Song: Take On Me (cover)
Artist: MxPx
Album: On The Cover
tabbed by: mike doles (sk8boardinpunk3@yahoo.com)
After drums play 4 measure intro, clean guitar strums a G chord from top to
bottom (e to e). Then bass plays G,C,F,Bb,A progression for 8 measures. On the
8th measure, guitar (distorted) comes in with pick scrape, then starts...
Here's the intro solo:
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7------------------9-10-12-10-10-------------------------| x2
D|---8-------10-10-10---------------10----12-12-12-10-12-10-|
A|-----10-10---------------------------12-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
verse: rhythm - 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4
G GGGGGG C CCCCCC F FFFFFF Bb BbBbA AA
------ ------ ------ ---- --
pm pm pm pm pm
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mxpx/take_on_me_tab.html ]
G C
Talkin' away
F Bb
I don't know what
A
what to say
G C
but I'll say it anyway
F Bb A
today's another day to find you
G C D
shyin' away
Bb
I'll be waitin for your love okay
chorus:
F C D Bb
Take on me (Take on me)
F C D Bb
Take me on (Take on me)
F C D Bb
I'll be gone
F C D Bb
In a day
verse:
Needless to say
I'm odds and ends
And you see me
Stumblin' Away
Smile and learn that life is okay
Stay in love with me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
And here's the solo between the second and third verses:
e|-------------------------| e|---------|
B|-----5-----5-----4-----4-| B|---------|
G|---5-----5-----5-----5---| x2, then G|---------| then
D|-7-----7-----7-----7-----| D|-/8---/5-|
A|-------------------------| A|---------|
E|-------------------------| E|---------|
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-7------------------9-10-12-| x2, then intro solo
D|---8-------10-10-10---------|
A|-----10-10------------------|
E|----------------------------|
verse:
Oh the things that you say
Is it life or
Just to play my
Worries away
All the things I've got to remember
Shyin' away
I'll be comin' for your love anyway
if i made any mistakes feel free to email me. Enjoy
