"Dirty Movies"
By Van Halen (from Fair Warning)
Drop D and half step down tuning. The intro is just random guitar noise, drums, and bass.
E|---------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------10---10---10b-10----|G|-6br~-/7-6-7-/9~-6-7-6----------7/9-----9----9--------9--|D|-----------------------7-5-5br---------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------|
The next two lines are played together.E|--------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------3-2-1-0-------|D|--------------------------------------3-2-1-|
E|----------------------------------------19b-|B|-14-14-14-15-15-16-16-17-17-18-18-19-19-----|G|--------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------|
CHORUS RIFF:
This is reused a few more times later on.
Sometimes Eddie replaces the notes on the D-string with scraping noises like in the
of "Atomic Punk."
Rhythm: (x2)E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------5------5-5/7--------------------|D|---7------7---------5-----5--------3------3-3/5--------------------|A|---5------5-0-2p0---3-----3--------------------------3-2-1-0-------|D|-0----0-0---------3---0-3----0-2-3----0-3--------0-5---------3-2-1-|
Lead: (x2)E|-14~-------14~-------14h15-14-14p12-------12~-15-----12---------|B|-----15--------15-------------------13-----------15-----13------|G|--------14--------14-------------------12------------------12---|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------/x-|B|-13-------13~-------13-13/15~-------/15--17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b----|G|----14-----------14-----------16------------------------------------|D|-------15-----15-----------------17---------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE: (Rhythm Guitar only)
E|-----------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------6-------8--|G|----------------------------------5-------7----|D|----------------3------------x-/3-----3/5------|A|-2br-0-3--2~-3----5--2br-0-3-------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------|D|----------------3----------------------|A|-2br-0-3--2~-3----5--2br-0-3--3-2-0----|D|------------------------------------3~-|
PRECHORUS PART 1: ("her movies get down," etc.)
Rhythm:E|-------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------|D|-x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--|A|-x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--|D|-x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--x-10-10/12-x-8-x-8-x-8--|
Lead:E|-----------------------------------|B|----------------10-----------------|G|-----9-9-9/10------12-10-12-9br----|D|-/12----------------------------12-|A|-----------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------|
PRECHORUS PART 2: ("they won't believe it," etc.)
Rhythm:E|-------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--|A|-x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--|D|-x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--x-7-7/8-x-7-x-8-x-5--|
Lead:E|------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------|G|-2-2/3--2-2-2/3----2-2/3--2-2-2/3---|D|----------------5-----------------5-|A|------------------------------------|D|------------------------------------|
PRECHORUS PART 3: (Rhythm Guitar only; "come see baby now")
E|----------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------|G|-2-3-3--2-3-5--2-3-/542-----------------------|D|----------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------3-2-1-0-------|D|----------------------------------------3-2-1-|
CHORUS #1: play the chorus rhythm guitar from earlier, plus the following
lead guitar part twice. This part basically just doubles the root notes
of the chords an octave higher:
E|-------------------------|B|--------------/6~~--/8~~-|G|--/7~~--/5~~-------------|D|-------------------------|A|-------------------------|D|-------------------------|
VERSE #2: play the verse riff as before
PRECHORUS #2: play the first two prechoruses and then:
E|----------------------------|B|----------------------------|G|-2-3-3--2-3-5--2-3-/542-----|D|----------------------------|A|----------------------------|D|----------------------------|
INTERLUDE #1:
E|----------------------------------------------------|B|-----3-3-----5---------------------3-3----------3-3-|G|-----2-2-----4---------------------2-2----------2-2-|D|--x--0-0-x---2-x-------------------0-0----------0-0-|A|--x--0-0-x---2-x-2-0--0-2-0--0-2-2-0-0--0-2-2-0-0-0-|D|-----0-0---0-2-x-2-0--0-2-0--0-2-2-0-0--0-2-2-------|
E|------------------------------------------------10--9-------------|B|---------------------------------------------10-------10----------|G|----7---7------9-------7---------7---7----/9-------------9~-b--r--|D|-/7---7---7-/9---9-------7----/7---7------------------------------|A|-------------------9-7-----7~----------7~-------------------------|D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE #2: neither guitar plays anything for a while, and then the
rhythm guitar leads into the second chorus with:
E|---------------|B|---------------|G|---------------|D|---------------|A|-3-2-1-0-------|D|---------3-2-1-|
CHORUS #2: play the chorus rhythm guitar (without lead)
PRECHORUS #3: play the second and third prechorus segments
CHORUS #3:
Rhythm:E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------5------5-5/7--------------------|D|---7------7---------5-----5--------3------3-3/5--------------------|A|---5------5-0-2p0---3-----3--------------------------3-2-1-0-------|D|-0----0-0---------3---0-3----0-2-3----0-3--------0-5---------3-2-1-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------5------5-5/7----x-4p2-----------------|D|---7------7---------5-----5--------3------3-3/5----------3-x-7p5---------|A|---5------5-0-2p0---3-----3--------------------------------------7-x-3p2-|D|-0----0-0---------3---0-3----0-2-3----0-3--------0-----------------------|
Lead:E|-14~-------14~-------14h15-14-14p12-------12~-15-----12---------|B|-----15--------15-------------------13-----------15-----13------|G|--------14--------14-------------------12------------------12---|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------/x-|B|-13-------13~-------13-13/15~-------/15--17b-17b-17b-17b-17b-17b----|G|----14-----------14-----------16------------------------------------|D|-------15-----15-----------------17---------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-14~-------14~-------14h15-14-14p12-------12~-15-----12---------|B|-----15--------15-------------------13-----------15-----13------|G|--------14--------14-------------------12------------------12---|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|B|-13-------13~-------13-13/15~-------/15--------------------|G|----14-----------14-----------16---------------------------|D|-------15-----15-----------------17------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
OUTRO: play verse riff, substituting the last 4 notes with:
E|--------------------------------------|B|-1-0----------------------------------|G|-----3-2-1-0--------------------------|D|-------------3-2-1-0------------------|A|---------------------3-2-1-0----------|D|-----------------------------3-2-1----|
