Took Out A Loan Chords & Tabs
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TOOK OUT A LOAN - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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Tabbed by: Tom Walter
Email: josetab.20.epm [at] spamgourmet.com
Tuning: C G C G C E (Open C tuning)
INTRO
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|---------------0-------5b6b5---3---|---0-------0-------5---------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|---0---0--/3-------0---------------|------/3-------0-----------3b------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------0-------5---5b6b5---3---|---0-------0-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|---0--/3-------0-------------------|------/3-------0---3b----------0---|
Singing starts ...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G||*---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||*-----0-------5b6-------------0---|-------5---------------------------|
G||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||-/3-------0-----------0--/3-------|---0-------0---3b------0---0---0---|
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[1.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
C|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
C|-------0-------5b6-------------0---|---------------------------------*||
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
C|--/3-------0-----------0--/3-------|---0---3-------3b----------3---0--||
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[2.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|-------5---------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|---0-------0---3b------------------|
Drums kick in ...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|---0-------0-------5---5b6b5---3---|---0-------0-------3---------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|------/3-------0-------------------|------/3-------0-------3b----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|---0-------0-------5b6-----5---3---|---0-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C|------/3-------0-------------------|------/3-------3b------3---3---0---|
VERSE
(Yes he plays slight variations each time, but this is the gist)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G||*---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||*-----0-------5b6-------------0---|-------5---------------------------|
G||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||-/3-------0-----------0--/3-------|---0-------0---3b------0---0---0---|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & x3
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
C|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
C|-------0-------5b--------------0---|-------5-------------------------*||
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
C|--/3-------0-----------0--/3-------|---0-------0---3b------3---3---0--||
CHORUS
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G||*---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C||*-5br---------3-------0---0---0---|---5br---------3-------0---0---0---|
G||--5br---------3-------0---0---0---|---5br---------3-------0---0---0---|
C||--5br---------3-------0---0---0---|---5br---------3-------0---0---0---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
C|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------0---0---0-*||
C|---5br---------3-------0---3---0---|---3---3-------0-------0---0---0-*||
G|---5br---------3-------0---3---0---|---3---3-------0-------0---0---0--||
C|---5br---------3-------0---3---0---|---3---3-------0-------0---0---0--||
SOLO 1
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E||---0---0-----------------------0--|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--||
C||---0---0----------15pbr----x---x--|---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--||
G||*-12--12--15--12----------12--12--|--15--15--15--15--15\--x---9---9-*||
C||*--0---0---0---0-----------0---0--|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-*||
G||---0---0--------------------------|----------------------------------||
C||---0---0--------------------------|----------------------------------||
Repeat VERSE and CHORUS as above, then comes...
SOLO 2
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E||----------------------------------|-----------------------0---0------|
C||---0------15br----15--12----------|-----------------------x---x------|
G||*--0-------x-------0---0--12--15b-|------12--15b-----15--12--12\-----|
C||*--0---0-------------------0---0--|-------0---0-------0---0---0------|
G||-------0--------------------------|----------------------------------|
C||-------0--------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|-------------------------------0---|-------0-------------------0---0--||
C|----------15br----15--12------12b--|------12pbr---10------10---x---x--||
G|-----------x-------0---0--12---x---|-------x-------0--12---0--12--12-*||
C|---0---0-------------------0-------|-------------------0-------0---0-*||
G|---0---0---------------------------|----------------------------------||
C|---0---0---------------------------|----------------------------------||
BRIDGE
The bit with the 'ooh na nana'
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & x4
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
C||----------0-----------------------|-----------0-----------0----------||
G||*---------0-------3---0-----------|-----------0-------3---0---------*||
C||*-----------------0---0-------0---|-------0-----------0---0---------*||
G||------0-------------------0---x---|-------x-------------------0---0--||
C||------0-------------------0---3---|-------3-------------------0---0--||
Repeat the CHORUS as above
OUTRO
Go nuts on the strings with your whammy bar/slide or just a bottle for a
while and then it sort of dissolves into something like this (still with
the whammy bar):
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E||-/15----/15------15-\13----------||
C||-/15----/15------15-\13----------||
G||*-0-------0-------0-----/15-----*||
C||*-0-------0-------0-----/15-----*||
G||--0-------0-------0-----/15------||
C||--0-------0-------0-------0------||
LEGEND
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend (less than a semi-tone)
| pb pre-bend
| br bend and release
| pbr pre-bend and release
| 3b4 bend (from fret 3, high enough to sound like fret 4)
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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