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IT'S ONLY LOVE
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1978 Album TEJAS)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Gibbons, Hill, & Beard
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=110
B7 C#7 D/A A/E
4/4
Gtr I
W W E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|-10s12s10---9s7---2-|-(2)----------|
|----------|----------|-11s13s11---9s7---2-|-(2)----------|
|----------|----------|--9s11s=9---9s7---2-|-(2)----------|
|----------|----------|----------------0---|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------|
F#m/B E/D/A A/E B/F# E/AbB5B/F#
Gtr II
W W E S +S Q E E E E
|--------------------|------------|---7--------------------|
|--------------------|------------|---7-----------7--------|
|--------------------|------------|---6b7r(6)-----4--------|
|--------------------|------------|-------------------4-6--|
|--------------------|------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E +W E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------|------------------------|
|-10s12s10---9s7---2-|-(2)--------|---4-------5---5-4------|
|-11s13s11---9s7---2-|-(2)--------|---4-------4---4-4------|
|--9s11s=9---9s7---2-|-(2)--------|---4-------6---6-4------|
|----------------0---|------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------|---------------------7--|
B/F# E/Ab B/F# E/Ab B/F# E/Ab
a E E E E +E E a E E Q E E E E E E +E e E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----7---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-----------7-----7---|
|-------------------------|-----4---4-----6b8-|-(6)---6---6-4---6b8-|
|-4h6-4-----------------4-|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------4b5-2-(2)-2-4s6---|-------2-----------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-5------5--4-------|---4-5---5-4-------|-----4-5---5-4-------|
|-----4-4------4--4-------|---4-4---4-4-------|-----4-4---4-4-------|
|-----4-6------6--4-------|---4-6---6-4-------|-----4-6---6-4-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------7-|---------------7---|-----------------7---|
Verse
$
B/F# E/Ab B/F# E/Ab F#/C# B/Eb
+Q Q H W W
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
||o-(7)---------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
||--(6)---------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
||o-----4-5---5-4-----|---4-5---5-4-----|---11-12---12-11-------|
||------4-4---4-4-----|---4-4---4-4-----|---11-11---11-11-------|
||------4-6---6-4-----|---4-6---6-4-----|---11-13---13-11-------|
||o-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
||------------------7-|-------------7-7-|-------------------14--|
F#/C# B/Eb B/F# E/Ab E/Ab B/F#
W W Q a E E H
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----6s10------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---11-12---12-11-----|---4-5---5-4-----|---4----5---5-4------|
|---11-11---11-11-----|---4-4---4-4-----|---4----4---4-4------|
|---11-13---13-11-----|---4-6---6-4-----|---4----6---6-4------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------7-|---------------7-|----------------7-7--|
F#/C# B/Eb F#5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E W
|----------------------|------|
|---11-12---12-11------|------|
|---11-11---11-11------|------|
|---11-13---13-11---11-|------|
|--------------------9-|------|
|----------------------|------|
Chorus
E/B A/C# E5 B/F# E/Ab B5
Gtr II
H E E E E +W H E E E E
|-------------------12-|-(12)-----------------|---------------7-|
|----------------12----|----------------------|-------------7---|
|----------10s12-------|----------------------|---------5s7-----|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|---9-10---10--9-------|------9-10---10-9-----|---4-5---5-4-----|
|---9--9----9--9-------|------9--9----9-9-----|---4-4---4-4-----|
|---9-11---11--9-----9-|------9-11---11-9-----|---4-6---6-4---4-|
|--------------------7-|----------------------|---------------2-|
|----------------------|--------------------7-|-----------------|
To Coda
B/F# E/Ab E/B A/C# F#/C# B/Eb
+W Q E E H Q E E H
|-(7)---------------|-----------12------|------------14-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----10s12---------|------13s14----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----4-5---5-4-----|---9-10----10-9----|---11-12----12-11----|
|-----4-4---4-4-----|---9--9-----9-9----|---11-11----11-11----|
|-----4-6---6-4-----|---9-11----11-9----|---11-13----13-11----|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------7-7-|-------------------|---------------------|
1.
Bm/D AsBs2 B5/C# B5
E E E E E E a E E +E Q. +H E S +S Q E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------|---7------------7-7-----|
|----0---------0-0--------|-----0----(0)----|---7------------7-7-----|
|---/7-----4---2-4--------|-----------------|---6pb8r(6)-----4-4-----|
|------------4-----2s=4-2-|-(2)-------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +W E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---4--------5---5-4-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---4--------4---4-4-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---4--------6---6-4-----|
|----5b5.5-2-----2--------|-----------------|------------------------|
|------------2-5-----/2-0-|-(0)-------------|----------------------7-|
B5 B5/C#
PM|
E E E S +S +E E S +S E
|-7-----7----(7)-(7)---7----------|
|-7-----7----(7)-(7)---7----------|
|-4-----6b8==(6)-(6)---6pb8r(6)---|
|---4-6---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|---4-5-----------5--4------------|
|---4-4-----------4--4------------|
|---4-6-----------6--4------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7-|
E S +S Q Q E E a E E E E +Q. E
|---7------------7-------|----------------------||
|---7------------7-------|---------------------o||
|---6pb8r(6)-----4-------|-------------------4--||
|--------------------4-6-|-----4-6-----------4--||
|------------------------|-4s6-----2-(2)-----2-o||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------||
|---4--------5---5-4-----|-----4-5----5--4-----o||
|---4--------4---4-4-----|-----4-4----4--4------||
|---4--------6---6-4-----|-----4-6----6--4------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------7-|-------------------7--||
2.
Bm/D AsBs2
~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E a E E +E Q. +H
|-------------------------|-----7----(7)----|
|----0---------0-0--------|-----------------|
|---/7-----4---2-4--------|-----------------|
|------------4-----2s=4-2-|-(2)-------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +W
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|----5b5.5-2-----2--------|-----------------|
|------------2-5-----/2-0-|-(0)-------------|
A#5 B5 C5
E E E E E E a E E +E Q. Q E +E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|----0---------0-0--------|--------------------|
|---/7-----4---2-4--------|--------------------|
|------------4-----2s=4-2-|-(2)-3----4--5-(5)/-|
|-------------------------|-----1----2--3-(3)/-|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +E Q. Q E +E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-----3----4--5-(5)/-|
|----5b5.5-2-----2--------|-----1----2--3-(3)/-|
|------------2-5-----/2-0-|-(0)----------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/z/zz-top/171205.html ]
Guitar Solo
C#5 A#m/C# F#5/C#
~~~~ ~~~~
E Q. a E E E a E E Q. a E E E a E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---/12-----------------------|----/12-----------------------|
|---/13------13s11s10-11-9s10-|----/13------13s11s10-11-9s10-|
|-----------------------------|-11---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----6--8-------8--6-------6-|------6--8-------8--6-------4-|
|-----4--4-4-----4--4--4----4-|--4---4--4-4-----4--4--4----4-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
F#/C# B/Eb
~
E E E E E E E a E +E S S E E +Q E E
|--------2----5b5.5--2--------|-------------2-(2)----------|
|-----2----2-----------2------|----------------------5--2--|
|------------------------6s=4-|-(4)--2s3-------------------|
|-\4--------------------------|-----------4----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----11-12---12-----11--------|-----11---12---12--11-------|
|----11-11---11-----11--------|-----11---11---11--11-------|
|----11-13---13-----11--------|-----11---13---13--11-------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------14-|------------------------14--|
C#5 A#m/C# G#m E A#m/C#
~~~~
E Q. a E a E E E Q E E E a E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|---/12-----------------------|-/12------9----9--------2-|
|---/13------13s11-9h10-------|-/13---11-9-11-9h10-------|
|-----------------------11-11-|--------------------11\---|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----6--8-------8----6-----6-|-----6--8----8----6-------|
|-----4--4-4-----4----4--4--4-|-----4--4----4----4--4----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
F#/C# B/Eb B/Eb F#/C#
~~~~~
E E E E E a Q E S S S S a E E E a E E E
|-2-----5b5.5-2--2-----------|--------------------------------|
|----2--------2----5s=7----5-|-7p5----5-----------------------|
|----------------------------|------6---6p=4-2--4-2h=3--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------4-4---|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---11-12-------12---11------|-----11-----12---12---11--------|
|---11-11-------11---11------|-----11-----11---11---11--------|
|---11-13-------13---11------|-----11-----13---13---11--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------14-|-------------------------14-----|
C#/Ab F#/Bb C#/Ab F#/Bb E/B A/C#
~~
E E E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E +E E E E H
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------2-(2)-2---2-|---------2-(2)-2---2-|-(2)-4-------5-------|
|---------------4---|-----------------4---|--------3s6----------|
|-2h3---------------|---2h3---------------|---------------------|
|-----4-------------|-4-----4-------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---6-7----7--6-----|---6---7----7--6-----|-----9-10---10-9-----|
|---6-6----6--6-----|---6---6----6--6-----|-----9--9----9-9-----|
|---6-8----8--6-----|---6---8----8--6-----|-----9-11---11-9-----|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------9-|-----------------9---|---------------------|
F#/C# B/Eb F#m/B E/D/A A/E
~~
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +W
|---------------------||---------------------|---------||
|-x----------7----x-x-||o-10s12s10---9s7---2-|-(2)----o||
|-x---------------x-x-||--11s13s11---9s7---2-|-(2)-----||
|-x--6--6s8-------x-x-||---9s11s=9---9s7---2-|-(2)-----||
|---------------------||o----------------0---|--------o||
|---------------------||---------------------|---------||
|
| E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E +W
|---------------------||---------------------|---------||
|---11-12---12-11-----||o-10s12s10---9s7---2-|-(2)----o||
|---11-11---11-11-----||--11s13s11---9s7---2-|-(2)-----||
|---11-13---13-11-----||---9s11s=9---9s7---2-|-(2)-----||
|---------------------||o----------------0---|--------o||
|---------------------||---------------------|---------||
D.S. al Coda &
B/F# E/Ab B/F# E/Ab
~
E e Q Q E E E E E E +Q. E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|---7---------------|-------------------||
|---6b8-----4-------|-----------------4-||
|---------------6-4-|-6-----------------||
|-------------------|---5-6-2-(2)-------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|---4---5---5-4-----|---4-5----5--4-----||
|---4---4---4-4-----|---4-4----4--4-----||
|---4---6---6-4-----|---4-6----6--4-----||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------7-|-----------------7-||
~~
E E E E E E a E E +E Q. +Q Q
|-------------------------|-----7----(7)------|
|----0---------0-0-0------|-------------------|
|---/7-----4---2-4--------|-------------------|
|------------4-----2s=4-2-|-(2)---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +W
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|----5b5.5-2-----2--------|-------------------|
|------------2-5-----/2-0-|-(0)---------------|
Bm/D E5
~ ~
Q Q H W 9x Q Q H W
||-------------|-----------||------------|------|
||o-0----------|----------o||-0----------|------|
||--7----------|-----------||-7----------|------|
||-------------|-----------||------------|------|
||o------------|----------o||------------|------|
||-------------|-----------||------------|------|
|
| Q Q H W 9x Q Q H W
||-------------|-----------||------------|------|
||o------------|----------o||------------|------|
||-------------|-----------||------------|------|
||--9----------|-----------||-9----------|------|
||o-7----------|----------o||-7----------|------|
||-------------|-----------||------------|------|
E/B A/C# E5 A/C# E/B
H E E E E +W
||--------------------12-|-(12)-----------------|
||o----------------12----|----------------------|
||-----------10s12-------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o---9-10---10--9-------|------9-10---10-9-----|
||----9--9----9--9-------|------9--9----9-9-----|
||----9-11---11--9-----9-|------9-11---11-9-----|
||o--------------------7-|----------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------7-|
B/F# E/Ab B/F# E/Ab
H E E E E +W 3x
|---------------7-|-(7)-----------------||
|-------------7---|--------------------o||
|---------5s7-----|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|---------------------||
|---4-5---5-4-----|-----4-5---5-4------o||
|---4-4---4-4-----|-----4-4---4-4-------||
|---4-6---6-4---4-|-----4-6---6-4-------||
|---------------2-|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------7-7---||
~~~~~~
E E E E S +S E E E E E E E +H
|---7------------------------|--------------------*|
|---------7------------------|--------------------*|
|-----------6-6pb8r(6)-4-----|--------------------*|
|------------------------6-4-|-6------------------*|
|----------------------------|---5b6-5b6----------*|
|----------------------------|-----------7-(7)----*|
|
| ~~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|----------------------------|--------------------*|
|----------------------------|--------------------*|
|----------------------------|--------------------*|
|----------------------------|--------------------*|
|---5b5.5-2------------2-----|-------5b6-2-(2)----*|
|-----------2-5----------2-1-|-0-2----------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
