Feelin’ by Van Halen Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Feelin’ guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Feelin’ by Van Halen using guitar or guitar.
This song by Van Halen can also be played by that instruments.
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Feelin’ guitar chords has rhythm and included in Balance (1995) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Feelin’ by Van Halen Guitar Chords


Van Halen (Balance)

Transcribed by: Mike Heasley (mheasley@hmc.edu)

I grabbed the tab for this off of ftp.nevada.edu and thought it was
close but not quite right. So here’s my rendition. I basically
just edited the version that was transcribed by Bob Brockman
(brockman@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu). Corrections, comments,
suggestions, flames, etc. welcome.

Part 1:

e|————————————————-0-2–|
B|———————————————–3——|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———-|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————-|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————|

Part 2:

e|————————-|
B|——–2———3-2—-|
G|——4——-2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2—2——–|
A|–2——-0————–|
E|————————-|

Part 3: (similar to Part 1):

e|————————————————-2-0-0–|
B|———————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————0–|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Part 4: Same as Part 1

outta touch most the time
gotta lotta things on my mind
kickin’ down, where to start

Part 5:

it’s the hardest thing oh….

e|——————–0————–|
B|——–2——-2—0———–3–|
G|——4——-4———–2—2—-|
D|—-4——-2———–2—0——|
A|–2——-0———–0————|
E|——————0—————-|

Part 6: Same as Part 3

grow it long, shave it off
life is hard, never soft
i need a change, i need it quick
before it makes me sick

Part 7:

that’s what’s on my mind

e|—————————————————7————-12–|
B|——–7—–7-8——-7—7-5————7—7-8—8–12-10-10-10–|
G|——9—–9———7———7——–9—9———-12-11-11—–|
D|—-9—–9———7—–7——-7—-9—————-0————|
A|–7—————5——————7——————————-|
E|———————————————————————|

Repeat parts 4 through 6:

pay attention, watch your back
pay your dues, stay on track
got no room to second-guess
puts me under stress oh….

if i were you, you were me
i wonder who i’d wanna be
with just one wish you can’t refuse
i wouldn’t know what to choose

Part 8:
(not exactly sure about this chord)

e|——————————————————————–|
B|—3/7–5–8–7/10–8–12–12/14-14—15—————————-|
G|————————————–0—————————–|
D|————————————–0—————————–|
A|—2/5–3–7–5/8—7–10–10/12-12—12—————————-|
E|——————————————————————–|

Chorus: I just play these as bar chords, though I’m sure Eddie does
something fancier

feelin’...no, i don’t like what [D/F#]i’ve been told i’m feelin'
feelin' what no one else will [D/F#]ever know i’m feelin' oh….

Variation on Part 4:

now black is white and white is black
got politicians smokin’ crack
and john paul’s all bullet-proofed

e|——————————————————-0-2–|
B|—————————————————–3——|
G|——4———4———4———4———-4—2——–|
D|—-4———2———0———0———-0—0———-|
A|–2—–2-2-0—–0-0———————-2—————-|
E|———————-3—–3-3-2—–2~-0——————|

Repeat Part 5:

it puts me through the roof yea….

Variation on Part 6:

i were you and you were me
i wonder who i’d rather be
if i had one wish i’d take it

e|——————————————————-2-0-0–|
B|—————————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4———4———4———4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4———2———0———0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-2-0—–0-0———————-2—————0–|
E|———————-3—–3-3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Chorus:

feelin’...oh, i don’t like what i[D/F#]’ve been told i’m feelin'
and i’m seein' what no one else will [D/F#]ever know i’m seein'
come on feelin', hey, i don’t under[D/F#]stand these things i’m feelin', no

Part 9: Lead-in to solo

e|————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————–|
D|———–5/7—————————-5—-7—–7/5——|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5–5-5-5-5/3-3-3–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0———————|
e|————————————————–|
B|————————————————–|
G|————————————————–|
D|———–5/7—————————-5——-|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5—–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0——5–|

Pick scrape/whammy bar/something like that on the last note

Solo here… ( Em – D )

Variation on Part 9:

e|————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————–|
D|———–5/7—————————-5—-7—–7/5——|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5–5-5-5-5/3-3-3–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0———————|
e|———————————————————-|
B|———————————————————-|
G|———————————————————-|
D|———–5/7—————————-5—-7—–7/5–|
A|—5/7—–0—0-0-0-0-0—–5–5/7———5–5-5-5-5/3–|
E|—0—0-0—————5/7—-0—0-0-0—————–|

Variation on Part 3:

e|————————————————-0-2-0–|
B|———————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————0–|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Repeat Part 3 as written:

outta touch most all the time
too many things on my mind
shuttin’ down, gotta stop this thing

Chorus:

feelin’...oh, i don’t like what [D/F#]i’ve been told i’m feelin'
i’m bleedin’...like no one else will [D/F#]ever know i’m bleeding
dealin'…i’m dealin’ with these things i’m feelin’
i’m dreamin’, im dreamin’, i’m dreamin’ things that show me what i’m seein
seein'…i’m seein’ things that i don’t know i’m feelin’
i’ve been feelin’, i’m feelin’, i’m feelin’ things that i don’t know
i don’t know, i don’t know what i’m seein’

(Repeat: Bm – C#dim – D – Em – F#)

hey, i don’t understand

Variation on Part 3:

e|————————————————-2-3-0–|
B|———————————————–3—–0–|
G|——4——-4——-4——-4———-4—2——-2–|
D|—-4——-2——-0——-0———-0—0———2–|
A|–2—–2-0—–0——————–2—————0–|
E|——————3—–3-2—–2~-0——————–|

^

Part 10 (the end):

e|—————–9–|
B|————–5–7–|
G|————7—-7–|
D|——-7-11——9–|
A|—4/7———–9–|
E|—————–7–|

(From Bob Brockman’s transcription):
Just in case, the more esoteric chords used herein are:

[Bm/A] [Bm/G]

e|–x—–x—–x—–0—–x—–
B|–3—–3—–3—–0—–5—–
G|–4—–4—–4—–2—–6—–
D|–4—–4—–4—–2—–5—–
A|–2—–0—–x—–0—–4—–
E|–x—–x—–3—–x—–x—–

If you want to learn Van Halen Feelin’ guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Feelin’. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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