3 3 3 x

          E5                Gsus2sus4                G                Fsus2sus4
      x x 2 2 x x        x 10 12 12 12 x      x 10 12 10 11 x      x 8 10 10 10 x

           F                Csus2sus4            Esus2sus4                E
     x 8 10 8 9 x          x 3 5 5 5 x          x 7 9 9 9 x          x 7 9 7 8 x

       Asus2sus4                A
    x 12 14 14 14 x      x 12 14 12 13 x

Gtr I (D A D A C D) - 'Gtr. 1 (w/light dist.)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2 (elec. w/dist.)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3 (elec. w/dist.)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 4 (elec. arr. for pickscrapes)'

 Intro
  Fast Q=184
  D7+5
 4/4
  Gtr I
   Q    E    E    Q     E    E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-12----------------------------|


                                            A7+5
    +E     Q     E    +E     E    E    E    E  E   E   E   Q    E   E
|-()----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------()----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|


                                        D7+5
                                                PM-----------------|
   +E    E   E    E    E   E   E   E      E     E    E    E    Q     E   E
|-()----------------------------|----------------------------------0-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------()--------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                              <
|                                                                    ~~~~~~~
|   H                  Q       Q         +H.                        +Q
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-()----------------------()---|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


   +E     Q     E    +E     E    E    E
|--(0)-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------()----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~~
|  +H                +H
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-()-------------()----------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


  A7+5
    E    E   E   E   Q    E   E     +E    E   E   E   E   E   E   E
|-----------------------------|-()-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|  +E    E   Q       H               W
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-()--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  D7+5
    E     E     E    E    Q     E    E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------()---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
|   W
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


    +E     Q      E    +E     E    E    E
|-()-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------()----------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
|                 <
|                       1__________________
|    Q        E   E    +H
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------()----------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


                                           G5    F5D5F5        D5
    E      E   E   E   Q    E   E     +E     E   E E   Q     E E
|-------------------------------|-()-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------5s==3p0--/3----/3-0-|
|----------------------------------|---------5s==3p0--/3----/3-0-|
|
|   2.5__________________________________________________________
|                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  +W                                 +E    +Q.       +H
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-()----------------------------|-()-()-----()-------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|


  D7+5
    Q           E    E    Q     E    E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
|   /
|  +E    +E     Q         H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-()-()---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


                                 A7+5
    +H      a   Q     E    E       E      E    E    E    Q     E   E
|-()----0h-------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|                          2______/1.5________/1_______________________
|                                                        ~~~~~
|    H          Q     E    E      +Q          +Q        +H
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-()-------()-----()-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


          G5    F5D5F5       D5  D7+5
   +E       E   E E   Q    E E   E   E    E    E    Q     E    E
|-()------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------5s==3-0--/3----3-0-|----------------------------------|
|-----------5s==3-0--/3----3-0-|--------------------------|
|
|   2.5____6
|   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  +E      +Q.       +H          W
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-()---()-----()------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|   W                            W
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|


                                               A7+5
    +E     Q     E    +E     E    E    E         E      E   E    E    Q    E   E
|-()-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------()-------------------|-----------------()-------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|                                      2.5__________________________________________
|    H                 Q          E    E        +W
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-()--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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