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And The Cradle Will Rock Tabs

(ver. 3)
Van Halen
Band- Van halen
Song- And The Cradle Will Rock

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Eddie Van Halen - Rhythm elec. piano w/dist arr. for gtr.'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Eddie Van Halen - Lead / Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Eddie Van Halen - Lead w/dist'

Intro
  Q=108
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                         PM  PM  PM
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E Q  E E    E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x------||-2-2---5---5---0-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x------||-2-2---5---5---0-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x--0-3-||-----------------|
                                   |-Rhy Fig 1

                        PM  PM  PM
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------3-|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-2-2---5---5---2-|------------------|--2-2---5---5---0-|
|-----------------|-2-2---5---5---0-|------------------|--2-2---5---5---0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------0-3-|---------------3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                                      TP                 TP
| W                 W                  W                  W
|-----------------|-----------------|-17---------------|-17---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-14---------------|-14---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|


                                      PM  PM  PM
   E  E E  E        E  E E  E     E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E  E  E
|------------------------------|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------3-|-------3--------3----||
|----------------------5-------|--2-2---5---5---2-|-----0-2--------2----||
|----------------------5-------|--2-2---5---5---0-|-------0--------0----||
|--0--0-0--0--------0----------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------------------||
|------------------------0--3--|----------------3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-----3-||
|                                                         end Rhy Fig 1-|
|
|  TP                  TP   TP    TP                 TP
|          |--3--|
|  Q.      S  S  S  E  Q    E     W                  H.            Q
|-17------15-12-------15---15\-|-17---------------|-17------------17\---||
|---------------15-------------|------------------|---------------------||
|-14---------------12-12---12\-|-14---------------|-14------------14\---||
|------------------------------|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------|---------------------||


 Verse 1
  E E e E E e E E   Q  E E E Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----1-1---------|-----------------|
|-----6-----5-----|-6----6---5----|-----1-1---------|-----3-3-3-1---3-|
|-----5-----5-----|-5----5---5--5-|-----3-3-----3-3-|-----3-3-3-3-----|
|-----5-----5-----|-5----5--------|-------------3-3-|-----3-3-3-3-3---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E  E E E E E   E E    E  E E E  E    E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|------6-----5-------|--6------5h=6----5-----|
|------5-----5-------|--5------5-------5-----|
|------5-----5-------|--5------5-------5-----|
|-3--3---3-3-----3-3-|--3--3-3-3-------3-3-3-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H.           a E E   +H        +E  a Q   E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------5s7-5-|-(5)-------(5)-5s3s==2-|
|-3------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


  Q  E e +E  E Q     E  E E  E E  E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-3----3-(3)---3--|---------------------||
|-3----2-(2)---3--|--x--x-x--x-x--x-----||
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--|--x--x-x--x-x--x-----||
|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1--|--x--x-x--x-x--x-----||
|-----------------|--x--x-x--x-x--x-0-3-||
|
|      ~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~
| Q  E E +E  E Q    +Q    Q    E  E q
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-------x\------------||
|----3-2-(2)---3--|-(3)---x\---x\-x-----||
|-3----------2----|-------x\---x\-x-x---||
|-----------------|-----------------x---||
|-----------------|---------------------||


 Chorus
w/Rhy Fig 1
   TP                 TP                   TP                 TP
   W                  H.            E E    W                  H       q   E E
|-17---------------|-17------------17---|-17---------------|-17---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------------5-|
|-14---------------|-14------------14s7-|-14---------------|-14-------5---7-5-|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|----------5---7-5-|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|


  +H        +Q     Q     H       E E E E   +E  Q.     +Q    Q
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-(5)-------(5)\-------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-(5)-------(5)\-------|---------5---7-5-|-(5)--------(5)-------|
|-(5)-------(5)\-------|---------5---7-5-|-(5)--------(5)-------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-----x\---------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-----x\---------------|


                    Verse 2
                  $
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----3-------3---||-----1-----1---1-|---1-1-----------|
|---0-2-------2---||-----2-----0---0-|---2-2-----3---2-|
|-----0-------0---||-----3-----3---3-|---3-3-----------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1---1---|


  E E  E     E   E    E     E   E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3----0--------------2---------2---|
|-1-1--1-----1---1----1-----1---1---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II - play 1st time only
| Q    Q        +E    Q        +E
|-----------------------------------|
|------8--------(8)--10-------(10)--|
|-----10b12====(10)r-12b14====(12)r-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


    E   E     E     E   E   E E E   E E  E E E  E E  E
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------1-----|-----10------8----8-|
|-------3-----3-----------------3-|-----10-----10---10-|
|---1---1-----1-----1---1-----1---|-----10-----10---10-|
|---------------------------------|-8-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|
|   ~~~~                ~~~~~
|  +E   E     Q        +H           W
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(10)-11----11-------(11)--------|--------------------|
|-(12)-13b15-13b15====(13)r-------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|


  E  E  E E E  E E  E   Q   e  E  +E  e E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|---10-10-----11---10-|-8--10-10-(10)-8-8---|-----------------||
|---10-10-----10---10-|-8------8--(8)---8-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
|---10-10-----10---10-|-8------8--(8)---8-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
|-8--8--8-8-8----8----|-6------6--(6)---6-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
|---------------------|-------------------x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||


 Chorus
w/Rhy Fig 1
  Gtr II
   TP                 TP
   W                  H.            Q
|-17---------------|-17------------17\---|
|------------------|---------------------|
|-14---------------|-14------------14\---|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|


    TP            TP      TP
    H.            Q       H       q   E E
|-/17------------17\---|-17---------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-/14------------14\---|-14-------5---7-5-|
|----------------------|----------5---7-5-|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|


                                                              To Coda
  +H        +Q      Q      E E   E   E  q   E E   +H        +q     Q
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|---x/-----------------|----------------------|
|-(5)-------(5)\---(0)---|---x/---------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)\-------|
|-(5)-------(5)\---------|---x/---------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)\-------|
|------------------------|------(5)-(5)---------|----------------------|
|------------------------|------(5)-(5)---------|----------------------|


  Gtr II
                    T
  H       Q   E.    S
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|------------------17p||
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|---------------------||


 Guitar Solo
        T         T       T        T          T        T     T     T
  |-----------9-----------|  |------------9------------|  |--3--|
  S  S  S S  S    S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  a  Q.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9h12-17p9h12---17p9h12-17p10h13-17p10h13---17p10h11-17p11-17p11-17p11b12======|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E            E             E             E              E           E     E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5------------5-------------5-------------5--------------5-----------5---------|
|-5------------5-------------5-------------5--------------5-----------5-------5-|
|-5------------5-------------5-------------5--------------5-----------5-------5-|
|-3------------3-------------3-------------3--------------3-----------3-----3---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------6-|


         ~~~~~~                       ~~~
   +E    E      +S    E        +S  E +Q    +E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(11)r-14b15==(14)rp11pb12r==(11)p9-(9)---(9)\-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|   E    E       E          E      E  E  E  E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5---------|
|----------------------------------------7--5---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---6----6-------6----------6------6------------|


          |--3---|  |--3---|
  E E    +E  e   e  e  e   e s s s s
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---5b8==(5)-5---5--5--5---5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| Q       E    E   +E    E   Q
|---------0--------------0-----------|
|-6------------6---(6)-------6-------|
|-5------------5---(5)-------5-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-5------------5---(5)-------4-------|


                     ~~~~~
                                 |-3-|
  +S  +S  S S Q     +E.     S E  S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-(5)r(5)-3h5s3b5===(3)rs==10----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------x\-3h5h7-|
|-----------------------------x\-------|
|
| +H                +E   E    E  E
|--------------------------------------|
|-(6)---------------(6)--4s===3--1-----|
|-(5)---------------(5)----------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-(4)---------------(4)----------------|


          |-3-| |3|  |-3--|       |--3---|            |---3---|
  T T T T S S S E S  S S  S      +S   S  S      +E   +E    e  E
|-------------------------------------8-11b13==(11)-(11)r-11-10-|
|-----------------8h11p8-11b13==(11)r---------------------------|
|-------5h9p5-5S9-----------------------------------------------|
|-5h7h9---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q             E    E           +E              E    Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-------------0----1-----------(1)-------------0----1---------|
|-0------------------0-----------(0)------------------0---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------3---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-----------(3)------------------1---------|


                 ~~~~~~~~~~~                                  ~~~~
   S  S  E      +Q    +Q.       e    Q      E  E      +E   E  Q
|--9--8---------------------------|--------------------------20--|
|-------11b13==(11)--(11)rs====20-|--------20--------------------|
|---------------------------------|-19b21-----19pb21r(19)-17-----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| +H                  +E   E E  E    Q      E  E      +E   E  Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(1)-----------------(1)---------|--1------0--1------(1)--0--1--|
|-(0)-----------------(0)--3p2p=0-|--0---------0------(0)-----0--|
|-(3)-----------------(3)---------|--2---------2------(2)-----1--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(1)-----------------(1)---------|------------------------------|


 ~~~~~~
   +W           H       Q   E E
|-(20)--------|---------------------||
|-------------|---------------5-----||
|-------------|---------------7b9===||
|-------------|---------------------||
|-------------|---------------------||
|-------------|---------------------||
|
|  +W           E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------------||
|--(1)--------|---------------------||
|--(0)--------|-x-x-x-x-x-x---------||
|--(1)--------|-x-x-x-x-x-x---------||
|-------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x---------||
|-------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-3-0-----||

w/Rhy Fig 1
  E E E   E E E E E       +E   E Q      E   E  E  E
|-5-5-----5-5-5---------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-3-3-----|-(3)--3-3------3---x/------|
|-----7b9-------5-5pb7==|=(5)r-5-5pb7---5b7-x/---/9-|
|-----------------------|-------------------x/------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|


  E E E   E E Q     E   E E E +E  +E  +E   E E
|-5-5-5---5-8-8\---/3-|-5-3-3-(3)-(3)-(3)/--------|
|-5-5-5---5-8-8\---/3-|-3-3-3-(3)-(3)-(3)/---8b10-|
|-----7b9-------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|


                                     T
  S S     S S E    S S     +E  e  T  T E.
|-8---------8------8--------------------------|
|---8pb10r8---8b10---8pb10r(8)p5-h8-10p8b10---|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


   T      T             T      T ~~~~
                   |-3--| |-3--|
   T T T  T E     +E    S S S  S Q      E   E
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10p5h8-10p8b10==(8)r-10p5h8-10p8b10---------|
|---------------------------------------x/-19-|
|---------------------------------------x/----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


   E      E        E      E        E  E       +E       +E
|--------17-------17-----17-------17-17------(17)-----(17)--|
|-20-----20pb20.5-20pb21-20pb21.5-20-20pb21==(20)b22==(20)r-|
|-19pb20-19pb19.5-19pb20-19pb20.5-19------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|


                                  D.S. al Coda
   TP           TP~~~~~      TP
   H            Q.          +E
|-17-----------17----------(17)\--||
|-20pb22-------20pb22======(20)r\-||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||


                      Outro
  &
  Gtr II
   H        Q   E E     E  e  Q    q   E E
|-------------------||---------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------|
|-------------------||-----2-------5---5---|
|-------------------||-----2-------5---5-5-|
|-------------------||--0----------------5-|
|---------------0-3-||---------------------|
|                    |-Rhy Fig 2A
|
| Gtr I
|  E  E E E E E E E     E  E  E  e E E E E
|-------------------||---------------8-----|
|-(3)---3---------8-||-10-10-10-13---8---8-|
|-(2)-0-2-------9---||--9--9--9-12-------7-|
|-(0)---0-----------||---------------------|
|-------------------||--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-----||---------------------|
                     |-Rhy Fig 2


  +H        +Q     E E    E  E  Q    Q    E  E    +H           +Q      E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|-----2-------5----5--7-|--(7)----------(7)\--------|
|-(5)-------(5)\-------|-----2-------5----5--7-|--(7)----------(7)\--------|
|-(5)-------(5)\-------|--0--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------0-3-|-----------------------|-----------------------0-3-|
|                                                           end Rhy Fig 2A-|
|
|  E  E E E  E   E E E    E  E  E  E E  E E  E    +E   E  E  E  E    E E E
|----------------8-----|--------------------10-|-(10)----10---------10-----|
|----------------8---8-|-10-10-10-13---13---10-|-(10)----10---------10---8-|
|------------------9---|--9--9--9-12---12------|------12---------------9---|
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--0--0-0-0--0---------|--0--0--0--0-0--0-0-10-|-(10)----10-10-10---10-----|
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
                                                             end Rhy Fig 2-|

w/Rhy Fig 2 + 2A to end
  Gtr III
    TP                     TP
    W                      W
|-/17------------------|-/17-------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-/14------------------|-/14-------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|


                                                                    TP
   E  E  E      E  E      +E    E      E         +Q       Q         H
|-----------------17-----(17)--17-----17------|-(17)-----17--------17------------|
|-20-20--------20-20b21==(20)r-20pb21-20pb22==|=(20)r----20pb22----20pb22--------|
|-19----19pb21--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


     E      E    E      E    E      E    E      E      E      E    E      E    E      E    E      E
||--17-----17---17-----17---17-----17---17-----17---|-17-----17---17-----17---17-----17---17-----17-----|
||o-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-|-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22-(20)b22-|
||--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|


   E      E    E      E    E      E    E      E      E      E    E      E    E      E    E      E
|-17-----17---17-----17---17-----17---17-----17---|-17-----17---17-----17---17-----17---17-----17----||
|-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-|-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-20b22=(20)r-o||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
            
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