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D. O. A.

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Guitar Tab for D. O. A.

Performed by: Van Halen. Composed by: Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen, Michael Anthony.
This song is published by CHRYSALIS STANDARDS INC OBO DIAMOND DAVE MUSIC, WB MUSIC CORP. OBO VAN HALEN MUSIC and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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D.O.A.

Key for my symbols and abbreviations:

fb=full bend
hb=half bend
semi harm or semi h.=semi-harmonics
^=pull of or hammer-on
x=mute
~=vibrato
%=repeat last bar
/and=slide to
trem. bar=tremolo bar
trem. pick=tremolo pick
A.H.=artificial harmonics
sl.=slide

Tune Down 1/2 Steps (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

Intro:
       vib. w/bar
trem. ^v^v^v^v^v^           pick slide
|--------------------------------------------
|-2------------------------------------------
|-2------------------------------------------
|-2------------------------------------------
|-0------------------------------------------
|---------------------------x12sl.---------

Moderate Rock=137

|----------------|---|---|----------------
|----------------|---|---|----------------
|-2--------------|-%-|-%-|--2-------------
|-2--------------|---|---|--2-------------
|-0--------------|---|---|--0-------------
|----2-x-x-2-2-0-|---|---|-----2/14/sl.---

Rhy. Fig. 1

|--------------------|---|-----------------|---|---|
|--------------------|---|-----------------|---|---|
|-2--4(fb)-----------|-%-|-2---------------|-%-|-%-|
|-2---------2--------|---|-2---------------|---|---|
|-0---------0--------|---|-0---------------|---|---|
|--------------2-2-0-|---|----2-x-x-2-2-0--|---|---|

                        trem. pick
|--------------|---|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------|---|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2------------|-%-|-2--------------------------------------------|
|-2------------|---|-2--------------------------------------------|
|-0------------|---|-0--------------------------------------------|
|----0-x-2-2-0-|---|----sl./14----14/sl.-sl./14/15/17/20---20sl.--|


|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|-2--------------2-------------------4hb--6^2^4--------
|-2--------------2----------------2-------------6^2^4--
|-0--------------0----------------0--------------------
|----0-x-2-2-0------0-2-2-2-2-0------------------------

                                 trem. bar
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------6--6-----------7---/976/7--
|---------------------------6--6-----------7-------------
|-6^2^4^7^2^4^6^2^4^9-/12--4--4-----------5---/754/5--
|--------------------------------------------------------


fill 1:
                            vib.
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-2---4fbfbfb--7^4--9^4^12fb--
|-2---------------------------
|-0---------------------------
|-----------------------------


fill 2:

|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-2--4hb--2^4-4fb--4hb----------------------
|-2---------------------4-3-2---------------
|-0---------------------------4-3-2hb-/7^0--
|------------------------------------------- 



|-----------------------------------------|---|
|-----------------------------------------|---|
|-6--6/7--7--7/9--9-9-------2-------------|-%-|
|-6--6/7--7--7/9--9-9-------2-------------|---|
|-4--4/5--5--5/7--7-7-------0-------------|---|
|-4-------------------14-----2-x-x-2-2-0-|---|

               A.H   Semi-
                     Harm.           trem. bar
|---------------------------------------------
|--------------|-|----------------------------
|-2-----4hb--2-4-3-2-|-|-|--------------------
|-2------------------4-3-2--------------------
|-0------------------------4-3-2^0------------
|----2----------------------------------------


|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-2-----------------2--4hb--6^2^4------------------------------6--
|-2-----------------2-------------6^2^4------------------------6--
|-0-----------------0-------------------6^2^4^7^3^4^9----------4--
|----0--2-2-2-2-0---------------------------------------xsl.--4--


|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-6--6/7--7--9/11/13--6--6/7--7-7--9-9/11--
|-6--6/7--7-----------6--6/7--7-7-----------
|-4--4/5--5--7/9/-11--4--4/5--5-5--7-7/9---
|-4-------5-----------4---------------------

                            trem.
|---------------|---|---|---------------
|---------------|---|---|---------------
|-2-------------|-%-|-%-|-2--------4hb--
|-2-------------|---|---|-2-------------
|-0-------------|---|---|-0-------------
|---2-x-x-2-2-0-|---|---|----0----------


Guitar Solo I:
            semi-
            Harm...
|----------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------14-17fb--
|-(4)(4)^2--4-3-4-3-2fb--4-3-4-2---------------------
|--------------------------------4~--4^0^2-----------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------


|-------------------------------------------------17hb--------
|-13^14^17^13^14^17^13^14^17^13^17^14^13----------------0-----
|-----------------------------------------16fb^14----------x--
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------


|--------------------------------------------------
|-9-10--12^10^12^10^9----9^10^9----9^12^10^9----9--
|---------------------11--------11-----------11----
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

                     semi-harm.
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------14hb------14-17--
|-11^98----8----------|-------------------11/13-14-15--------/16--------
|--------11---11-97--7fb------------12-14-------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------/17--------------------------------------

                                          trem. bar
|-14-17-14-19hb--14^16^14----------------------------
|--------------------------17hb-----14--------------
|------------------------------------16fb------------
|---------------------------------x------------------
|---------------------------------x------------------
|----------------------------------------------------

                           trem. bar        trem. bar
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------14---1410---12----------------(12)-------------
|-17fb--16fb-1612fb-14fb--------------(14)-------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------

      trem. bar     trem. bar                trem. bar
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-6-------------7-------------9----10-----------------------------
|-8fb-----------9fb-----------11fb-12fb-12^0----------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------0------


|----------------|---|--------------------------------------
|----------------|---|------------------7---/9---/12--------
|-2--------------|-%-|-2-----------/97---7----9------------
|-2--------------|---|-2------------------------------------
|-0--------------|---|-0------------------------------------
|----2-x-x-2-2-0-|---|----2-x-x-2----------------------17--

                                                           grad. bend
|---------------------------------------14~--------------------17-------
|-----------------------17fb-r^14----17-----14~--14----15fb-------------
|-2-------------------------------16----------------14------14----------
|-2--------------/12----------------------------------------------------
|-0------------------0----------------------------------------------x--
|----0-0-2-2/12-----------------------------------------------------x--


|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-6--7--7--9/11/13--6--7--7---9-9-9-11--11-11-11--
|-6--7--7------------6--7--7------------------------
|-4--5--5--7/9-/11--4--5--5---7-7-7--9---9--9--9--
|-4-----5------------4------------------------------

                      Guitar Solo II             trem. bar
|----------------|---|--------------------------------------
|----------------|---|--------------------------------------
|-2--------------|-%-|-2----------------2-------------------
|-2--------------|---|-2----------------2-------------------
|-0--------------|---|-0----------------0-------------------
|----2-x-x-2-2-0-|---|---2/12-0-2-2-0------0----------------

                                trem. bar
|---------------------------------------------
|-14--------14---14/10---12-------------------
|-16fb-17fb-16fb-16/12fb-14fb-----------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------

                trem. bar                      trem. pick
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-12---------------------7---7----9----------|-|-|-|--------
|-14-(0)---8fb-----------9fb-9fb-11fb4hb-4^2^4/6/9-6--9/11--
|---------x---------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------

 A.H.                 trem. pick
|---------------------------|-------17hb--14-17-14(vib w/bar)-----------
|----------------------|---17----14---------------------------14^17^14--
|-9---11/14-11-14/16--14------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------


|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|----14------------------[13^14^17^14^ play 4 x]-13^14^17fb-r^14-17~--
|-16----16hb-r^14^16-16----------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                      semi h.
|--------------------------------------17hb---------------------------
|----17----16----16--------------17/19---------x-x-14^17(vib. w/bar)--
|-16----15----14----14-16hb-r^14--------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------


|---------------------------
|-14----17------------------
|----16-16hb-r^14-16-16^14--
|---------------------------
|---------------------------
|---------------------------


Outro
w/rhy. fig. 1 (2 times):                     |w/rhy. fig. (8 times)
|----------------|---|-------------------|---|----------------------------
|----------------|---|-------------------|---|----------------------------
|-2--4fb---------|-%-|-2-----------------|-%-|-2-2---------2--------------
|-2------2-------|---|-2-----------------|---|-2-2---------2----4---------
|-0------0-------|---|-0-----------------|---|-0-0---------0----4---------
|----------2-2-0-|---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|---|-----x-x-x-x----x----x--x---


rhy. fig. 3:
|----------------
|----------------
|-2--2-----------
|-2--2-----------
|-0--0-----------
|-------x-x-x-x--
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