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Take It Easy Chicken - Mansun
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Tabbed by: achlaksuoy
E-mail: blake988@msn.com
Tuning: Standard
Aadd9: 5-7-7-6-0-0-|
F#7add11: 2-4-4-3-0-0-|
Main Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------9----------------|
G|-----------9-------11-------9----------------|
D|9h11-11-11---11-11----11-11---11-11-11-11-11-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Intro: Main riff x4
then Main riff x4 over these chords C#5, B5, F#5, E5
C#5 B5
Yes i'm sick of it, England's shit,
F#5 E5
it's slashing down, we are drowned.
C#5 B5
Star is here, drinking beer,
F#5 E5
star is scrawled, on my wall.
Tiny little lick here:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|------9--------------------|
A|-9h11----------------------|
E|----------12---9-----------|
C#5 B5
The CID, they follow me,
F#5 E5
i kidnap star, in my car.
C#5 B5
A TVR, we'll drive to Prague,
F#5 E5
and stop at Mars, and we'll be.
Chorus guitar on the C#5 chord is: (whilst using continuous whammy bar)
e|-------------13----------------------13---------|
B|----12-12-------12----------12-12-------12------|
G|-13-------13-------13-13-13-------13-------13\--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Also during the A and F# in the chorus chords this guitar line is just picking around
the strings on those chords.
Aadd9 F#7add11 C#5
Taking star to L.A.
Aadd9 F#7add11 C#5
We'll drive to Ve - gas for the day,
Aadd9 F#7add11 C#5
We want to sit________ in the sun,
Aadd9
and take it easy,
F#7add11 E5
take it easy, yeah.
C#5 B5
Mum's got cake, belly ache,
F#5 E5
feeling sick, through Kuwait.
C#5 B5
Stole a tank, drove to France,
F#5 E5
Star's amazed, in a trance.
Tiny little lick here:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|------9--------------------|
A|-9h11----------------------|
E|----------12---9-----------|
C#5 B5
M53, hit a tree,
F#5 E5
crash my car, I kill Star.
C#5 B5
Stowaway, on a ship,
F#5 E5
dodge the pigs, what a trip.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mansun/take_it_easy_chicken_tab.html ]
Aadd9 F#7add11 C#5
Taking star to L.A.
Aadd9 F#7add11 C#5
We'll drive to Ve - gas for the day,
Aadd9 F#7add11 C#5
We want to sit________ in the sun,
Aadd9
and take it easy,
F#7add11
take it easy,
Aadd9 F#7add11
take it easy
Aadd9 F#7add11
take it easy,
Aadd9 F#7add11
take it easy,
Aadd9 F#7add11
take it ease oh yeah.
Then C#5 over the main riff x4
Then the guitar solo goes over the guitar lines in the verse, and goes something like this:
3:36
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12-13-14------12-13-14--14b16r14--12-12-13-14--|
G|-13\-/21\--13-13------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
----14b16r14----------14b16r14----14b16--|
-12----------14-14-12----------12--------|
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3:48
e|--------------------------------------------------14b16r14----------14b16r14----14b16--|
B|-12-13-14-----12-13-14--14b16r14----12-13-14---12----------14-14-12----------12--------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3:58
e|--------------------------------------------------14b16r14----------14b16r14----14b16----|
B|-12-13-14-----12-13-14--14b16r14----12-13-14---12----------14-14-12----------12----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4:07
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-13-14--14b15r14-12-12-13-14------14b16r14--12-12-13-14---14-14-12-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-14b16r14----------14b16r14----14b16----|
----------14-14-12----------12----------|
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Ending on a nice C#5!
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| r Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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