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~~~