Ain't talkin' 'bout love Chords
by Van Halen
Ain't talkin' 'bout love by Van Halen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords A, G, C and E7/9+. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Riff intro
e|------------0-1------3------------|
B|----------1-----1------3----------|
G|--------2---------2---------------|
D|-----2----------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------3---2-3-|
E|----------------------------3-----|
Riff Verse
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---3---2h3-0-|
E|-0---0-------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-5(AL)--5s7(AL)--7s9(AL)--9s12(AL)--|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-7b8--5--7b8--|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Solo
e|--0---0---0--0----0---0--0----0---0-----0---0--0--0-0-0-|
B|-5/8-8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12--5/8-8/10-10/12-13-12-8-5-5-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0---0---0--0--0----0---0----0---0---|
B|-5s8-8s10-10-12-13-13s15-13-15s17-17--|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|----12-15-12-|
B|-15----------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
End
e|-----------------------|
B|-1---------------------|
G|-1---------------------|
D|-1-------------2-------|
A|---2-3-----3-2-0-2-----|
E|-------0-3---------0a1-|
e|------------------------|
B|-1-----------------8(4)-|
G|-1-----------------7(3)-|
D|-1-------------2---6(1)-|
A|---2-3-----3-2-0-2-7(2)-|
E|-------0-3--------------|
Intro: A G (4x)
A
I heard the news baby
All about your disease
Yeah, you may have all you want baby
But I got somethin' you need. Oh, yeah!
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G
My love is rotten to the core
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G A G
Just like I told you before. Yeah, before
A
You know you're semi-good lookin'
And on the streets again
Ooh yeah, you think you're really cookin' baby
You better find yourself a friend, my friend
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G
My love is rotten to the core
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G A G
Just like I told you before. Yeah, before
Solo
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G
My love is rotten to the core
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G A G
Just like I told you before. Yeah, before
I been to the edge
(A)
And there I stood and looked down
(A)
You know I lost a lot of friends there baby
(A)
I got no time to mess around
(A)
Mmm, so if you want it, got to bleed for it baby
(A)
Yeah! Got to, got to bleed, baby
(A)
Mmm, you got to, got to bleed, baby
(A)
Hey! Got to, got to bleed baby
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G
My love is rotten to the core
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G A G
Just like I told you before. Yeah, before
Solo
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G
My love is rotten to the core
A G
Ain't talkin' 'bout love
A G A G
Just like I told you before. Yeah, before (2x)
A G C
Hey, hey, hey!
A G C
Hey, hey, hey!
A G C
Hey, hey, hey!
A G C
Hey, hey, hey!
A G C
Hey, hey, hey!
A G C
Hey, hey, hey!
E7/9+
Woman,yeah!!!