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Take it Off the Top

Dixie Dregs
Tab

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Song

TAKE IT OFF THE TOP (intro)

by The Dixie Dregs

Tabbed by: Rob Hunting (rsh911@psu.edu)

I noticed that there were no tabs anywhere of this great one, so I figured

I would give it a shot and transcribe a little bit of it to get started.

Hopefully, I will find the time and patience to tab the rest of it soon.

1. Standard Tuning

2. For the intro, on the bass notes, use all downstrokes when you are picking

the low E's, and scrape your thumb across the string on your follow through

while moving your hand progressively closer to the fretboard to sound like you

are playing lower and lower notes.

3. If you can help me out with the rest of the song that would be awesome, since

it's taken me forever to figure it out this much.

*INTRO/VERSE 1*

e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|------------------7-----6--------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------7-----7--------|------------------5-----7-9-----|
A|---------------------------------|------------------5-----7-9-----|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---------|
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------10-9------|
G|------------------7-----6--------|----------------------9--9------|
D|------------------7-----7--------|----------------------11-9------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0--|

+short

e|--9--7------------------------|--9--7------------------------|
B|--10-9------------------------|--10-9------------------------|
G|--9--9-----------7-----6------|--9--9------------------------|
D|-----------------7-----7------|-------------------5-----7-9--|
A|------------------------------|-------------------5-----7-9--|
E|-------0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|-------0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0------|
e|--9--7------------------------|--9--7-------------------|
B|--10-9------------------------|--10-9-------------10-9--|
G|--9--9-----------7-----6------|--9--9-------------9--9--|
D|-----------------7-----7------|-------------------11-9--|
A|------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

+short

*SOLO 1*

e|-----------12-14b16r14-12-----------------|--|
B|--------12----------------16-15-17b19r17--|--|
G|--11/13-----------------------------------|--|
D|------------------------------------------|--|
A|------------------------------------------|--|
E|------------------------------------------|--|
e|-----------12--------------------------17b19~-|
B|--------12----15b17-16-14-12------------------|
G|--11/13---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------(14)-(13)--------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------11-13----|
G|--12-14-11----------11-12-14-------14-|
D|-----------11-12-14-------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

fast part ->

e|---------------------------12-13-15-17-19-19b21r19-/21~~-|
B|------------------12-13-15-------------------------------|
G|--------11-12-14-----------------------------------------|
D|--12-14--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

fast part ->

*VERSE 2*

e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------10-9------|
G|------------------7-----6--------|----------------------9--9------|
D|------------------7-----7--------|----------------------11-9------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0--|

+short

e|--7-5------------------------|-------------11-----------------------|
B|--8-7--------10-12b13r12-10--|--8-7-----12----12--------------------|
G|--7-7-----11-----------------|--9-8--11----------11----11-----------|
D|-------12--------------------|--9-9-----------------15----14-12-13--|
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|----------------------10-----------|
B|--8--10-8-------10-12----13b15~~~~-|
G|--7--------7-6---------------------|
D|--9--------------------------------|
A|-----------9-7---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

/ = slide

b = bend

r = release

() = optional note

~ = vibrato

Help me out with this one; I need it!

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