Jump Solo Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 Ver 5 
	

The Best Of Both Worlds 1 Tabs:

Jump Bass Tab

#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------#
#  This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation    #
#  of the song. The owner of this website has not reviewed the contents of   #
#  this file. If you feel that the content of this file may be violating     #
#  copyright law, you may not use the information displayed here in any way. #
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Solo to Awesome Song Jump
Van Halen

Transcribed by shaharizal
The Tapping Part is pretty easy, so it might take a while to figure
out, and the last part is fun, but very fast.  One Key to playing perfectly
is to practice.:)  ... a lot.
**Bonus at Bottom**
Solo : w/ bass implied chords
(2:17)
  Bbm      Gb    Ab   Db      PH---
e-----18vvvvv---6--------6----------6-------------------------------|
b----x----------x---9bvv----6--9p6--------------6--------------------|
g---x------------------------------9----9p8p6-8---6vvv/-------6---6--|
d------------------------------------------------------------x-------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------x--------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    PH----        PH-    T       T
e----------------------------------------------h6h9-13p9p8p6h9h13p9p8|
b--------------------------------------------------------------------|
g---6b--6b-----------------------------------------------------------|
d------------8-----6br-8p6---6---------------------------------------|
a--------------8-----------8---8-7-64-6-4vvv------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
       T  T  T  T  T 
e-p6h9-13p9p8p6--------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------h9h13-6-------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------h9--13p6h10-----------------------------8b9r8rp6-|
d---------------------------------13p6h10------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------13p6vv(6)b8vr6-/8-----------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   rake-|
   PM---|
e--------------6--8--11-11h13v--9h11vvv/-----------------------------|
b-------------6------------------------------------------------------|
g-8vvvvv----6-------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------8--------------------------------------15h16h18----------|
a-----------------------------------------15h16h18----------15h16h18-|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    C
e-----------------------------15h16p15vvvvvvvvvvv--|
b--------------------15h16h18----------------------|
g-----------15h16h18-------------------------------|...synth solo
d--15h16h18----------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------|
Intro :!!! arrg. for guitar
    G    C    F        G          C    F        C  Gsus4
e---10---12---8---8----10--10vvv--12---8---5vv--3--3vvvv-|
b---12---13---10--10---12--12vvv--13---10--6vv--5--3vvvv-|
g---12---12---10--10---12--12vvv--12---10--5vv--5--5vvvv-|
d--------------------------------------------------------|
a---3vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv-3-----------|
e-----------------------------------------------1--3vv---|
  synth bass.

Brought to you by the GUITARMASTA - http://www.guitarmasta.net

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/v/van_halen/324407.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Jimmy Average	#1 by Jimmy Dresbach at Jun 13, 2006 at 3:39 PM EST
	hawkgold: Explanation: You think as a person that you've had a tough time wtih your life, take a walk in my shoes and see how you like it. Everything isn't as bad as it seems, it could be much worse. Explanation: Life is always giving you tough choices and siutations. If you can handle them, then you are much better off. it seems to me these are both very positive, life-affirming explanations/messages. I don't get "dark and insidious" from this. That is what he thinks the listener of the song is attributing the lyrics to, a happy, rather than "dark and insidious" emotion. As I said in my first comment, Roth is playing with the phrase "go ahead and jump", and positively twisting around something about suicide. It's a very happy and positive song, juxtaposed with a "dark" subject. When you said: deciding that he can't take it anymore and decides to jump to his death. I took it to mean you thought it was a pro-suicide song. Maybe I was wrong, but you're the one that seems incapable of subjectivity here, assuming that when he says "go ahead and jump", that someone's literally plunging to their death, just because the song's inspiration was a suicide attempt. There's nothing you can tell me to make me believe that Roth didn't know that people wouldn't take this phrase in a positive way. That was his entire point - it's just a clever little play on words. It's really not that fucking deep of a song.

No Picture The Guitar Guy Lead Player	#2 by The Guitar Guy at Aug 4, 2006 at 6:07 PM EST
	britterz7, you are nearly right. Van Halen is better than ANY band today. They have WAY more talent I mean just compare Eddie Van Halens guitar playing to anyone today and tell me that the person is better than him. And by the way, Eddie Van Halen is the second best guitarist of all time, second to only the man himself, Hendrix

No Picture Harry Average	#3 by Harry Johnson at Aug 26, 2006 at 2:30 AM EST
	damn, i should have used quotes instead of italic tags when quoting you...

No Picture Jake Average	#4 by Jake Staley at Sep 8, 2006 at 4:24 PM EST
	wicked song! i love van halen and he's an awesome guitarist.

No Picture Eric Average	#5 by Eric Zinkhon at Oct 5, 2006 at 9:15 AM EST
	At least realize that my original intention when commenting on this song was to state that this song WAS INDEED inspired by a situation involving a suicide. And, my own fault being that I stated that the "person" in this song "jumps to his death", what I should have said, was this person is contemplating jumping, maybe thinking that's the best solution. David Lee Roth: "Jump" is a song that we wrote for several different reasons, primarily because it is leap year and secondly, because I was watching television one night and it was the five o'clock news and there was a fellow standing on top of the Arco Towers in Los Angeles and he was about to check out early, he was going to do the 33 stories drop - and there was a whole crowd of people in the parking lot downstairs yelling "Don't jump, don't jump" and I thought to myself, "Jump." So, I wrote it down and ultimately it made in onto the record, although in a much more positive vein. It's easy to translate it the way you hear it on the record as a "go for it" attitude, positive sort of affair - I jog, therefore, I am, approach. Chinup- the above statement was typed by yourself. When David says that the song "ultimately made it onto the record, although(keyword in this statement) in a much more positive vein. It's easy to translate it the way you hear it on the record as a "go for it" attitude, positive sort of affair - I jog, therefore, I am, approach." he's explaining that most people have attached a certain label and attitude towards this song. When he talks about the "jogging", he is stating that people have taken this song at face value BECAUSE of the music. It's not neccesarily a "happy" song. Just like "Every Breath You Take" by the Police is certainly a romantic sounding song, the original intent of the writer, Sting, was of a more dark, brooding, sinister flavor than what people have ultimately attached meaning towards it. I think there is a happy medium here. David also contends that it was leap year when they wrote the song, so, really your contention that it is a play on words has merit, though the way the song SOUNDS isn't necessarily what the song is about. This sure has been fun, I appreciate it. Now let's discuss Oh Sherrie by Steve Perry and try and find any hidden, subversive meanings within that. I might be able to find some...

No Picture Goat Average	#6 by Goat Screwer at Dec 21, 2006 at 9:38 AM EST
	"You've got it tough, I've seen the toughest around" Explanation: You think as a person that you've had a tough time wtih your life, take a walk in my shoes and see how you like it. Everything isn't as bad as it seems, it could be much worse. "You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real" Explanation: Life is always giving you tough choices and siutations. If you can handle them, then you are much better off. It seems that the interview that you have posted supports my opinion. Dave is talking about how the song became so popular because of the fact that when people think of Jumping, they tend to think of "jumping for joy" not jumping to one's death. That is what he thinks the listener of the song is attributing the lyrics to, a happy, rather than "dark and insidious" emotion. "So, I wrote it down and ultimately it made in onto the record, although in a much more positive vein. It's easy to translate it the way you hear it on the record as a "go for it" attitude, positive sort of affair - I jog, therefore, I am, approach. " It is correct that he says it made it on the record in a much more positive vein, but in the context of the interview, he is explaining that that's not really what the song is about. He then talks about how simple it is to translate the song the way you hear from the record instead of really contemplating the lyrics meaning (I jog, therefore, I am, approach). Which is what you have done and most other listeners of the song have done. Thinking one specific thing and not really looking any deeper into what the song means. The music to the song is "kick ass" and makes you want to dance and have a good time, which ultimately contributes to the general consensus that this SHOULD be a happy song. Oh, and I never said it was a "pro-suicide song". I explained that the song is written about an attempted suicide. Chinup, you seem to sound quite intelligent. At least understand that the reason this website exists is that song lyrics are quite subjective in nature. Some don't make any sense when explained, but it's fun to try and reason what they might be about.

No Picture brent Rhythm Player	#7 by brent west at Feb 15, 2007 at 10:31 AM EST
	Eddie Van Halen is the best gutair player ever,he is my idol

No Picture Justin Average	#8 by Justin Ruiz at Jul 26, 2007 at 8:50 PM EST
	What is suicidal about these lyrics? Nothing and everything all at once... Chinup... At first look, yes the lyrics seem pretty harmless and because of it's reputation, the song has become devoid of any real meaning. I thought it silly when I heard this explanation, but when you see that "you got it tough, I've seen the toughest around" and "you've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real" there is certainly more to just jumping in the air... Most songwriters really don't come out right away and say what their song is about, that's why websites like this one exist.

No Picture Chris Average	#9 by Chris H... at Sep 5, 2007 at 7:48 PM EST
	Happiest suicide song i've ever heard