Mean Street by Van Halen

Mean Street bass tab by Van Halen

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Tuning: Half-Step Down (D# G# C# F#)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Intermediate


Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Michael Anthony - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=132
 4/4     3/4   4/4     5/4
 Gtr I (1/2 step down - Eb Ab Db Gb)
  Wx5     W    Wx5     W
Gb|------------|--------|------------|------|
Db|------------|--------|------------|------|
Ab|------------|--------|------------|------|
Eb|------------|--------|------------|------|

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                Slower Q=100
  4/4     7/4        4/4
  Wx2     W         Wx4
Gb|------------|----------------||--------|
Db|------------|----------------||--------|
Ab|------------|----------------||--------|
Eb|------------|----------------||--------|


  S S S S S S S S S E S Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|-5---------5--------------|-5-----------5-------------------|
Db|---7---7-5---7---7-----5--|---7---7---5---7-7-5-5-5-5-------|
Ab|---------------------7----|---------------------------7-7-7-|
Eb|--------------------------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S
Gb|-5-----------5------------------|
Db|---7---7---5---7---7-----5s12---|
Ab|-----------------------7--------|
Eb|--------------------------------|


             1st - 3rd Verses:
             Segno $
   S S E E. S +H     S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
Gb|-14p12---------------||-----------------------------|
Db|---------------------||o----------------------------|
Ab|---------------------||o-------------3--------------|
Eb|------------8-(8)----||--5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Db|-3-----------3-------------------|
Eb|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|-------------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
Eb|-5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|-------------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
Eb|-5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|-------------3--------------|-3-----------3--------------------|
Eb|-5-5---5---3---5---5---0-3--|---5---5---3---5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0--|


 Chorus:
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S +S E S S S S S
Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  S S S S S E S +S S S S S S E  S S S S S S S S S a E S S S S S
Gb|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|-----------7-7-(7)-------------|-------------------5h7-5----------|
Ab|-------------------------------|-------------------------7-6-5-3--|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-0-0-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|


                    1.
               To Coda
  S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
Gb|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


  E S S a S S S S E S S S S S S  E S S S S S S q Q
Gb|-------------------7---7---5s4-|-----------------------||
Db|-------------------------------|----------------------o||
Ab|-----------7-9-7-5---5---5-----|-7-7-7-5--------------o||
Eb|-5-5-5-7s9---------------------|---------7-4-3-0-------||


                               Bridge:
  2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  E S S a S S S S Q.  E  W
Gb|---------------------------------|------------------------||------|
Db|---------------------------------|------------------------||------|
Ab|---------------------------------|-----------7-9-7-5------||------|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-7s9--------------||------|


  S E S Q E Q.   S E S Q H
Gb|------------------|---------------|
Db|------------------|---------------|
Ab|------------------|---------------|
Eb|-5-5--------10\---|-5-5-----------|


  S E S Q E Q.   S E S Q H
Gb|------------------|---------------|
Db|------------------|---------------|
Ab|------------------|---------------|
Eb|-5-5--------10\---|-5-5-----------|


  S E S Q E Q.   S E S Q H
Gb|------------------|---------------|
Db|------------------|---------------|
Ab|------------------|---------------|
Eb|-5-5--------10\---|-5-5-----------|


              Guitar Solo:
  S E S Q S E S E S S  E S S E S S S S S S S S E
Gb|----------------------||---------------------------|
Db|----------------------||-----------------------7---|
Ab|----------------------||-------------------------3-|
Eb|-5-5--------2-2-3-3-4-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|


  +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
Gb|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ab|-(3)-----------------------------|-----------------------------3-|
Eb|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|


  +E S S S S S S S E S +S S E  +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|---------------------7-(7)-5---|-------------------------------|
Ab|-(3)---------------3---------7-|-(7)-------------------------3-|
Eb|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|


  +E S S S S S S S S S S S S E  +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S. T
Gb|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab|-(3)---------------------------|-----------------------------7s12-|
Eb|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|



            Dal Segno al Coda  Coda &
   S S S S S S S S S S S S Q   S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
Gb|--------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
Ab|-12-9-10-11-12-9-10-11-12-10-11-12----||------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------8--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|


  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S q Q
Gb|-----------------7---7---5-4-|-----------------------||
Db|-----------7-----------------|-----------------------||
Ab|-------5h7---7-5---5---5-----|-7-7-7-7-5-------------||
Eb|-5-5-5-----------------------|-----------7-5-3-0-----||


 Interlude:
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-----------3-------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3-3-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-------------------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-5-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------5-|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3---|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-5-|


  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------5---|
Ab|-3---------3-----------------0-|
Eb|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3-----|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
Gb|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|---------------------------5-5-|
Ab|-3-----------------------------|-3-----------3-----------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-----|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gb|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
Ab|-3-----------------------------|-3-----------3-------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3---3-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|-3-------------------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------5-|
Ab|-3-----------3-----------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3-3---|


                  Outro:
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  E S S S S S S S S S S E S S
Gb|-------------------------------||------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------||-------------------------5----|
Ab|-3-----------------------------||-3---------3------------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-||---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3--|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   E S S S S S S S S S S E S S
Gb|-------------------------------||------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------||o-------------------------5---|
Ab|-3-----------------------------||o-3---------3-----------------|
Eb|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5-||----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-0-3---3-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 12x
Gb|---------------------------------||
Db|--------------------------------o||
Ab|-3------------------------------o||
Eb|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-5---||

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
|  \  - slide out of (to "nowhere")
|  h  - hammer-on
|  p  - pull-off
|  s  - legato slide
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