Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love Van Halen
From Steven Cron 12 Feb 2002
Van Halen - Ain't talkin' 'bout love - transcribed by Steven Cron
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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)----
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Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
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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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