SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR
Van Halen II
tabbed by dsale@jax.jaxnet.com
http://www.jaxnet.com/~dsale


The other tab for this song on OLGA was too incomplete for me not to tab
this one.I dont even think he did the right song.oh well.
p=palm
h=harm
/&\=slide


intro thingee
                                                                                
------------------------------------------|
3-----3-----3--------3-----3--------------|
0-----0-----2--------0-----0-----2--------|
0-----------0--------0-----------0--------|
------3--------------------3-----0-----2--|
3--------------------3-----------------0--|
                                                                                

this next part is the main riff,also done during the chorus.


            p  p  p              p     p                                         
------------------------------------------3--2-----|
------------------------------------1-----3--3-----|
------------2--2--2-----0--2~~~-----0-----2--2-----|
------------2--2--2-----0--2-----2--0--------------|
3-----0--------------------------------0-----------|
------------------------------------------------12\|


now the verses.


"You better.."

            h  h  h  h                h  h  h  h             h  h  h  h        
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9-----9--9-----------------10-----10--------------9-----9--9--------------10----
9-----9--9-----------------10-----10--------------9-----9--9--------------10----
9-----9--9-----------------10-----10--------------7-----7--7--------------10----
7-----7--7-----------------8------8---------------7-----7--7--------------8-----
0-----0--0--7--7--7--7----------------7--7--7--7--------------7--7--7--7--------
                                                                                

                                                                                
---------------|
---10--10------|
---10--10------|
---10--10------|
---8---8---x\--|
-----------h13\|
                                                                                
and its pretty much the same throughout,until.

"And im speedin.."
                                                                                
--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------
11-----11-----------------------12--x-----12------------------|-----------------
11-----11-----------------------12--------12------------------|-----------------
11-----11-----------------------12--------12------------------|-----------------
9------9------------------------10--------10--------12--12--1\|-----------------
-----------0-----0--0--0--0--0----------------------12--12--12|-----------------
                                                                                

now,that thing before the solo that ROCKS.

                                   v (volume swell.)
--------------------------------------|
------5-----------7h5--------------5--|
------5-----------7h5--------------5--|
---------7--x--x-------7~~~--------5--|
0--0-------------------------0--0-----|
--------------------------------------|
                                                                                

and thats pretty much it,besides the solo,but i usually add my own solos,
i usually have what ed did in my head and improvise on it.
also,at the end,when ed is doing the main riff,he ends with:

                                                                                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------[2--4--2--0--4--2--0--4--2--0--4--2--0--4--2--0--4]----x/--[2--4-----
---------2----------------------------------------------------------------------
3--0--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                

                                                                                
-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
0--4--2--0--4--2--0--4--2-----0--4--2--0]--------|------------------------------
-------------------------------------------/7----|------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
---------------------------------------------/15\|------------------------------
                                                                                

which is done by gliding down the 6th string w/side of right hand (light-
ly touching it) while hammering on/pulling off w/left hand,which sounds
random harmonics and muted notes.