Right Now (Play Along)

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

Right Now / Van Halen

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of Dm) so you can Play Along With Van Halen!



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Right Now


Don't wanna wait til tomorrow
 -7   -7 -7  -7   7  -6 7 6

Should I put it off another day?
  6   -6 -6  -6 -6  -6 7 -6  -7

One more walk through problems
 8   8    8    7  -6   7  6

Built up, and stand in our way
 -6   -6  -6   -6   7  -6  -7

One step ahead, one step behind
 8   8   -6 -6   8   8   -6  -6

Now you gotta run to get even
-6  -6  -6 -6  7  5  -5 -5 -5

Make future plans, don't dream about yesterday
 8    8 -6   -6      8     8  -7  8  -9 8 8 -7

C'mon turn, turn this thing around
 6 -6  -6    7    -6    7   -6  -7


Right now, oh, it's your tomorrow
  8    8   8    8    -6  -6 -6  7

Right now, c'mon, it's everything, yeah
  8    8    8 8   -6   7  -6  -6    -5

Right now, catch a magic moment
  8    8     8   8 8 -6  -6  -6

Just do it right here and now
 8   8  8    8    -6  -6  -6

It means everything
-7* -7*  -7* -7  -6


Miss the beat, you lose the rhythm
 -7  -7   -7   -7   7   -6   7  6

And nothing falls into place, no
 6  -6  -6   -6   7 -6  -7    8

Only missed by a fraction
 8 8   8    7 -6  7  6

Slipped a little off your pace
  -6   -6 -6 -6   7   -6   -7

Oh, the more things you get, the more you want
 8  -6   -6    -6   -6  -6   -6   7   -6   -7

Just trade in one for the other
 -6   -6   -6  7   5  -5  -5 -5

Workin so hard, to make it easy
 8  8  8   8    8   8   -7 -9 9

Whoa, got to turn, c'mon, turn this thing around
 -9    8  -7 8 -7   7 -7   7    -6    7   -6 -7


Right now, hey, it's your tomorrow
  8    8    8    8    8   -6 -6  7

Right now, c'mon, it's everything, yeah
  8    8    8  8   -6   7 -6  -6    -5

Right now, catch a magic moment
  8    8     8   8  8 -6  -6 -6

Just do it right here and now
 8   8  8    8    -6  -6  -6

It means everything
-7* -7*  -7* -7 -6 -5

It's enlightened me, right now
 -7  -7  -7* -7  -6   -5   -5

What are you waitin for, oh, yeah
 8    8   8   8 -6  -6   -7  -9 9

Today, today, today, today, today
 8 8  -7* -7* -7 -7   7 7   -6 -6

Turn this thing around
 -7*  -7   -7*  8  -7


[Scorching Guitar Solo]


Right now, hey, it's your tomorrow
  8    8    8    8    8   -6 -6  7

Right now, c'mon, it's everything, yeah
  8    8    8  8   8   -9  8  8     -7

Right now, catch a magic moment
  8    8     8   8  8 -6  -6 -6

Just do it right right now, oh
 8   8  8    8    -6   -6   9 -9 9

Right now, it's what's happening
  8    8   -6    -6    -7 -6 -6

Right here and now, right now
  8   -6   -6  -6     7   -6

Tonight babe, oh
 -6 -7*  -7  8 -9

Tonight, what are you waitin for
 -6  -6   -7* -7* -7* -7* -7* -7

Come on turn this thing around
  5  -5  -5   -5   -5   -5  -5

Yesterday, tomorrow
-6 -6  7   -6 7 8 -7

Oh, yesterday, yesterday, still young
-7  -7  7 -7   -7  7 -7    -5    -5

What are we waiting for
 8    8  8   8  -6  -6

We gotta turn this thing around
 5 -5 -5  -5   -5   -5   -5 -5

Turn this thing around
 6    6     6   -6  6

Turn this thing around
 -6   -6   -6   -6  -6

You gotta turn this thing around
 -6  7 -6  7    -6   -6   6 -5 5

Right now
  9   -9


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