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From Steven Cron
Van Halen - Ain't talkin' 'bout love
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12 Feb 2002
- transcribed by Steven Cron

slide
hammer/pull
quickly hit the whammy bar
bend
noise
vibrato
natural harmonic

Intro:
E
B
G
D
A
E

----------0-1-----3---------------------1-------1(1)--3-------------- Repeat 4 times. On the second time

--------2-------2------------------ through, play note in parentheses ()
----2-------------------------------0---------------------3~----2-3-----------------------3-----------|<--- palm muted ---->|

E
B
G
D
A
E

(with ~310ms slap-back delay)

-------------------------------------------------------w---w---w----1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0-----1-1/3-3/5-5^8---2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------------------------------

E
B
G
D
A
E

----------------------------------0-------------------------------1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0------------w-w----2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0-----8(b)9--9-9\---2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0-------------------0-0-0-0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0-----------------------------------0---------0------------------------------------------

Verse:
E
B
G
D
A
E

----------1---3-------------------------1-------3---------------------------2-----0-----------------------2-------------------------------0---------------------3~----2-3-----------------------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
G
D
A
E

--------------------------------------------------------------------1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0---------------------2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0---------------3~----2-3-------------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
B
G
D
A
E

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

Solo:
let open E ring
E
B
G
D
A
E

-------0----0----------------------0---------------------------0-------10---10--10-12~-------------10---12-12-12-13-13-13-12\-8----9-12------------------------9-12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|<-- very fast -->|

E
B
G
D
A
E

-------0----0--------0-------------------------------------------------10---12--13---15---13--15/17--17/20---17^20^17--17^20^17----9-12---------------------------------------------------------20-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E ---------------------------------------------------B --17^20^17--17^20^17--17---------------------------G ----------20--------20--19(b)21-19--0(whammy dive)--

D ---------------------------------------------------A ---------------------------------------------------E ---------------------------------------------------(chorus)

Bridge:
E
B
G
D
A
E

(clean sound)
-----------1---3--------------------------1------1---3--------------------------2----------0--------------------2---------------------------------0------------------------3~----2-3-------------------------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
G
D
A
E

----------------------------------------------------------------------X--X-------<5>------<12>--------X--X---<5>---------<7>-----<12>-----X--X-----<5>----<7>-------------X--X-----<5>--------------------0---X--X---<5>----------------------X--X-------<5>--<7>-----------------X--X----------------------------X--X--------------------------------X--X----------------------------X--X------------------------------bleed for it baby. gotta gotta bleed baby.

E
B
G
D
A
E

mmm you gotta gotta

---------------------------------------------------X--X-------<5>--<5>-------------X--X-------<5>---X--X-----<5>--------<5>---------X--X-----<5>-----X--X---<5>----------------------X--X---<5>-------X--X----------------------------X--X-------------X--X----------------------------X--X-----------bleed baby hey gotta gotta bleed baby

E
B
G
D
A
E

-------------------------------------------------------w---w---w----1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0-----1-1/3-3/5-5^8---2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------------------------------

Ain't talkin' 'bout love.

E
B
G
D
A
E

My love is rotten to the core.

----------------------------------0---------------------------------1-----1-----0-------------------1-----------0---------------------2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------2-2-2-2-----0-------------------2-0-2-------0---------------------0-0-0-0---------------3~----2-3-0---------------------3~----2-3-------------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
B
G
D
A
E

--17-17-17-17-17-17-17\--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Don't make me talk about love.

Ain't gonna talk about love.
(solo)
E
B
G
D
A
E

--------------------------------------------------------------------1-----1-----0-------------------1-----1-----0---------------------2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------0-----0---------------3~----2-3-0-----0---------------3~----2-3-------------0---------0-------------------------------0-----------Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

E
B
G
D
A
E

--------------------------------------------------------------------1-----1-----0----w---w----w-----1-----1-----0---------------------2-----2-----0----5--/8--/10\----2-----2-----0---------------------2-----2-----0-------------------2-----2-----0---------------------0-----0-------------------------0-----0---------------3~----2-3-------------0-----------------------------------------0-----------Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

E
B
G
D
A
E

Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

E
B
G
D
A
E

---------------------------------1-----1-----0------------------2-----2-----0------5---5---5-- (4 times)
--2-----2-----0------5---5---5---0-----0------------3---3---3-------------0------------------Hey ! Hey ! Hey!
-------------------------------------------0-------------------------------------------5----------------1---------------1------------------------1-------8--2---4---5----------------2---4-----------2---4---5----------------2---4---7--2---4---5----------------2---4/----------2---4---5----------------2---4---9--0---2---3-----------3-2--0---2-----------0---2---3-----------3-2--0---2---7------------/12\--0^3-------------0(dive)------------/12\--0^3----------------

E
B
G
D
A
E

----------7\----------7\----------7\----------6\----------7\--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)