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Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

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Guitar Tab for Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

Performed by: Van Halen. Composed by: Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen, Michael Anthony.
This song is published by ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC., WB MUSIC CORP. OBO VAN HALEN MUSIC, CHRYSALIS STANDARDS INC OBO DIAMOND DAVE MUSIC and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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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------------
   |<--- palm muted ---->|
 
 
 
  (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 ------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        |<-- very fast -->|
 
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-------<5>------<12>--------X--X---<5>---------<7>-----<12>----
G --X--X-----<5>----<7>-------------X--X-----<5>--------------------0--
D --X--X---<5>----------------------X--X-------<5>--<7>----------------
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-------<5>--<5>-------------X--X-------<5>--
G --X--X-----<5>--------<5>---------X--X-----<5>----
D --X--X---<5>----------------------X--X---<5>------
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)----
 
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