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Van Halen - Aint Talking About Love guitar tab

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From Gary Chapman Jul 22 '94 at 1:58 am 600

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Subject: TAB: Van Halen - Ain't talkin' 'bout love (upgrade)

To: guitar@nevada.edu

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 01:58:02 +1000 (EST)

Van Halen - Ain't talkin' 'bout love - transcribed by Gary Chapman

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/ = slide

^ = hammer/pull

w = quickly hit the whammy bar

b = bend

X = noise

~ = vibrato

< >= natural harmonic

Intro:

E ----------0-1-----3----------------

B ------1-------1(1)--3-------------- Repeat 4 times. On the second time

G --------2-------2------------------ through, play note in parentheses ()

D ----2------------------------------

A --0---------------------3~----2-3--

E ----------------------3------------

||

(with ~310ms slap-back delay)

E -------------------------------------------------------w---w---w---

B --1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0-----1-1/3-3/5-5^8--

G --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

D --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

A --0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0--------------------------

E ----------------------0--------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------0------------------------------

B --1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0------------w-w---

G --2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0-----8(b)9--9-9\--

D --2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0------------------

A --0-0-0-0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0------------------------

E ------------0---------0------------------------------------------

Verse:

E ----------1---3--------------------

B ------1-------3--------------------

G --------2-----0--------------------

D ----2------------------------------

A --0---------------------3~----2-3--

E ----------------------3------------

I heard the news baby, all about your disease.

Yeah you may have all you

want, baby. But I got something you need.

(pick slide)

Oh yeah !

Chorus:

E -------------------------------------------------------------------

B --1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0--------------------

G --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

D --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

A --0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0---------------3~----2-3--

E ------------0---------0-------------------------------0------------

Ain't talkin' 'bout love. My love is rotten to the core.

Ain't talkin' 'bout love. Just like I told you before.

Verse 2:

You know you're semi-good lookin'. And on the streets again.

You think you're really cooki'n baby. You better find yourself a friend

(pick slide)

my friend.

(chorus, incl. following lick)

E ----------w-w----w-w---

B --7(b)8---8-8-(b)9-10--

G -----------------------

D -----------------------

A -----------------------

E -----------------------

Solo:

let open E ring

E -------0----0----------------------0---------------------------0--

B ------10---10--10-12~-------------10---12-12-12-13-13-13-12\-8----

G -9-12------------------------9-12---------------------------------

D ------------------------------------------------------------------

A ------------------------------------------------------------------

E ------------------------------------------------------------------

||

E -------0----0--------0--------------------------------------------

B ------10---12--13---15---13--15/17--17/20---17^20^17--17^20^17----

G -9-12---------------------------------------------------------20--

D ------------------------------------------------------------------

A ------------------------------------------------------------------

E ------------------------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------

B --17^20^17--17^20^17--17----------------------------

G ----------20--------20--19(b)21-19--0(whammy dive)--

D ----------------------------------------------------

A ----------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------

(chorus)

Bridge:

(clean sound)

E -----------1---3---------------------

B ------1------1---3-------------------

G --------2----------0-----------------

D ----2--------------------------------

A --0------------------------3~----2-3-

E -------------------------3-----------

I've been to the edge. There I stood and looked

down. You know I lost a lot of

friends there baby. I got no time to mess

around. So if you want it, got to

E ---------------------------------------------------------------------

B --X--X---------------------X--X---------------------

G --X--X----------------------X--X-------------------------0--

D --X--X-------------------------X--X-------------------------

A --X--X----------------------------X--X-------------------------------

E --X--X----------------------------X--X-------------------------------

bleed for it baby. gotta gotta bleed baby. mmm you gotta gotta

E --------------------------------------------------

B --X--X----------------------X--X---------

G --X--X----------------------X--X---------

D --X--X-------------------------X--X---------

A --X--X----------------------------X--X------------

E --X--X----------------------------X--X------------

bleed baby hey gotta gotta bleed baby

E -------------------------------------------------------w---w---w---

B --1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0-----1-1/3-3/5-5^8--

G --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

D --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

A --0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0--------------------------

E ----------------------0--------------------------------------------

Ain't talkin' 'bout love. My love is rotten to the core.

E ----------------------------------0--------------------------------

B --1-----1-----0-------------------1-----------0--------------------

G --2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

D --2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-0-2-------0--------------------

A --0-0-0-0---------------3~----2-3-0---------------------3~----2-3--

E ------------0---------0-------------------0-0--------0-------------

Ain't talkin' 'bout love. Just like I told you before, before, before

Ain't talkin' 'bout love, don't wanna talk about love.

E --17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-

B ------------------------

G ------------------------

D ------------------------

A ------------------------

E ------------------------

Don't make me talk about love.

Ain't gonna talk about love.

(solo)

E -------------------------------------------------------------------

B --1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0--------------------

G --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

D --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

A --0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0---------------3~----2-3--

E ------------0---------0-------------------------------0------------

Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

E -------------------------------------------------------------------

B --1-----1-----0----w---w----w-----1-----1-----0--------------------

G --2-----2-----0----5--/8--/10\----2-----2-----0--------------------

D --2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0--------------------

A --0-----0-------------------------0-----0---------------3~----2-3--

E ------------0-----------------------------------------0------------

Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

E --------------------------------

B --1-----1-----0-----------------

G --2-----2-----0------5---5---5-- (4 times)

D --2-----2-----0------5---5---5--

A --0-----0------------3---3---3--

E ------------0-------------------

Hey ! Hey ! Hey!

E -------------------------------------------0----------------------------------

B ----------5----------------1---------------1------------------------1-------8-

G --2---4---5----------------2---4-----------2---4---5----------------2---4---7-

D --2---4---5----------------2---4/----------2---4---5----------------2---4---9-

A --0---2---3-----------3-2--0---2-----------0---2---3-----------3-2--0---2---7-

E ------------/12\--0^3-------------0(dive)------------/12\--0^3----------------

E ----------7\-

B ----------7\-

G ----------7\-

D ----------6\-

A ----------7\-

E --0(dive)----

---

Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)

-------------------------

scary@zikzak.apana.org.au

Ain't_Talkin'_'Bout_Love

by Van Halen (what I remember anyway)

Transcribed by Eric Larson (larsoe@rpi.edu)

The main riff goes something like this:

(Palm-Muted of course)

Am G

----------O-1-----3---------------|

------1-------1-----3------------.|

--------2-------O-----O-----------|

----2----------------------------.|

--O---------------------3^~~-2-3--| (the ^~~ means do afunkey bend/vibrato)

----------------------------------|

AH (Artificial Harmonic)

Then he does something like this after that and for the chorus:

----------------------------------------------------------

---------3------------------------3-----------------------

-2-X-2-X-O----------------2-X-2-X-O-------/5-5/7-7/9-9/12- ('/' = slide)

-2-X-2-X-O----------------2-X-2-X-O-----------------------

-O-X-O-X-X------3^~~-2-3--O-X-O-X-X-----------------------

---------3--3-3-------------------3--3-3------------------

F F P P AH F F P P (F = Finger Mute

P = Palm Mute)

The verses I believe are like the main riff only not muted, just let the notes

ring.

I don't even have a tape of the song anymore so I can't figure out the solo...

I forgot it, sorry. The solo is pretty simple though.... Well I'll write down

what I THINK it sort of sounds like.... perhaps someone would like to mail me

a tape?? (I'd be happy to figure out the rest of the songs if someone would :)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------10---10-10-12--------10---12-13-12--------------10---12-13-13/15--13-15-

-9-12-----------------9-12---------------12\9---9-12--------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------|

-15^~~~-| I'm sure this last part isn't right but it fits......

--------| Man, I gotta get this CD as soon as I get some cash,

--------| this is such a kickin' tune!!!

--------| As a matter-o-fact, this was the first song I ever learned!!!

--------|

The sound Eddie gets is the result of a good flange sound and I assume a

Marshall cranked up to eleven!

From: Bradley W Zimmerman

Subject: TAB: Ain't talkin' 'bout Love

"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (Van Halen)

intro:

Am F G

---------0-1-----3--------------

-----1-------1-----3------------

-------2-------0-----0----------

---2----------------------------

-0-------------------0-3b*-2-3--

--------------------------------

*pinch harmonic

Chorus: Am (x0221x)

G (3x000x)

verse

Am F G

---------1----3----------------

-----1-----1--3----------------

-------2------0----------------

---2---------------------------

-0----------------0-3--2-3-----

-------------------------------

I'll try to post the solo later.....

Check y'all

-Raphrat

From: caton@eniware.it (Stefano Picciolo)

Subject: TAB: Ain't talkin' 'bout love (Van Halen)

Date: 10 Dec 95 13:01:22 CET

Another version of this famous riff:

e---------------------------------------------------------------||

B---------------------------------------------------------------||

G--------------------10-----12(h)-------------------------------||

D-----10------14-15-----12-------12(h)--------------------------||

A---7------12---------------------------0--3-(a.h.)-2--3-(a.h.)-||

E-5-------------------------------------------------------------||

Stefano Picciolo

(caton@eniware.it)

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