Take a Bow
by Greg Laswell
From "Take a Bow (2010)"
Tuning: Drop D
-I figured I'd tab this out since it's an amazing song,and with it's
inclusion in the new movie "Friends With Benifits (2011)" I imagine it will
be looked up much more often. I've only included Greg's main guitar part for
this tab, if I find time I'll tab out the 2nd guitar part you can hear on the
album.
*Note: The hammer on/pull off in the G chord is moved around a bit througout
the song,feel free to play it however/whenever you'd like as it usually fits.
Also, adding the 5th string 5th fret D to the G chord sounds good, but can
make it difficult on your fingeringfor the hammer on/pull off, so I just
leave it out. (So does Greg Laswell as his YouTube video would suggest :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMQBwAXYb2U )
*Also, the E and F chords sound just fine as I've written, but if you want a
cleaner E chord, take out the D on the 4th string and mute it as it adds a
7th to the chord, and the F chord sounds fine with with the D, but adding it
as a 6th to the chord didn't sound good enough for me to write it that way.
Intro/Verse
D/F# G
E|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
B|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
G|-----7--7--| -----4--4--| -----4h5--5p4-----4--4--|
D|-----4--4--|X4-----0--0--|X2-----0----0-------0--0--|
A|-----0--0--| -----x--x--| -----x------------x--x--|
D|--0--0--0--| --5--5--5--| --5--5---------5--5--5--|
Chorus
("And try and stay out of your head...")
E G E G
E|-----------| -----------| -----------| ----
B|-----------| -----------| -----------| ----
G|-----1--1--| -----4--4--| -----1--1--| --4~
D|-----0--0--|X2-----0--0--|X2-----0--0--|X2--0~
A|-----2--2--| -----5--5--| -----2--2--| --5~
D|--2--2--2--| --5--5--5--| --2--2--2--| --5~
Interlude/Verse
(Mhm's and then on to verse)
D/F# G
E|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
B|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
G|-----7--7--| -----4--4--| -----4h5--5p4-----4--4--|
D|-----4--4--|X4-----0--0--|X2-----0----0-------0--0--|
A|-----0--0--| -----x--x--| -----x------------x--x--|
D|--0--0--0--| --5--5--5--| --5--5---------5--5--5--|
Chorus
("Or her...And try and stay out of your head...")
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/greg_laswell/take_a_bow_tab.html ]
E G E G
E|-----------| -----------| -----------| ----
B|-----------| -----------| -----------| ----
G|-----1--1--| -----4--4--| -----1--1--| --4~
D|-----0--0--|X2-----0--0--|X2-----0--0--|X2--0~
A|-----2--2--| -----5--5--| -----2--2--| --5~
D|--2--2--2--| --5--5--5--| --2--2--2--| --5~
Interlude
(Mhm's)
D/F# G
E|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
B|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
G|-----7--7--| -----4--4--| -----4h5--5p4-----4--4--|
D|-----4--4--|X4-----0--0--|X2-----0----0-------0--0--|
A|-----0--0--| -----x--x--| -----x------------x--x--|
D|--0--0--0--| --5--5--5--| --5--5---------5--5--5--|
Bridge
("Maybe down the road..."/Slide Guitar Part)
F E G D/F#
E|-----------|-----------| -----|-----
B|-----------|-----------| -----|-----
G|-----2--2--|-----1--1--| --4--|--7--(this chord bleeds into verse)
D|-----x--x--|-----0--0--|X3--0--|--4--
A|-----3--3--|-----2--2--| --5--|--0--
D|--3--3--3--|--2--2--2--| --5--|--0--
Verse
D/F# G
E|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
B|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
G|-----7--7--| -----4--4--| -----4h5--5p4-----4--4--|
D|-----4--4--|X4-----0--0--|X2-----0----0-------0--0--|
A|-----0--0--| -----x--x--| -----x------------x--x--|
D|--0--0--0--| --5--5--5--| --5--5---------5--5--5--|
Chorus
("And try and stay out of your head...")
E G E G
E|-----------| -----------| -----------| ----
B|-----------| -----------| -----------| ----
G|-----1--1--| -----4--4--| -----1--1--| --4~
D|-----0--0--|X2-----0--0--|X2-----0--0--|X2--0~
A|-----2--2--| -----5--5--| -----2--2--| --5~
D|--2--2--2--| --5--5--5--| --2--2--2--| --5~
Outro
(Mhm's)
D/F# G
E|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
B|-----------| -----------| ------------------------|
G|-----7--7--| -----4--4--| -----4h5--5p4-----4--4--|
D|-----4--4--|X4-----0--0--|X2-----0----0-------0--0--|
A|-----0--0--| -----x--x--| -----x------------x--x--|
D|--0--0--0--| --5--5--5--| --5--5---------5--5--5--|
Last time through slows down on G and ends on the D/F#
