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Guitar Tab for Spanish Fly

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.
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Spanish Fly
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WARNING: This song is extremely hard to play.

This song is freakin crazy to play
Most 0f it is tapping but it is on an acoustic guitar, so
You have to hammeron really hard. It will take some finger
strength. So be prepared for a challenge if you want to
learn this one. No one ever thought Eddie could follow up
Eruption, but he did a pretty good job with this one.

Good Luck!

Tune Down 1 Step

For the intro you tap onto note 12 frets from where you started
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------0(12)------------------------
G--------------------------------------------2(14)----------2(14)----------------
D------------------------------2(14)--2(14)--------------------------------------
A---------------2(14)--2(14)-----------------------------------------------------
E--0(12)--0(12)------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------1(13)--3(15)---0(12)------0(12)------------
G----------------2(14)---------------------------------------------
D---------2(14)----------------------------------------------------
A---0(12)----------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
Play that whole part twice

For the next tapping part i am going to leave out
the hammerons and pullofs, because they are obvious
and are confusing in large amounts.

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------7-12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-5--12-7-5-0-----------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-12-7-12-6-12-5-12-3-0
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Harmonics~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------5------0--------12------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------5------7--------12---------------------------------------------4h5----4-5-7p5p4----4h5h7/8------
D---5-----7---------12--------7---(7)---------------------------4-5-7------7------------7--------------
A--------------------------7--7---(7)--------3h4h5/0-----5-x-7-----------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E--------7-8-10-------7-8-10--------8-10-12-------8-10-12---------x-12-14---------x-13-15p13p12------12--------0--
B--7h8h10-------7h8h10------8h10h12--------8h10h12-------10h12h14--------12h13h15---------------p15----13------0--
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15----
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E--7p5---8-7-6-5-4-5-7--5h7p5p4----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--5----------------------------h7---7p5p4----5p4----4-----5p4----4-----------------x-----------------------------
G------------------------------------------h7-----h7---7p5-----h7---7p5p4--7--------4------4-5-7--7p5p4---4-------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------7-4h5h7---5-7--------------7---5h7---
A--7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---4h5---4-5-7p5p4---4------4h5---4-5-7-4-5-----5--7p5p4----4-----------------------------------------
D-------7-----------7----5h7-----7------------7-----------h7----7p5p4---4------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------7--------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now the rest of the song is mostly tapping, which is rather hard on an acoustic guitar.
So build up those fingers and in a little while it will be easy.
Again I have left out the hammerons and pulloffs

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-----
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-5-9-12-5-9--------------------------------
A-5-7-3-0-5-7-3-0-5-7-3-0-5-7-3-0--7-9-5-0-7-9-5-0-7-9-5-0-7-9--5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9----------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8----------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------10-3-7-10-3-7-10-3-7-10-3-7-10-2-7-10-2-7-10-2-7-10-2-7----------------
D---------------10-4-7-10-3-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--9-2-7-10-2-7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9p2/5/7/9-------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------0--------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------5------------12-5-9--12-5-10---------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------12-5-9--------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-11-4-8-
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-5-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-12-4-9-11-3-7-10-3-7-10-3-7-9-3-7--9-3-7-9-3-7-9-3-7
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-9-2-6-0-2-6-9-6-2-0-2-6-9-6-2-0-2-6-9-6-2-0-2-6-9-6-2-0---------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-2-0---------

Then play part of the intro again
E----------------------------------------------------0(12)--------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------0(12)-0(12)--------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------2(14)-2(14)--------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------2(14)-2(14)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--2(14)-2(14)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Whew, I think that's about it. Eddie adds a ton of his little
Tricks in here, I don't think I put them all in here, but you can improvise.
If you can play this then you are pretty good.

Another masterpiece by Eddie

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