VAN HALEN - "Aint Talkin Bout Love" Tablature
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PROPS GO TO: Casey
OK...I like the tabs that they already have for this song...but i know an easier way to play the song and it sounds even better. I tried to send this once...maybe it'll go through this time.
Artist: Van Halen
Song: "Aint Talkin Bout Love"
Album: Van Halen I, Best of Van Halen Volume 1
Key:
~~ = Vibrato
b = Bend
h = Hammer on (Example: 3h4 is hit the 3 fret and hammer on to the 4 fret)
p = Pull off (Example 4p3 is hit the 4 fret and pull off to the 3 fret)
H = Pinch Harmonic
$ = Slap your palm on all the strings to mute the volume quickly and relase your palm from the strings right after.
r = Let these strings ring.
/ \ = slide up or down
B = bend this string and hold itthere to hit it a few more times
### = pick slide on the selceted strings
Ok...first off, you're gonna need a distortion pedal, and amp, and an electric guitar (obviously...lol). You can chose how you want the distortion to sound , but i prefere a full, rich tone--almost a heavy metal feel. But you could go with a fatter sound, whatever you prefer. Tuning: Standard.
INTRO:
Distortion, palm-muted.
REPEAT 4 times
|---------0--------3-----------------|
|-----1-----1--------3---------------|
|-------2-----2-0------[0]-----------|
|---2--------------------------------|
|-0------------------------3H~~-2-3--|
|----------------------[3]-----------|
^
|
You can either hit the 3 fret on the E string or the other one (its optional, chose whichever you like best...)
Then....
CHORUS TYPE THINGY:
Distortion.
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-7-7-$-7-7-$-5r--------------|
|-7-7-$-5-5-$-3r----3H~~-2-3--|
|-5-5-$-5-5-$-3r--0-----------|
|-----$-----$-------------------|
|-----$-----$------1-1-1/3-3/5--|
|-----$-----$-------------------|
|-7-7-$-7-7-$-5r----------------|
|-7-7-$-5-5-$-3r----------------|
|-5-5-$-5-5-$-3r----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-7-7-$-7-7-$-5r--------------|
|-7-7-$-5-5-$-3r----3H~~-2-3--|
|-5-5-$-5-5-$-3r--0-----------|
|-----$-----$-------------------------------|
|-----$-----$--------20B-20B-20B-20b-20-----|
|-----$-----$-------------------------------|
|-7-7-$-7-7-$-5r----------------------------|
|-7-7-$-5-5-$-3r----------------------------|
|-5-5-$-5-5-$-3r----------------------------|
When you bend the string on the 20th fret, stay there and slowly come down off the bend after the second time you pluck it.
VERSE:
Distortion, Palm mute.
REPEAT 3 times.
|---------0----3r------------|
|-----1-----1--3r------------|
|-------2------0r------------|
|---2------------------------|
|-0----------------3H~~-2-3--|
|----------------------------|
|---------0----3r---------------|
|-----1-----1--3r---------------|
|-------2------0r---------------|
|---2---------------------------|
|-0---------------------###-----|
|-----------------------###-----|
CHORUS:
Distortion
REPEAT 4 times.
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-7-7-$-7-7-$-5r--------------|
|-7-7-$-5-5-$-3r----3H~~-2-3--|
|-5-5-$-5-5-$-3r--0-----------|
VERSE:
(See above section for verse)
CHORUS:
Distortion
REPEAT 3 times.
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-7-7-$-7-7-$-5r--------------|
|-7-7-$-5-5-$-3r----3H~~-2-3--|
|-5-5-$-5-5-$-3r--0-----------|
|-----$-----$-------19Br------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-----$-----$-----------------|
|-7-7-$-7-7-$-5r--------------|
|-7-7-$-5-5-$-3r--------------|
|-5-5-$-5-5-$-3r--------------|
SOLO:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------10-10-10-10h12~~-------10-12-12-12-12-12-12-13-13-12/8-5--|
|-9-12-------------------9-12------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------10-12-13/15-13-15-13-17h20-17-17h20-17-17h20-17---------------------|
|-9-12--------------------------------------------------20-17h20-17~~------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------###--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------###--|
REPEAT CHORUS THINGY (found at the begining)
Now this part....
Clean.
REPEAT 4 times
|--------1---3---------------------|
|----1-----1---3-------------------|
|------2---------0r----------------|
|--2-------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------3~~-2-3--|
|-----------------------0----------|
Now comes this part where he uses natural harmonics and stuff....but since im really lazy im just gonna put an alternative to that:
REPEAT TWICE
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-7-7--7x-7x-7x-5-5x-5x-5x--|
|-7-7--5x-5x-5x-3-3x-3x-3x--|
|-5-5--5x-5x-5x-3-3x-3x-3x--|
I only made it seem like you hit the power chords plam muted 3 times, but actually you do it alot more, like 13 times or so....i lowered it for simplicity's sake. Listen to the song: You'll know when to change from 7|5|5 power chord to 5|3|3 power chord.
CHORUS again (the same one you do at the very begining)
SOLO again
CHORUS again (the normal one this time) Repeat twice.
then this part:
REPEAT TWICE
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----7-7-7-7/9-----7-7-7-7\5-------|
|--7-7-7-7-7/9---7-7-7-7-7\5-------|
|-5--5-5-5-5/7--5--5-5-5-5\3-------|
Thats practically it. I usually add alot of other licks and change the solo up on my own, but this is basic. Well, i hope you have fun. this one should be easier than the rest. Enjoy!
~~~CASEY~~~
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