/  = 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)-----|



---



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---------------129---9-12----------------------------|

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

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

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



--------|

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

--------|

--------|

--------|

--------|



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

Marshall cranked up to eleven!







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