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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--||--------------------|------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------|------------------------|
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| 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-----------|---------------------||-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
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| 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-------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
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| 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------------||---------------------|-----------------|---------------------||---------------------|-----------------|---------------------||---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
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| 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-----||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
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| 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----------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
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| 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)-------------|------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------|------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
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| 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---------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
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| 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|||------------------------|----------------------||
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| 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)-------------||-------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------|-----------------|
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| 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)/-||-------------------------|--------------------|
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| 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)----------------|
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---------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
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| 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----------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| 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\---||-----------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
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| 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---||----------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| 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-------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
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| 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|||---------------------||---------------------|---------||
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| 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)-------|||-------------------|-------------------||
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| 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)---------------||-------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------|-------------------|
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| 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||------------|------|||-------------|-----------||------------|------|
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| 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----------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------|----------------------|
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| 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|||-----------------|---------------------||
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| 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)----*|
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| ~~~~~~| 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
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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
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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
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| - 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
