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Don't Tell Me by Van Halen

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Van Halen
			Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do
				From the album
				   Balance
     Drop the E string to a D. 
     On Riff A as you pick, scrape the strings to get
     the scratchy effect.

  Riff A:    Pick scrape while playing notes. (Do not slide!)
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4\-4\-4\-4\-4\-4\-4\-4\-4\-0\-0\-0\-0\-0\-0\-0\-0\-0\-2\-2\|

     Play riff A for the first half of the verse, then go 
to riff B for the last half.

  Riff B                                     
|-2---2---2-2--2---2---2-2--|  Repeat this  |--0--|
|-2---2---2-2--3---3---3-3--|  a few times  |--0--|
|-2---2---2-2--2---2---2-2--|  then play an |--1--|
|-4---4---4-4--4---4---4-4--|  E before the |--2--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--|  chorus.      |--2--|
|---------------------------|               |--2--|

Chorus
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|  Repeat this
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|  for the rest
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|  of the chorus.
|--------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|-------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6---5---------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---5---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---3---------|
|--------------5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|

     I have not figured out the first solo yet, but I almost
     have it.  So I will not write it.  I do know the first
     part of the second solo, but not all of it.

Solo 2:

|--3-------------------|   This is only the begining 
|-----2h3p2------------|   of the solo.  This repeats
|------------4--2--4B--|   four times before it becomes
|----------------------|   higher.
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

     Repeat the rest of the riffs with the verses. 
     This song is pretty easy to play.  It sounds
     good with the CD.

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