Jump

Words & Music:

David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen,

Alex Van Halen & Michael Anthony (1984)

 

There is an arrangement for this for solo guitar by Eric Roche in the March 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar.  His tuning is open D (D A D G A D) and was written on a long-ago dare by an unruly audience member at one of his classical guitar recitals.  It is really good and worth learning to give you a great new set of chops in playing this piece.

 

G   C   F   F   G   G   C   F   F   Csus4/A   Gsus4  [2x]

F   F   F   F   C   F   F   F   Csus4/A   Gsus4

 

Basic guitar riff tab for verses & chorus [tabber unknown]:

E---------------------------------------------------|

B--15--17--13--13--15--15--17--13--13--8--8--7------|

G--16--17--14--14--16--16--17--14--14--7--7--8------|

D--17--17--15--15--17--17--17--15--15--9--9--9------|

A---------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------------|

 

I get up, and nothing gets me down.

You got it tough. I've seen the toughest around.

And I know, baby, just how you feel.

You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real

 

             Am              G

Oh can't you see me standing here,

            A            G            F  C  Dm

I've got my back against the record machine.

Dm                            F  C  Dm

I ain't the worst that you've seen.

Dm                       F     C  G

Oh, can't you see what I mean?

 

CHORUS:

Might as well jump.  Jump!  Might as well jump.

Go ahead, jump.  Jump!  Go ahead, jump.

 

Aaa-ohh!  Hey you!  Who said that?  Baby, how you been?

You say, you don't know, you won't know until we begin.

 

CHORUS:

 

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO OVER:  Gb  Ab  Db  [4x]  |  C  F  G  Bb  A  Ab  G  C

 

CHORUS:

 

[repeat riff & out]