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Is This Love Tab by Whitesnake

Is This Love tab by Whitesnake

Guitar Tab 

Whitesnake - Is This Love

Standard Tuning

INTRO:

E|---------------|------------------------|------------|------------------------|
B|---------------|----------------3-------|---7*-------|----------------3-------|
G|---------7*-0--|-------0-----------0----|-5*---7*----|-------0-----------0----|
D|-------7*------|----4--------4--------4-|---------7*-|----4--------4--------4-|
A|-0-2-----------|-2--------3-------------|------------|-2--------3-------------|
E|-----0---------|------------------------|------------|------------------------|

E|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---7*------|----------------3-------|--8--7---5--3---0h1------------------|
G|------7*---|-------0-----------0----|--9--7---5--4---0-----2--------------|
D|-7*--------|----4--------4--------4-|----------------3-----3--------------|
A|-----------|-2--------3-------------|--------------------------------0-2--|
E|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------------------|

VERSE:

E|---0-------|------------------------|------------|------------------------|
B|-----3-----|----------------3-------|---7*-------|----------------3-------|
G|-------0---|-------0-----------0----|-5*---7*----|-------0-----------0----|
D|-----------|----4--------4--------4-|---------7*-|----4--------4--------4-|
A|-----------|-2--------3-------------|------------|-2--------3-------------|
E|-0---------|------------------------|------------|------------------------|

E|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------|-----|
B|---7*------|----------------3-------|--8--7---5--3---0h1-----------|-----|
G|------7*---|-------0-----------0----|--9--7---5--4---0-----2-------|-----|
D|-7*--------|----4--------4--------4-|----------------3-----3-------|-----|
A|-----------|-2--------3-------------|------------------------------|-0-2-|
E|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------|-----|

CHORUS:
(here I tabbed the synth and the guitar together,
so you can play the song by yourself and it still sounds good)

E|----------10--------------|----------10-------------|----------10---------------|-7-5-3-3------|
B|----7--8--8---------------|----7--8--8--------------|----7--8--8----------------|-8-7-5-0------|
G|-9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--|-7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7-|-7--7--7--7---7--7--7------|-9-7-5-0------|
D|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-|-7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7-|-9--9--9--9---9--9--9------|--------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
E|-8------------8--8--8--8--|-8------------8--8--8--7-|-7------------7--7--7--5-7-|-8-7-5-3--5-7-|

E|----------10--------------|----------10-------------|----------10---------------|-7-5-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|----7--8--8---------------|----7--8--8--------------|----7--8--8----------------|-8-7-5-0-0-1-1-|
G|-9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--|-7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7-|-7--7--7--7---7--7--7------|-9-7-5-0-0-0-0-|
D|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-|-7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7-|-9--9--9--9---9--9--9------|---------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|
E|-8------------8--8--8--8--|-8------------8--8--8--7-|-7------------7--7--7--5-7-|-8-7-5-3-1-1-1-|

SOLO 1:

E|--14b15-14b15-14b15-14--14h15---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------DB17--DB17h19---15------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------DB16-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

SOLO 2:

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------14b16-14b16~~--12--11b12r11b12-(x10)------------------|
D|--14p12-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------14-14p12----------------|
B|-------------------------12~---17b19r17-----|-15b17r16b17--b17r15--12h15----------15-------------|
G|---------------11h12/14-----------------14~-|----------------------------------------14b15r14p12-|
D|-----------12-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----10h14----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
E|-/12----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-14----12-12----------------------------------------|
D|----14-------14~\-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

E|-----12----14----15----15b17r15---14h15~----|-----12----14----15----17b19~-17b19r17p15-17b19r17~-|
B|-/12----12----12----12----------------------|-/12----12----12----12------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

E|-------20b22r----19b20r19p15------------------------|----------------------17-20-19-17-----------------|
B|-----------------------------------17-19b20~~r19p17-|-------17-17-------17-------------20b22~~---------|
G|-19-19-----------------------19b21------------------|-19b21-------19b21--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|-19b20r19--17\15--15/17---------------------------|
G|-21-19-21-19-17-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------21-19-17----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

Fade-In
Intro
Verse x2
Chorus
Solo 1
Verse with an extra F chord at the end
Chorus
Solo 2
Chorus x3 (only the first part)
Fade-Out

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About this song

"Is This Love" by Whitesnake was released in 1987 as the second single from their self-titled album. The song was written by lead singer David Coverdale and guitarist John Sykes. It features a prominent guitar solo by Sykes, known for its melodic phrasing and technical proficiency. The music video for the song was heavily rotated on MTV, contributing to its commercial success. "Is This Love" reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.