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Dirty Diana Guitar Tablature
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Author/Artist: Michael Jackson
Title: Dirty Diana
Album: Bad
Transcribed by: Giz
Email: [email protected]

Note: Lead parts are very much in the style of Eddie Van Halen so try to use  
      some of his style in order for it to sound good.

Intro/Verse
  C    A#    Bb    C
-----|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------
-----|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------
--5--|-------3-----5--|---7---------------------------------------------------
--5--|-6-----3-----5--|---7---------------------------------------------------
--3--|-6-----1-----3--|---5---------------------------------------------------
-----|-4--------------|-------------------------------------------------------
                   x12                                                           

Intro/Verse Riff
-|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
-|--3-------x-x-3-x/-5---------3-x-5--------x-x-3-x/5--|-----------------------
-|--3-------x-x-3-x/-5---------3-x-5--------x-x-3-x/5--|-----------------------
-|----5-3-5---------------3/5----5----3-5-3------------|-----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
                                                                              
Chorus
---|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
---|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
---|------------------3v------------|-------------3b-3b-----------------------
---|-------3---3----------5--|-----3---3---------5------3---3----
---|----/5---5---5------------------|--/5---5---5-----------------/5---5---5--
---|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
                                 x2                                           

--------------------------|------------|--------------------------------------
--------18b-18b-18b------|------------|--------------------------------------
-3b-----------------------|---3-----5--|--------------------------------------
--------------------------|---3-----5--|--------------------------------------
--------------------------|---1-----3--|--------------------------------------
--------------------------|------------|--------------------------------------
                           link between 2nd and 3rd chorus                    

Mini Solo/Break
--------------------------------------|----------------|--17br--15-17-15------
----------3---------------------------|----------------|-----------------18---
----------3-----------3p0-5p0-3p0-5p0-|--------3x3x3x3-|----------------------
----------x---------------------------|--------3x3x3x3-|----------------------
--------------------------------------|----------------|----------------------
--3x3x3x3-----3x3x3x3-----------------|-3x3x3x3--------|----------------------
  p.m                                 random trem dives through out           

----------------------------------------------18br---|-18p15----|-20b--
-15---------------------------------------------------------|-------18-|------
----17br-p15---17br-p15--17br-p15--17br-p15-----------------|----------|------
------------17---------17--------17--------17---------------|----------|------
------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------
------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------
    shake trem bar.........................                                   

Pre Verse after Mini solo/Break
(Orchestra arr. for guitar)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------8--7--5--3--5--------------------------
--1--3--5-----------------1--3--5---------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              
Outro Solo
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------15vv----------
----------------------------------------------------------------15vvv---------
--/5--5-5--/7--7-/8-8-8--/10-10-10-/12-12-12/15---15-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------13-------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 trem scoops                                           trem dive  shake trem  

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-18br-15----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------17-15----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------17-15----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------17-15-----------------------------------------13---------
---------------------------18-15-15-15-15----------18-15-13-15-17----15v-----
                                        trem dive                             

-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-|-----x-x-15-15-------------15-15----|---------------------------------------
-|-----x-x-------17----------------17-|---------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-|-15x15x15---------15x15x15----------|---------------------------------------
                                repeat and fade
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