WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1986 Album 5150)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Van Halen - dist electric'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Van Halen - Synth arr. for guitar'
Intro
Q=96
4/4
Gtr II
PM-------------------------------------------
E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------------|
|----2-2-3-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-----|
|--------------|-----------------------------3-3-|
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-0-0-|
PM------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----|-------------------2h3p2h3-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-----3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------||
C Am7 F5
Gtr I
H Q E S S H Q S S S S
| | | | | | |
/ x x / x x /
+E e e e e s s S s S s S S S S E E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(3)-2-3-2-3---2---2---3-|-3-3p2p(0)-3-2-3-2-3---5---3-|
|-------------3-----------|-----------------------------|
G5 C
Q. S S Q E S S
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/ x / / / x /
S S E E E E S S S S S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-3--3p2-3-2---3-2-3---5---3-|
|----------------------------|
Am7 F5
+H +Q S S S S H. S S S S
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/ / x x / / x x x /
E E E E E S S +S S S S +E E E E E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3-2-3-2--3---3-(3)p2-2-3-|-(3)-2-3-2-3-2-3---5---3-|
|-------------3-------------|-------------------------|
G5
Q. S S Q. S S
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/ x / / x x
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-3--2-(0)-3-3-2---3--2-3---5---3--|
|----------------3-----------------|
Gtr I
S S S S S S E +H
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|-----------------------------||
|-5-5p4s2-2---2-(2)-----------||
|-----------5-----------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
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| Gtr II
| S S S S S S E +S E S E S S
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|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-------------2-(2)-2---------||
|-3-3p2p0-0---0-(0)-0-3h5p3-5-||
|-----------3-----------------||
Verse 1
Q S S S S E E E E H E E Q
|--------------------------|-0--------------x/-x--|
|--------------------------|-0--------------x/-x--|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7--------x---|-2--------------x/-x--|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7--------x---|-2--------------x/-x--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--------x---|-0--------------x/-x--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
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| Q e S S S E. E S S e S S E e S E. E E
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-2---------------------|
|----5-----5---3----5-3--0-|-0---3---0---0-----2h3-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-Riff A
Q S S S S Q S S S S
|-1-----x-x-x-x-3-----x--x-x-0-|
|-1-----x-x-x-x-3-----x--x-x-0-|
|-2-----x-x-x-x-4-----x--x-x---|
|-3-----x-x-x-x-5-----x--x-x-2-|
|-3-----x-x-x-x-5-----x--x-x-2-|
|-1-----x-x-x-x-3-----x--x-x-0-|
|
| e S S S E S E. S +S E S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----0---3p==0h2--0-(0)-------|
|-1----------------------3---0-|
1/ 7 7
Q. +E Q +Q Q +Q Q E. S
|-0--------(0)----------------------|----------------------|
|-0--------(0)----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------[7]-----([7])-------|--------------------x-|
|-2--------(2)----------------------|-7--(7)-------------x-|
|-2--------(2)----------------------|-5--(5)-------------x-|
|-0--------(0)----------------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| E. S S S E S E S S S S S Q e S S S E.E S S
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------2h3h==5---5p3h5-|-----5----0---3h5p3-x-|
|-0--3p1-1--0----0------------------|----------------------|
A5 F5 G(type 2) Esus4 E5
Gtr I
Q. E H Q +S S S S Q S E S E. S +S E S +Q S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / x / / x x x / / / / / / / x
Gtr II
e S S E E S E.E e S E S S E S E.S +S E. E. S S S S S Q Q
|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-2------------------|---3-3-----------------------|--------------------------||
|------3---0---0h2h3-|----------3-----2p0-(0)------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------3----|-0--3p=1-1p0-0--0--0------||
Pre-Chorus
Gtr I
Q +Q S S S S S S S S Q Q E S S E S S
|-6-------(6)--x-x---------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-------(6)--x-x------------10-|-10------10---x/-----10-----x-6-|
|------------------------------10-|-10------10---x/-----10-----x-8-|
|-8-------(8)--x-x------------10-|-10------10---x/-----10-----x-8-|
|---------------------7s10-x----8-|--8-------8---x/------8-----x-6-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| S S S S Q S S S S S S S S +E S S E. S S e S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2---3---3-|
|-3p0-----------------2----3----3-|-(3)-----------3--5--------------|
|-----1-----------1-5-------------|-----3p0-----3-------------------|
|-------1-------------------------|----------1----------------------|
end Riff A-|
|--3--|
+Q Q E +E S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------6---|
|-(8)-----------------------3h5-----5---|
|-(8)-------8-------------3-3---3---3---|
|-(6)-------6-----1-(1)---6-----6-------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| +S S S S S S E +S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(3)-3-------3-------------0-----------|
|-------3p1-------------1h3-----3---3---|
|-----------1---1---(1)-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Chorus
F5III G5V C Am7
Gtr I
Q E. S +E E Q H +E E E S S
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / x /
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S +S E. E S S +E e e e e S S S E S
|-------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------------|
|---3-----5p3-------------------||--------------------------|
|-----3-------5-5-(5)p2h==3p2h3-||-(3)-2-3-2--3---3---2---3-|
|-------------------------------||--------------3-----------|
F5
+Q. +E E E E S S
| | | | |
/ / x x /
+S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(3)-3p2p(0)-3-3p=2p(0)-3-2-3---5---3---|
|----------------------------------------|
G5 G C
+Q. S S +E E E S S
| | | | | |
/ x / / x /
+E E E E E S S S S S S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3-2----3-2-3---5---3-|
|----------------------------|
Am7
+Q. +E Q E. S +Q. +E E. S S S S S
| | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / / / /
+E E E E E S S S S S S +E E E E E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3--2-3-2-3----5---3-|-(3)p2-3--2-3----3---2---3--|
|---------------------------|---------------3------------|
F G5 A5
Q. S S +E E S S S S
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/ x / / x x /
+E E E E S S S S S E S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3-2----3-3p2h3-3h5---3-|
|------------------------------|
Verse 2
D5
+Q. S S +H H Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / x
+E S S S S E +S E S S S S S
|---------------------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------------|| w/Riff A
|---------------------------2-----||
|-------------2---(2)-------------||
|-(3)-2p0-0---0---(0)-0-3h5---3h5-||
|-----------3---------------------||
Asus2 F G
Q. E Q E. S Q. S S Q S S S S
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/ / / x / / x x x x
|-----------------------|-------------------------------| Esus4 E5
Q. S S +H
| | | |
/ / / /
|------------------------------| D5 Asus2 Fmaj7 G
H Q E. S H +E E S S S S Q S S S S Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / x / / / x x / / x
|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| Pre-Chorus
Gtr I
Q. S S H Q +Q E. S S S S S
|-0--------0-0-0-----||-6-------(6)---------6-----------|
|-0--------0-0-0-----||-6-------(6)---------6---10---10-|
|-2--------2-2-1-----||----------------------8---10---10-|
|-2--------2-2-2-----||-8-------(8)---------8---10---10-|
|-2--------2-2-2-----||---------------------------8----8-|
|-0--------0-0-0-----||----------------------------------| +Q Q S S S a S +E S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-(10)-----10-------------------------x-8--|
|-(10)-----10---10s9-10-10s12-(12)---x-8--|
|-(10)-----10-------------------------x-8--|
|--(8)------8----8s7--8--8s10-(10)-----8--|
|----------------------------------------6--| +H. +S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(6)-------------------(6)-6---6-|
|
| +E e S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-(3)-----------------0-----------|
|-----3-----------1h3-------3-----|
|-------1-1-1-1-1---------------3-|
|---------------------------------|
Chorus
Q E. S +S E.Q H E S S E S S
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-10-----12-----12-(12)---------||-^5----------5-5-----x-5-|
|-10-----12-----12-(12)---------||-^5----------5-5-----x-5-|
|-10-----12-----12-(12)---------||-^5----------5-5-----x-5-|
|--8-----10-----10-(10)---------||-^3----------3-3-----x-0-|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|
| S S E S S S S +S E.E S S +E e e E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|--3-3----5p3-------------------||-------------------------|
|------1------5--5--(5)p2h3p2h3-||-(3)-2-3-2-3---3---2---3-|
|-------------------------------||-------------3-----------|
+H E S S S S S S
|-------------------------3------|
|-(5)---------------x-5---3---10-|
|-(5)---------------x-5---4---10-|
|-(5)---------------x-5---5---10-|
|-(0)---------------x-0--------8-|
|--------------------------------|
|
| +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-(3)-2-3-3-2p0-3---2-3---5----3-|
|--------------------------------|
+Q S S S S +Q S S S S +H +E. S S S S S
|--------------------------------|-----------------------3------|
|-(10)-----x---8-(8)-----x-x-5-5-|-(5)-------(5)---5-----3---5--|
|-(10)-----x---7-(7)-----x-x-5-5-|-(5)-------(5)---5-----4---5--|
|-(10)-----x---5-(5)-----x-x-5-5-|-(5)-------(5)---5-----5---5--|
|--(8)-----x-----------------3-3-|-(3)-------(3)---3---------0--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E S S S S S S +E E E E E S S +S E S
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--(3)-2-3---2----3--2-3---5---3-|-(3)-2-3-2--3----3-(3)s2s==3--|
|--------------------------------|---------------3--------------|
+H +E. S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-(5)-----------(5)-------------10-|
|-(5)-----------(5)-----5---4---10-|
|-(5)-----------(5)-------------10-|
|-(0)-----------(0)--------------8-|
|----------------------------------|
|
| +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(3)-2-3-3-2p0--3----2-3---5----3-|
|----------------------------------|
+Q S S S S Q +Q S S S S S S E H
|------------------------------------|------------------0-----||
|-(10)------------12-----(12)-------|------------------0-----||
|-(10)---x-x-x----12-----(12)-------|------------------2-----||
|-(10)---x-x-x-12-12-----(12)-------|---------------2-(2)----||
|--(8)---x-x-x----10-----(10)-------|--3--3p2p0-0---0-(0)----||
|------------------------------------|-------------3----------||
|
| +E E E E E S S S S S S +E S S S S E +H
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|--(3)-2-3---2-----3-2-3-------5---3-|-(3)p==2p0-0---0-(0)----||
|------------------------------------|-------------3----------||
Bridge
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------15----------|
|---14-14---16-16---17-14---17-14----16----17-|
|---------------------------------------17----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----2-------4-------5-------5-----4----------|
|-------3-------5-------7-------7--------5--3-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------12----12-13-(13)---------15----------|
|---14----14----12------------14---------16----17-|
|------15------------------------(12)-------17----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|
| S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----2-----2--4-----4--5--(5)----------4--4-------|
|-------3--------5-------------7-------------5--3-|
|----------------------------------8--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|------10---------12----------------15----15---|
|--------------12-------14---------------------|
|---10----9-12-------------15----------17------|
|--------------------15-------15-17------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----2-------4-----4--5--------5-----4-----7---|
|-------3-------5--------7--------7-----5------|
|---------------------------8------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~
+E S S E a E +E S S Q
|------------------------------||
|-(15)-------------------------||
|------17p16----5h7-(7)-5s4s2--||
|------------19----------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~
| +E S S E E +E S S Q
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|--(7)--5p=4-------------------||
|-------------7----------------||
|-----------------5-(5)p3p2p0--||
|------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
S E. E E E E E. S S E. E E S S E E. S
|------------------13--15-|----------------------13-------|
|---13--15-13-15---14--16-|---11--13-11----------14----15-|
|---13--15-13-15----------|---11--13-11-13p11h13-------15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| S E. E E E E E. S S E. E E E E S E S
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----------------4---6-|-----------------------4-------|
|----4---6--4--6----------|----2---4--2--4--------------6-|
1/ 1/ 1/
~~~ ~~~~~
S E. S S S S S S S S E S S
|----------------------------------------20----|
|---13--15p13---------15p==13h15s==18-18-20-20-|
|---13--15p13h15p==13-15p==13h15s==18-18-20-20-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. S S E E E E. S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------4s====6-|
|----4------6--4-------6-----------------------|
~~~~~
+S S S S S E S +S E S +Q
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(20)S10--11----13p11---13b15==(13)r-13b15---13b15==(13)r---|
|-(20)S10--11-11-13p11---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
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| S E. S S E S S E E. S
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|------------------------------------------------------4p==1-|
|-------2---------4--4-2----------4----2h===4----------------|
