'Take A Bow' by Muse
Tabbed by Dave Price-Williams
I've tabbed the synthesiser intro, arranged for guitar. The other tab was good but
had to be adapted in order to be played anywhere near fast enough. I also made
clearer the chord changes, as I just got dizzy looking at the other one!
TIME SIGNATURE: 3/4 or arguably 12/16
BEGINS IN KEY OF D MAJOR:
D D+
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|14p11----11-14p11----11-14p11----11-|15p11----11-15p11----11-15p11----11-|
D|------12----------12----------12----|------12----------12----------12----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
D Gm
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|14p11----11-14p11----11-14p11----11-|15p12----12-15p12----12-15p12----12-|
D|------12----------12----------12----|------12----------12----------12----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D 1. D
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|14p11----11-14p11----11-14p11----11-|14p11----11-14p11----11-14p11----11-|
D|------12----------12----------12----|------12----------12----------12----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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2. Gm
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|15p12----12-15p12----12-15p12----12-|
D|------12----------12----------12----|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
KEY CHANGE TO G MAJOR:
G G+
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|16p12----12-16p12----12-16p12----12-|16p12----12-16p12----12-16p12----12-|
D|------12----------12----------12----|------13----------13----------13----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
G Cm
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|16p12----12-16p12----12-16p12----12-|17p12----12-17p12----12-17p12----12-|
D|------12----------12----------12----|------13----------13----------13----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
KEY CHANGE TO C MAJOR:
C C+
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|17p12----12-17p12----12-17p12----12-|17p13----13-17p13----13-17p13----13-|
D|------14----------14----------14----|------14----------14----------14----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
C Fm
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|17p12----12-17p12----12-17p12----12-|17p13----13-17p13----13-17p13----13-|
D|------14----------14----------14----|------15----------15----------15----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/muse/take_a_bow_tab_ver_4.html ]
C 1. C
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|17p12----12-17p12----12-17p12----12-|17p12----12-17p12----12-17p12----12-|
D|------14----------14----------14----|------14----------14----------14----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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2. Fm
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|17p13----13-17p13----13-17p13----13-|
D|------15----------15----------15----|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
KEY CHANGE TO F MAJOR:
F F+
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|17p14----14-17p14----14-17p14----14-|18p14----14-18p14----14-18p14----14-|
D|------15----------15----------15----|------15----------15----------15----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
F Bbm
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|17p14----14-17p14----14-17p14----14-|18p15----15-18p15----15-18p15----15-|
D|------15----------15----------15----|------15----------15----------15----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
KEY CHANGE TO Bb MAJOR:
Bb Bb+
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|19p15----15-19p15----15-19p15----15-|19p15----15-19p15----15-19p15----15-|
D|------15----------15----------15----|------16----------16----------16----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
Bb Ebm
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|19p15----15-19p15----15-19p15----15-|20p15----15-20p15----15-20p15----15-|
D|------15----------15----------15----|------16----------16----------16----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
KEY CHANGE TO Eb MAJOR:
Eb Eb+
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|20p15----15-20p15----15-20p15----15-|20p16----16-20p16----16-20p16----16-|
D|------17----------17----------17----|------17----------17----------17----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*_________________________________Play Twice_______________________________*
Eb Abm
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|20p15----15-20p15----15-20p15----15-|20p16----16-20p16----16-20p16----16-|
D|------17----------17----------17----|------18----------18----------18----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
*______________________________Play Four Times_____________________________*
Eb
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|20p15----15-20p15----15-20p15----15-|
D|------17----------17----------17----|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
*___________Play Four Times___________*
That's the intro. If you've got good knowledge of triplets on the guitar,
here's a summary of the chord progressions:
|D |D+ |D |D+ |
|D |Gm |D |D |
|D |D+ |D |D+ |
|D |Gm |D |Gm |
|G |G+ |G |G+ |
|G |Cm |G |Cm |
|C |C+ |C |C+ |
|C |Fm |C |C |
|C |C+ |C |C+ |
|C |Fm |C |Fm |
|F |F+ |F |F+ |
|F |Bbm|F |Bbm|
|Bb |Bb+|Bb |Bb+|
|Bb |Ebm|Bb |Ebm|
|Eb |Eb+|Eb |Eb+|
|Eb |Abm|Eb |Abm|
|Eb |Abm|Eb |Abm|
|Eb |Eb |Eb |Eb |
Then onto guitars etc!
Please rate if you think it's a decent tab!
