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Van Halen – Mean Street – Bass, Drums, Vocals Only

Van Halen – Mean Street – Bass, Drums, Vocals Only – No Guitar. Use as a backing track for guitar. Published as a resource to help learn the bass, drums and vocals for “Mean Street”.

Mean Street - Van Halen - Bass Drums Vocals - No Guitar

Album Title: Fair Warning
Release Date: April 29, 1981

~Album Tracks:

Side One

  1. Mean Street
  2. Dirty Movies
  3. Sinner’s Swing!
  4. Hear About It Later

Side Two

  1. Unchained
  2. Push Comes to Shove
  3. So This Is Love?
  4. Sunday Afternoon in the Park
  5. One Foot Out the Door

~ Van Halen:

  • Michael Anthony – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lee Roth – lead vocals
  • Eddie Van Halen – guitar, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Alex Van Halen – drums

~ Mean Street Lyrics:

At night I walk this stinkin’ street past the crazies on my block
And I see the same old faces and I hear that same old talk
And I’m searching for the latest thing, a break in this routine
I’m talkin’ some new kicks, ones like you ain’t never seen
This is home, this is Mean Street
(This is) Yes-ah home, the only one I know

An’ we don’t worry ’bout tomorrow ’cause we’re sick of these four walls
Now what you think is nothin’ might be somethin’ after all
Now you know this ain’t no through street, the end is dead ahead
The poor folks play for keeps down here, they’re the living dead

Come on down, (Huh! Ow!) down (This is) to Mean Street
They’re dancin’ now, look! Out on Mean Street
Dance baby!

It’s always here and now my friend, it ain’t once upon a time
It’s all over but the shouting, I come to take what’s mine
We’re searchin’ for the latest thing, a break in this routine
Talkin’ some new kicks, ones like you ain’t never seen

This is home, (Ooh) this is Mean Street
(This is) Yes-ah home, only one I know

See, a gun is real easy
(This is Mean Street) in this desperate part of town
(This is home) Turns you from hunted into hunter (Yeah)
(This is Mean Street) You go an’ hunt somebody down
Wait a minute, ah (This is home) Somebody said “Fair warning”, Lord
(This is Mean Street) Lord, strike that poor boy down!

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