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Its Only Love Tabs

(ver. 1)
Zz Top 

IT'S ONLY LOVE
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1978 Album TEJAS)

        

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)----------------|


 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
            
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