Jamie's Cryin'
Words & Music:
Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony &
David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
You can find a full three-guitar & bass transcription
of this song in Guitar World.
I've included a pretty good fan tab below, but Guitar World's is
more comprehensive.
E9(no 3) D6(no
3) [2x - no 3 E9 or D6 through whole song]
D6
E9 D Dsus2
E9 D
She saw the look in his eyes--- and she knew better.
(D) Dsus2 E9 D
Dsus2 E9 D6
He wanted her tonight--- and it was now or never.
D6
F#m Bm A5
He made her feel so sad.
CHORUS:
E9 D6
E9
Oh, whoa, whoa, Jamie's cryin' [2x]
Now, Jamie wouldn't say all right. She knew he'd forget her.
And so they said good night. Oh, and now he's gone forever.
PRE-CHORUS:
D
Dsus2 A
Asus4
A
She wants to send him a letter, just to try to make herself
feel better.
A
D Asus4 A
It said, "Gimmie (Gimme a call, sometime)".
A
D/A
Asus4 A
But she knows what that'll get her.
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
E9
C#m
D
C#m
Now, Jamie's been in love before and she knows what love is
for.
F#5 C#m D
E5
It should mean a little, a little more than one night stands.
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:
PRE-CHORUS:
CHORUS: [2x]
Jamie's Cryin' tab by
Andrew Zara
Intro Q=126 4/4 Gtrs II, III
a a a +H +E +Q. +Q Q
a +Q Q
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----14b15==(15)------(15)-(15)-----|-(15)r------14b17-(17)-----------|
|---x--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-x----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
q E E q E E q E E
+E E E E
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------0-----0---0---------0-|---0------7--------(7)-6-5-3b3.5p|
a +q H.
+Q Q H
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-12b14-(14)--10-----------|-(10)\----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|
~~~~~~
| q E E q E E q E E +E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------0-------0-0----0-|---0------7-(7)-6-5-3b3.5p==|
a +H +H
H
Q a +q
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-14b15==(15)r=====(14)p=====|=12-----10---10b12-(12)---------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|
PM
| q e E q
Q +H E E
E a +E
|--------------7-------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------7---------^0--|-(0)----------------------------|
|--------------7---------^4--|-(4)----------------------------|
|------------------------^0--|-(0)----------------------------|
|------------------------^5--|-(5)----------------------------|
|----------0-----0---0-------|---------7-6---------5--3b4-(4)p|
\3.5
q Q +H +Q +Q
+Q Q
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|-10--9---(9)--------|-(9)--(9)--(9)---------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| PM
| q e E q Q +H E E E a +E
|-----7--------------|-----------------------------||
|-----7----------^0--|-(0)-------------------------||
|-----7----------^4--|-(4)-------------------------||
|----------------^0--|-(0)-------------------------||
|----------------^5--|-(5)-------------------------||
|--0----0--0---------|------------7--6-5-3b4-(4)p==||
Verse 1 Gtr I
PM
PM
q e E E E
Q +Q E E Q Q q e E E E Q
+Q E E Q
Q
|----7----------|----------!0--0--|----7----------|----------!0--0---|
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!3-----|----7---x-x----|------x-x-!3------|
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!2-----|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!2------|
|--------x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!0-----|--------x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!0------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-0----0--------|-----------------|-0----0--------|------------------|
PM
PM
q e E E E
Q +Q E E Q Q q e E Q Q
|----7----------|----------!0--0--|----7----------|
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!3-----|----7------!0--|
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!2-----|----7------!4--|
|--------x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!0-----|-----------!0--|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------!5--|
|-0----0--------|-----------------|-0----0-0------|
+H
E E E E E E E E E E
Q +Q Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-(4)------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)------------|---------0-4-2--|-(2)-----2-2-2---||
|-(5)------------|---0-4-2-----0--|-(0)-----0-0-0-2-||
|--------7-6-5-3-|-2--------------|-----------------||
Chorus 1 & 2
PM|
PM PM
~
q e e e E +Q +H
E E E a +E q e E a +q Q Q
Q E E E E
|----7-------------|----------------------|----7---------------|----------------------|
|----7-----^0-(0)--|-(0)------------------|----7---------------|----------------------|
|----7-----^4-(4)--|-(4)------------------|----7---------------|----------------------|
|----------^0-(0)--|-(0)------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------^5-(5)--|-(5)------------------|--------7b9-(9)--5--|-5s=12\---------------|
|-0----0-0---------|--------7-6-5-3b4-(4)p|-0----0-------------|---------7-6-5-3b3.5--|
To
Coda
PM|
PM PM
~~~~~~~~~
q e e e E +Q +H
E E E a +E q e E a +q Q +H E E E a +E
|----7-------------|----------------------|----7---------------|----------------------||
|----7-----^0-(0)--|-(0)------------------|----7---------------|----------------------||
|----7-----^4-(4)--|-(4)------------------|----7---------------|----------------------||
|----------^0-(0)--|-(0)------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
|----------^5-(5)--|-(5)------------------|--------7b9-(9)--5--|-(5)------------------||
|-0----0-0---------|--------7-6-5-3b4-(4)p|-0----0-------------|--------7-6-5-3b4-(4)-||
Verse 2
PM
PM
q e E E E
Q +Q E E Q Q q e E E E Q
+Q E E Q
Q
|----7----------|----------!0--0--|----7----------|----------!0--0---|
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!3-----|----7---x-x----|------x-x-!3------|
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!2-----|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!2------|
|--------x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!0-----|--------x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-!0------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-0----0--------|-----------------|-0----0--------|------------------|
PM PM
PM
q e E E E
Q +Q E E Q Q
q e E E E Q +Q E E Q E E
|----7----------|----------0--0--|----7----------|----------0--0----||
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-3--3--|----7---x-x----|------x-x-3--3----||
|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-2-----|----7---x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-2-------||
|--------x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-0-----|--------x-x-7--|-(7)--x-x-0-------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------0--||
|-0----0--------|----------------|-0----0--------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
PM
PM
Q E E +E E Q Q E
E +Q E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E E E
|------------0----|-------------0---|------------0----|------------0---0--|
|-2----3-(3)------|-0----2-(2)----2-|-2----3-(3)------|-0----2-(2)---2----|
|-2----4-(4)---4--|-0----2-(2)------|-2----4-(4)---4--|-0----2-(2)--------|
|-2----2-(2)------|-2----2-(2)------|-2----2-(2)------|-2----2-(2)--------|
|-0--0------------|-0--0------------|-0--0------------|-0--0--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
to Double Coda
Q E E +Q E E Q E E
+E E E E Q E E
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q
|-------------0---|------------------|----------------|-------0-(0)--------||
|-5----7-(7)----0-|-3----5-(5)-5-----|-5----7-(7)--0--|-3-3---5-(5)--------||
|-6----7-(7)------|-4----6-(6)---7p6-|-6----7-(7)-----|-4-4---6-(6)--------||
|-7----7-(7)------|-5----7-(7)---7---|-7----7-(7)-----|-5-5---7-(7)--------||
|-0--0------------|----0-------------|-0--0-----------|-----0--------------||
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------10\---||
Bridge:
H. E E Q.
E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------0-(0)-0----|-------------------|-------2---0---2--|
|-5-------4h5-|-7----7-(7)-7----|-------5-(5)-4-----|-------2---0---2--|
|-6-----------|-7------------7--|-----6---------6\--|------------------|
|-6-----------|-7---------------|---6---------------|-----4------------|
|-4-----------|-5---------------|-4-----------------|---4--------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-2----------------|
E E E E +E E E E Q.
E +Q E E W +Q S S E Q S E.
|---------------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------------||
|---------5-(5)-4-----|------7-(7)--7-7-|----------|------10p9-------------||
|-------6---------6---|------7-(7)--7-7-|----------|-----------9-9---------||
|-----6-------------6-|------7-(7)--7-7-|-9--------|-(9)---------9s=16-----||
|-(4)-----------------|-5-----------5-5-|-7--------|-(7)-------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)---------------16\-||
Guitar Break:
Q E E a +Q Q
+Q E E E E E
E Q E E a +Q
Q +Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------0-0-----|--------------------|-----------0-0------|
|--------------------|-----------0-0-----|--------------------|-----------0-0------|
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|----7---7b9-(9)--5--|-(5)\--------------|----7---7b9-(9)--5--|-(5)\---------------|
|-0----0-------------|-------3-4-----3-4-|-0----0-------------|-------3-4-----3-4--|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q e E a +q Q +Q Q E E E +E +Q e E a +q Q +H E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|----9---9b10-(10)--7--|-(7)----------------------|---------9---9b10-(10)--7-|-(7)-----------||
|----9---9b11-(11)--7--|-(7)----------------------|---------9---9b11-(11)--7-|-(7)-----------||
|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------||
|----------------------|-----------5-6-7b10==(10)-|-(10)r\-------------------|---------------||
|-0----0---------------|-----/17\-----------------|-----------0--------------|------7-6-5-4--||
Chorus 3:
PM|
PM|
q e e q Q +H
E E E a +E q e e q Q
|----7----------|----------------------|----7----------|
|----7------^0--|-(0)------------------|----7------^0--|
|----7------^4--|-(4)------------------|----7------^4--|
|-----------^0--|-(0)------------------|-----------^0--|
|-----------^5--|-(5)------------------|-----------^5--|
|-0----0-0------|--------7-6-5-3b4-(4)p|=0----0-0------|
+H
E E E E E E E E E E
Q +Q Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-(4)------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)------------|---------0-4-2--|-(2)-----2-2-2---||
|-(5)------------|---0-4-2-----0--|-(0)-----0-0-0-2-||
|--------7-6-5-3-|-2--------------|-----------------||
Outro-Chorus: Gtrs II, III
a H a H a Q Q a +Q q
|--------12--------------12-------|--------12-------------------12---------|
|-15b17-(17)------15b17-(17)------|-15b17-(17)-----12b14-(14)--------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|Gtr I
| q e e q Q
+H
E E E a +E
|-------------7-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------7---------------^0--|--------(0)-----------------------------|
|-------------7---------------^4--|--------(4)-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------^0--|--------(0)-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------^5--|--------(5)-----------------------------|
|---------0-----0---------0-------|------------------------7--6--5-3b4-(4)p|
a +Q H.
+H H
a
+H +H
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12b14-(14)--12-----------------|-(12)--------------------|-12b14==(14)r=====(12)-------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q e E a
+q Q +Q. +E E E E E
q e e q Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------7--------------|
|--------------9----9b10-(9)--7--|--(7)---(7)/-------------|--------------7---------^0---|
|--------------9----9b11-(9)--7--|--(7)---(7)/-------------|--------------7---------^4---|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------^0---|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------^5---|
|---------0-------0--------------|-------------7-6-5-3b3.5-|----------0-----0---0--------|
\7
H Q a +Q
Q Q +H
+H.
Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-10-----10---10b12-(12)---------|-10s=9--------(9)-----|-(9)--------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|
| +H E E E a
+E Q e E a +q
Q +Q. +E E E E E
|--------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------|-----9---9b10-(10)-7--|-(7)---(7)/-------------|
|-(4)----------------------------|-----9---9b11-(11)-7--|-(7)---(7)/-------------|
|-(0)----------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-(5)----------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------7-6---------5--3b4-(4)-|--0----0--------------|------------7-6-5-3b3.5-|
a H +H
+Q Q a +Q q
|--------12-------(12)------|-(12)------------------12-------------|
|-15b17-(17)------(17)------|-(17)-----12b14-(14)------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|
PM|
| q e e q
Q +H
E E E a +E
|-------------7-------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------7---------^0--|--(0)---------------------------------|
|-------------7---------^4--|--(4)---------------------------------|
|-----------------------^0--|--(0)---------------------------------|
|-----------------------^5--|--(5)---------------------------------|
|---------0-----0---0-------|------------------7--6--5-3b4-(4)p====|
a +q H.
+H.
Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12b14-(14)--12-----------------|-(12)--------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q e E a
+q Q +Q Q E E E E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------9----9b10-(10)-7--|--(7)--------------------|
|--------------9----9b11-(11)-7--|--(7)--------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------0--------------|-------/16\--7-6-5-3b3.5-|
\1
a +H +H
H Q a +Q
Q Q +H
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-12b14==(14)r=====(12)------|-10----10---10b12-(12)---------|-10s=9--------(9)-------|
|-12b13==(13)r=====(12)------|-11----11---11b13-(13)---------|-11s=9--------(9)-------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| q e e q
Q H E E
E a +E Q
e E a +q Q
|--------------7-------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------7---------^0--|--0----------------------------|-----9---9b10-(10)-7----|
|--------------7---------^4--|--4----------------------------|-----9---9b11-(11)-7----|
|------------------------^0--|--0----------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------^5--|--5----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------0-----0---0-------|--------7-6---------5--3b4-(4)p|==0----0----------------|
Outro - Solo:
+H.
Q a +H
+H +Q Q a +H
|------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(9)--------------------||-14b15==(15)------(15)------|-(15)r-----14b17-(17)-------------|
|-(9)--------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
PM|
| Q
Q E E E E
q e e q Q +H
E E E a +E
|------------------------||--------------7-------------|----------------------------------|
|--7---------------------||--------------7---------^0--|--(0)-----------------------------|
|--7---------------------||--------------7---------^4--|--(4)-----------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------^0--|--(0)-----------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------^5--|--(5)-----------------------------|
|------/16\--7-6-5-3b3.5-||----------0-----0---0-------|-------------------7--6-5-3b4-(4)p|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a +Q H.
+H.
+q
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12b14-(14)--12-----------|-(12)-----------------(12)\--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|
PM|
~~~~~~~~~
| q e e q Q +Q a +E
E Q Q
|--------------7-----------|-----------------------------|
|--------------7-------^0--|--(0)----------(0)-----------|
|--------------7-------^4--|--(4)------------------------|
|----------------------^0--|--(0)------------------------|
|----------------------^5--|--(5)--7b9-(9)-----5----7----|
|---------0-------0-0------|-----------------------------|
\1________
a +H +H
H
Q a +Q
q Q +H
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-14b15==(15)r=====(14)------|-12-----10---10b12-(12)---------|-10--9---(9)-------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|
|
PM|
PM|
| q e e q
Q +H E E
E a +E q
e e q Q
|--------------7-------------|--------------------------------|-----7-------------|
|--------------7---------^0--|-(0)----------------------------|-----7---------^0--|
|--------------7---------^4--|-(4)----------------------------|-----7---------^4--|
|------------------------^0--|-(0)----------------------------|---------------^0--|
|------------------------^5--|-(5)----------------------------|---------------^5--|
|----------0-----0---0-------|---------7-6---------5--3b4-(4)p|==0----0--0--------|
/ |
+H
+S +S E Q a a
a
+H +H
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(9)--------------(9)-(9)------|-----14b15==(15)------(15)-------|
|-------------------------------|---x-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-x-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~
PM|
| +Q a
+E E Q Q
q e e q Q
|-------------------------------|------------------7--------------|
|-(0)----------(0)--------------|------------------7---------^0---|
|-(4)---------------------------|------------------7---------^4---|
|-(0)---------------------------|----------------------------^0---|
|-(5)--7b9-(9)------5--------7--|----------------------------^5---|
|-------------------------------|--------------0-----0---0--------|
+Q
Q a +H
a +Q H.
+H.
Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(14)-----14b17-(17)-------------|-12b14-(14)--12-----------------|-(12)--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +H
E E E a +E
Q e E a +q
Q +Q Q E E E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(0)----------------------------|--------------9----9b10-(10)-7--|--(7)--------------------|
|--(4)----------------------------|--------------9----9b11-(11)-7--|--(7)--------------------|
|--(0)----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(5)----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------7--6-5-3b4-(4)-|---------0-------0--------------|-------/16\--7-6-5-3b3.5-|
a +H +H
Q. +E Q a +Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|-14b15==(15)r=====(14)------|-12----(12)\-10---10b12-(12)---------*|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|
|
PM|
| q e e q
Q +H E
E E a E
|--------------7-------------|-------------------------------------*|
|--------------7---------^0--|-(0)---------------------------------*|
|--------------7---------^4--|-(4)---------------------------------*|
|------------------------^0--|-(0)---------------------------------*|
|------------------------^5--|-(5)---------------------------------*|
|----------0-----0---0-------|--------------7-6---------5--3b4-3---*|