Chords for Van Halen ERUPTION Performed By PRO Bassist

[G] _ _ _ _ [Db] Bloody hell, when did you get here?
Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well.
I want to keep this video pretty positive, more of a celebration of Eddie's music than a mourning.
I'm gonna say more at the end, but I will just say quickly now that
Eddie inspired probably millions of people around the world to pick up the guitar.
[Bbm] I wish he'd lived longer and I'm very sad that he's gone,
but I'm also very grateful for all the music that he gave us.
I thought the best way to say thank you would be to play some of his music on bass.
So I asked you if [Ab] you wanted to hear some Van [D] Halen guitar solos played on bass,
and you all tapped like and left some [Abm] comments.
So let's see what the most popular song request was.
_ _ [C] _ _ Eruption.
_ _ Ugh, why do you guys do this to me?
Ah, okay, let's take a look at what I'm gonna need to play.
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[D] _ _ _ [A] think _ [E] _ _
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you guys might have really stumped me on this one.
[G] I think the only way I'm gonna be able to manage this is if you guys
tap like on this video right now. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Okay, as [Dm] always you have tapped like, which means I'm gonna play Eruption on solo bass.
I don't have a whammy bar, so the first thing I'm gonna have to [Gm] do is
_ [E] detune these bad [Dm] boys down to the max.
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Now all I've got to do is just practice a million hours over the next two days,
and then I'll be able to play Eruption.
So see you in a million hours.
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_ _ No, no, no, _ [C] no, no, no, _ [Eb] no, no, _
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_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] no.
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] The reason Eddie Van [D] Halen has gone down in history [A] as one of the all-time great guitar
players [D] is that he played [A] with so much feeling and energy.
He [D] had mastered and then [A] transcended his instrument, which meant that he wasn't [D] thinking about
[A] scales and techniques while he played.
He had reached a high enough level of [E] mastery that he could just express himself freely,
and that's [Gbm] what allowed him to connect with and [G] move so many people.
[A] When you watch and listen to an amazing [D] musician like Eddie, [A] you feel like they're communicating
with you [D] in a way that words [E] can't really manage.
And in the end, I think that's what we're all looking for [Db] in music.
[Gbm] We're looking for a [D]
connection that [G] can't be achieved through [A] words.
I want to say thank you again [D] to Eddie Van Halen for [A] his amazing music and [G] inspiration.
Thank you guys [A] so much for watching this.
[Gb] Go and listen to some Van Halen right now, and I'll see you in the next [F] video. _ _
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