Taking - Alex G ((Sandy) Alex G)

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Tuning: C#m, E A D G B E

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Tuning is EADF#BE, tune your G string a half step down from standard.

The whole song alternates between two riffs. For the first riff, make sure to play the chords 
thumb-over-neck, 'hammering' the notes on the G string on and off with your index finger.


[Intro]
E |-----------
B |-----------
F#|5-0-5-0-0--
D |7-7-7-7-11-
A |7-7-7-7-11-
E |5-5-5-5-9--

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--------------
9--0--9-------
11-11-11-4-4-4
11-11-11-4-4-4
9--9--9--0-2-2

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-----------|
---2-2-0-0-| x8
-4-4-4-4-4-|
-4-4-4-4-4-|
-2-2-2-2-2-|


[Verse]
E |-----------
B |-----------
F#|-----------
D |----------1
A |2-2-2-4-4-2
E |0-0-0-4-4-2

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-------------| x4
-1-2-2-2-2-2-|
-2-0-0-0-0-0-|
-2-----------|

I don't want pieces of beauty
I flare my eyes to the world
Watching the buckets of lovers
Coming and coming and coming...


[Break]
E |-----------
B |-----------
F#|5-0-5-0-0--
D |7-7-7-7-11-
A |7-7-7-7-11-
E |5-5-5-5-9--

--------------
--------------
9--0--9-------
11-11-11-4-4-4
11-11-11-4-4-4
9--9--9--0-2-2

-----------|
-----------|
---2-2-0-0-| x4
-4-4-4-4-4-|
-4-4-4-4-4-|
-2-2-2-2-2-|


[Verse]
E |-----------
B |-----------
F#|-----------
D |----------1
A |2-2-2-4-4-2
E |0-0-0-4-4-2

-------------|
-------------|
-------------| x4
-1-2-2-2-2-2-|
-2-0-0-0-0-0-|
-2-----------|

That's how she found me this morning
Bundled my head in her arms
Lifted my spoonful of sugar
Taking and taking and taking...

[Outro]
E |-----------
B |-----------
F#|5-0-5-0-0--
D |7-7-7-7-11-
A |7-7-7-7-11-
E |5-5-5-5-9--

--------------
--------------
9--0--9-------
11-11-11-4-4-4
11-11-11-4-4-4
9--9--9--0-2-2

-----------|
-----------|
---2-2-0-0-| x forever
-4-4-4-4-4-|
-4-4-4-4-4-|
-2-2-2-2-2-|

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