Don't Tell Me tab by Van Halen

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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