Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
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Van Halen hot for teacher.
Tabbed by ryan mullan ryan_mullan@hotmail.com.
what i think is the best song from the fantastic album 1984, and a great example of a
trademark EVH solo.
enjoy
P.S if you dont have the song this will be very difficult, go buy it!
Key:
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[Intro]
(I've deliberately left out hammer/pull notation because they are too
obtrusive in such numbers. I've given an example of what to do)
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A -X\\--0^3^7-
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E -12-5-8-12-8
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D -10\\--7--4-
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D -4--4---4---
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[Main riff] (clean)
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D -2---2-----2
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(repeat clean riff x 3)
\"Oh wow man... wait a second, man - whaddaya think the teacher's gonna
look like this year ?\"
\"My butt, man !\"
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D -2---2-----2
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\"Ohhhh !\"
[Main riff] (distorted)
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G -2----------
D -2----------
A -0---3-3-0--
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[Verse 1:]
(with distorted riff)
T-t-teacher stop that screamin', teacher don't you see ?
Don't wanna be no uptown fool.
Maybe I should go to hell, but I'm doing well.
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G -2----------
D -2----------
A -0---3-3-0--
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Teacher needs to see me after school. I think of the
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education that I missed. But then my homework was never
E ------------
B -12-x-12\\--
G -12-x-12\\--
D -12-x-12\\--
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quite like this. I got it
[Chorus:]
(with distorted riff)
bad, got it bad, got it bad - I'm hot for teacher.
I've got it bad, so bad - I'm hot for teacher.
(with clean riff)
\"Hey, I heard you missed us, we're back !\"
\"I brought my pencil !\"
\"Gimme something to write on, man !\"
[Verse 2:]
(with distorted riff)
I heard about your lessons, but lessons are so cold.
I know about this school.
Little girl from cherry lane, how can you be so bold ?
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G -2---------2
D -2---------2
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How did you know that golden rule ? I think of all the
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education that I missed. But then my homework was never
E ---10-------
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G -x-10---12\\
D -x------12\\
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quite like this. Got it
[Chorus:]
(with distorted riff)
bad, got it bad, got it bad - I'm hot for teacher.
I've got it bad, so bad - I'm hot for teacher.
E -12-5---12-8
B ------8-----
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^ I think he hit a wrong note here
[Solo:]
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B ----17(b)19-
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[pinched harmonics abound]
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(with clean riff)
\"Oh man, I think the clock is slow...\"
\"I don't feel tardy\"
\"Class dismissed !\"
(with distorted riff)
I've got it bad, got it bad, got it bad - I'm hot for teacher.
E ------------
B -11--12--13-
G -11--12--13-
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Ohhh !
Oh yes I'm hot ! Ohhh !
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Oh my god !
[I suspect these are
done with fingers on
alternating hands]
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X\\ = pick slide
x = hit string for percussive noise
^ = hammer/pull
/ = slide
~ = vibrato
w~ = whammy vibrato
<> = natural harmonic
/// = high-speed picking
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