Jump - Van Halen

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[Intro]
             (x3)
      

[Verse 1]
          
I get up,     

           
 and nothing g

         
ets me down,  

/   
   
              
You got it tou

       
gh,      I've 

              
seen the tough

           
est around
           
And I know,   

          
      Baby, ju

           
st how you fee

       
l
              
You've got to 

          
roll-l, with t

           
he punches to 

           
get to what's 

         
real

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Oh can't you s

             
ee me standing

  /        
 here, I've go

           / 
t my back agai

            
nst the record

 /     
 machine
              
I ain't the wo

              
rst that you'v

        
e seen,       

              
oh can't you s

             
ee what I mean

 
? 

[Chorus]
              
Might as well 

         
jump, (jump), 

/         
  might as wel

          
l jump
              
Go ahead, jump

       
, (jump),   go

             
 ahead, jump

[Verse 2]
           
Aaa-ohh hey yo

             
u, who said th

           
at?  Baby how 

          
you been? 
              
You say you do

          
n't know-w, yo

           
u won't know, 

                
until we begin

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Oh can't you s

             
ee me standing

  /        
 here, I've go

           / 
t my back agai

            
nst the record

 /     
 machine
              
I ain't the wo

              
rst that you'v

        
e seen,       

              
oh can't you s

             
ee what I mean

 
? 

[Chorus]
              
Might as well 

         
jump, (jump), 

/         
  might as wel

          
l jump
              
Go ahead, jump

       
, (jump),   go

          
 ahead, jump  

   
         jump

[Guitar/Keyboard Solo]
     (x4)   
           
           (x2)

[Out-Chorus]
              
Might as well 

         
jump, (jump), 

/         
  might as wel

          
l jump
              
Go ahead, jump

       
, (jump),   go

             
 ahead, jump



example chords arranged for simple guitar:

      
e-------|-----
B--3--5-|-1--1
G--4--5-|-2--0
D--5--5-|-3--2
A--3--3-|-3--3
E-------|-----

         /
------|-------
--3---|-1---1-
--0---|-2---2-
--0---|-2---2-
--2---|-0-----
--3---|-----3-

      (
|--1---0--0--1
|--1---1--3--3
|--2---0--2--2
|--3---2--0--0
|--3---3------
|--1---0------

   (
----|--5--3---
----|--3--3---
----|--4--4---
----|--5--5---
----|--5------
----|--3------


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Note (aka):   CM9=G/C

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