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
|--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------------|
|----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
  |        | | |     |   | |
  /        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
   |        |         | | |    |              | | | |
   /        /         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
  |            | | |          | |
  /            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
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-5-5p4s2-2---2-(2)-----------||
|-----------5-----------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S E +S  E S E S S
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-------------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--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| 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-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| 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
   |      | |  |       |   | |
   /      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
  |                   |   |          | | |     |  | | |
  /                   /   /          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---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|   S   E.        S  S E          S    S    E          E.  S
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------4p==1-|
|-------2---------4--4-2----------4----2h===4----------------|

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