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
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——7-7-7-75——-|
|—7-7-7-7-7/9—7-7-7-7-75——-|
|-5—5-5-5-5/7—5—5-5-5-53——-|
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~~~