Take Me Out Chords & Tabs
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TAKE ME OUT
As recorded by Franz Ferdinand
(From the 2004 Album FRANZ FERDINAND)
Words and Music by Franz Ferdinand
Arranged by the_cheeky_chimp@hotmail.com
Transcribed by the_cheeky_chimp@hotmail.com
Em D C
x 7 9 9 8 x x 5 7 7 7 x x 3 5 5 5 x
Intro
Q=139
E5 E5
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--2-2-|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|--2-2-|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|--0-0-|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|
|
| Gtr II
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-(0)---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
Em D G F#m Em
4/4
Gtrs I, II
4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Em Gsus2 E5 G5 D5/A E5
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5--7--7--7--7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G5 D5/A F5 C5/G
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Slowdown/Build up
H.=H
Em
Gtr I
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q=99
Em
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|
|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|
|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Theme
Em
Gtr III
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtr I
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--8-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
||-------9---9p7-----7---9-----|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|
||---------------9-------------|--------------9-------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
C D
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--8---------------------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------o||
|------9---9p7-----7---9-------|----------------------7-7-7-7----||
|--------------9---------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|--5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------||
|------------------------------|------------------7--------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------7-----------o||
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Verse
Em
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-9--7-9-|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-9--7-9-|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
C D
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7--7-7-----------||
|--------------------------|---------------7---------||
|--------------------------|-----------------7------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
$
Em
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--8-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|
|--------------9-------------|--------------9-------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C D
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/franz_ferdinand/take_me_out_tab_ver_3.html ]
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-------|----------------------7-7-7-7----|
|--------------9---------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------7--------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------7------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Em
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------12---------12---------|-------12---------12---------|
||---9-12-------9-12------9-----|--9-12-------9-12------9-----|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
To Coda
C D
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|-------------------------------|-------10---------10----------||
|-------12---------12-----------|-----------------------------o||
|--9-12-------9-12------9-------|--9-12-------9-12------9------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|--5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5---5-5-5-|--7--7--7-7--7--7-------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------7----------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------7-------o||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$$
Em Dsus4/E Em Dsus4/E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--8-8-8---8-8-|-8--8--8-8-8---8-8-8-|
|-9--9--9-7-9---9-7-|-9--9--9-7-9---9-9-9-|
|-9--9--9-7-9---9-7-|-9--9--9-7-9---9-9-9-|
|-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-|-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-7-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--8-----8-----|-8--8--8-----8-------|
|-9--9--9-----9-----|-9--9--9-----9-------|
|-9--9--9-----9-----|-9--9--9-----9-------|
|-7--7--7-----7-----|-7--7--7-----7-------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
Am/C C/E D/F#
Gtrs I, II
||--x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10--|
||o-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10--|
||--x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-9-x-9--x-11-x-11--|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D.S. al Coda
Am/C C/E D/F#
|-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10---||
|-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10--o||
|-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-9-x-9--x-11-x-11---||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
Verse 2 Cont...
&
Em
Gtr III
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtr I
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------12---------12---------|-------12---------12---------|
|--9-12-------9-12------9-----|--9-12-------9-12------9-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
C D
| | | | |
/ / / / /
|-------10---------10------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--9-12-------9-12------11-9-----|-11------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5----5-5-5-|--7------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
Em
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--8-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|
|--------------9-------------|--------------9-------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
C D
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-------|----------------------7-7-7-7----|
|--------------9---------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------7--------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------7------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Outro
&&
Em DsusEmE DsusEmE DsusE5E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|------*|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9----*|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9----*|
|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7----*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|------*|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|------*|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-2----*|
|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-2----*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0----*|
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