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AIN'T TALKIN' 'BOUT LOVE

As recorded by Van Halen


(From the 1978 Album VAN HALEN)

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See notes for tuning information

P = 138
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guitar II used for pick noises

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21

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again with ring finger hold bend while sliding and dipping with bar quite a trick

3
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sl.

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D Guitar Solo

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vibrate w'bar
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To Coda

39

pick slides

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bar dive

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F 3rd Verse

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61

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65

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VV
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VV VV VV VV V V V V
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D.S. al Coda

Am

77

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B

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Gtr IP.M.

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9
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H Out-Chorus
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bar dive

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