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Guitar Tab for Panama

Performed by: Van Halen. Composed by: Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen.
This song is published by ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC., WB MUSIC CORP. OBO VAN HALEN MUSIC, CHRYSALIS STANDARDS INC OBO DIAMOND DAVE MUSIC and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Here's Panama by Van Halen... THE WHOLE THING (Well most of it anyway)

Transcribed by Eric Larson (larsoe@rpi.edu)

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. This is a great song to learn. The chord
progressions are classic. The solo I found hard to notate, I give the basics,
fill in the rest with your own improvisation. I should be posting Drop Dead
Legs soon, another awesome tune!  Perhaps someone could post some stuff off 
their latest album???


Intro:

 E    Esu4   B	    E	   E  B   D	Dsu4  A
--------------------------------|-------------------------|-
-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|-
-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|-
-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----7\\\\\\--|-
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------O\\\\\\--|-
---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|-
   PM (all open E's)				    DB	     (Dive Bomb -
							 Hit the Twang Stick)
 E    Esu4   B	    E      E  B   D     Dsus4 A
--------------------------------|-------------------------|
-9----10-----7------9------10-7-|-7-----8-----7-----------|
-9-----9-----8------9-------9-8-|-7-----7-----8-----------|
-9-----9-----9------9-------9-9-|-7-----7-----9-----####--|
-7-----7------------7-------7---|-5-----5-----------####--|
---O-O---O-O---O-O----O-O-------|---O-O---O-O-------------|
						    PS	     (Pick-Slide)
Pre-Verse:
  C#min		     B/Bsu4   A
|-0---------------------------------------------|-
|-5------------------4-5-4--4\\2--2-2------------|-
|-6------------------4-4-4--4\\2--2-2------------|-
|-6------------------4-4-4--4\\2--2-2--4^h^4~~~~-|-
|-4------4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------|-
|-----------------------------------------------|-
  $				      AH    	    ($ = strum & let ring)
 
 C#min		   B/Bsu4   A  	    B   [---------Riff #1------------]
-4---------------------------------------------O-----O-----5----5-----5-----|
-5--4---4-5--------4-5-4--4\\2--2-2---------------4-----4-----4----4-----4---|
-6----6------------4-4-4--4\\2--2-2---------4-------4-----4-----4----4-----4-|
-6-----------------4-4-4--4\\2--2-2---------4--------------------------------|
-4-----------------------------------O-O-O-2--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
						           [---Harmonics----]

Chorus:
  E   A  D  A  D A G        E   A  D  A  D A G        E   A  D  A  D A G
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------3-X---3----------|--------3-X---3---------|--------3-X---3---------|
|-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|-----2--2-X-2-2-2-------|
|-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!)


-------------------------|
--------3-X---3----------|
-----2--2-X-2-2-2--------|
-2---2--O-X-2-O-2--------|
-2---O----X-O---O--------|
-O-O--------------3/5\\3~~|



Verse1:
  D  E                          E A D                   D   E		   Asu2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------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--|
|-4----------------------|-4---------------|----5-------3------------2-|------|
|-2----------------------|-----------------|------6-5~----4-5~--2~-O---|------|
  $(Dont you know she...)  $(You lose a....)


Chorus

Verse 2 (basically the same as the first)

Solo:

---------------|-------7-----7-7--------------|-----------------|-------------|
---------------|-----7-------7-7--------------|---H-T-P--H------|-------------|
---------------|-9^F-----9^F------9^F^9^F\\~/--|-6-9-11-6-9- %5x-|-9^F^9^F~~~~~|
---------------|------------------------------|-----------------|hold this----|
-3~-O----O-----|------------------------------|-----------------|bend for next|
------3~---3~~-|------------------------------|-----------------|-part -------|
..ah oh)				WB = Whammey Bar     % = repeat
					^F = Bend Full Step  H = Hamer-On
					T = Tap		     P = Pull-Off


------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P----T----P-----------------------|
-(9^F~)--14-(9^F)--12-(9^F)--14-(9^F)--16-(9^F)--14-(9^f^9~~)--7-7^WB--7-9-7~~|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
				(release 9th bend here) ^  (bend up ^
							    with whammey bar)

-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
-7^F-7-----7^F~----------------|
-------9-7------9-8-7----------|
----------------------9-8-7----|
----------------------------10-|

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^F^7-----/9-10-9----9~--(9~)---/9-10-9---9~----------|--
|---------10--------7~---------10-----10-------------10---10-10/12-|--


--------------O-------|
--------------O-------|
--------------2-------|		The rest of this is basically the same,
---H--P-------3-------|		He throws some chords in there that you
-/9-10-9------3-------|		should be able to figure out.
---------10---1-------|
	      $ (Arpegiate Chord)

That's about it, It's 2:30 am, I'm beat. :O *yawn* I don't feel like double
checking this any mistakes should be obvious; If it sounds wrong, It's a
mistake!
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Comments on this version of the 'Panama' guitar tabComments on this version of the 'Panama' guitar tab

ScorpionManScorpionMan Unknown Date
In the intro the palm muted notes between the chords are not open E's they are on the 7th fret on the A string.
shoesshoes Unknown Date
this is how the chorus should go:


e|-------------------------------------|


B|-------3-------3---------------------|


g|-----2-2-----2-2-2-------------------|


D|-2---2---0-0-2---2--7/5--------------|


A|-2------------------7/5--------------|


E|---0---------------------------------|
LayneStaley2002LayneStaley2002 Unknown Date
sweet tab man but on the chorus i think it sounds better holding the 5 fret on a and d and just slide it to 7 and back.
MasterExploderMasterExploder Unknown Date
in the chorus its


|-------------|


|-------------|


|-------------|


|-7/5\7-------|


|-7/5\7-------|


|-------------|





not 3/5\3
mrsmitemrsmite Unknown Date
death2clownsnow, half step flat tuning and half step down tuning are the same thing.
bonjoviisgreatbonjoviisgreat Unknown Date
heres another way to play the first tappign in the solo part
bonjoviisgreatbonjoviisgreat Unknown Date
heres another way to play the first tappign in the solo part





crap
vanhalen1vanhalen1 Unknown Date
Good tab, except it is supposed to be tuned down a half step. It's a little cluttered but you can still read it.





Good Job





Van Halen rocks

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