Take

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OK everyone, I'm just passing this tab on. I AM NOT the creator of this tab.

If anyone has any problems, plase feel free to make any comments. If any one

has any corrections PLEASE add them to the comments. I think this is JBT's best song.

Author/Artist: john butler trio

Title: take

Album: three

Transcribed by: nic dodd

Email: nicdodd@hotmail.com

Tunning C-G-C-G-C-E

skip intro

--x--------x-----x----------x-----------x-------x----x-------x----------------

--10h1210--10----10h12p10---10----------8h10p8--8----8h10p8--8----------------
--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--------0-----0----------0-----------0-------0----0-------0----------------

--x------x---x------x-------x--x--x--x-x--------------------------------------

--7h8p7--7---7h8p7--7-------7--5--3--2-2--------------------------------------
--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--0-0--------------------------------------
--0------0---0------0-------0--0--0--0-0--------------------------------------

sort of the same as above, but with bends

--x--------x-----x------------------x-------x-----x--------------------------

--10h1210--10----12b----------------8h10p8--8-----10b------------------------
--0--------0-----0------------------0-------0-----0--------------------------
--0--------0-----0------------------0-------0-----0--------------------------
--0--------0-----0------------------0-------0-----0--------------------------
--0--------0-----0------------------0-------0-----0--------------------------

--x------x---x-------------x--x--x--x-x--------------------------------------

--7h8p7--7---8b------------7--5--3--2-2--------------------------------------
--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------0---0-------------0--0--0--0-0--------------------------------------
--x------x---x------x---------x------------3-3---5-5-5----------------------
--7h8p7--7---7h8p7--7---------8------------3-3---5-5-5----------------------
--0------0---0------0---------0---  x3  ---3-3---5-5-5----------------------  x2
--0------0---0------0---------0------------3-3---5-5-5----------------------
--0------0---0------0---------0------------3-3---5-5-5----------------------
--0------0---0------0---------8------------3-3---5-5-5----------------------

Verse

--x------x---x------x-------x-------------------3-3---5-5-5-----------------
--7h8p7--7---7h8p7--7-------8-------------------3-3---5-5-5-----------------
--0------0---0------0-------0-------------------3-3---5-5-5-----  x2   -----
--0------0---0------0-------0-------------------3-3---5-5-5-----------------
--0------0---0------0-------0-------------------3-3---5-5-5-----------------
--0------0---0------0-------8-------------------3-3---5-5-5-----------------

"so take, take what you want"

--10-----10--10-----10------10------------------3-3---5-5-5-------------------
--7h8p7--7---7h8p7--7-------7-------------------3-3---5-5-5-------------------
--0------0---0------0-------0-------------------3-3---5-5-5------  x2   ------
--0------0---0------0-------0-------------------3-3---5-5-5-------------------
--0------0---0------0-------0-------------------3-3---5-5-5-------------------
--0------0---0------0-------8-------------------3-3---5-5-5-------------------

"your all alone"

chorus

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--0-0---8-8-8-8---10-10---5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------
--0-0---8-8-8-8---10-10---5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------
--0-0---8-8-8-8---10-10---5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------
--0-0---8-8-8-8---10-10---5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------

"you dont even understand"

theres a little bit after the first chorus

that sort of goes like this

2.39

----------------------------------------------------3-3---5-5-5---------------
----------------------------------------------------3-3---5-5-5---------------
-12-10-8---8888---8-7-5---5555---5-7-8---8888-------3-3---5-5-5---------------
-0--0--0---0000---0-0-0---0000---0-0-0---0000-------3-3---5-5-5---------------
-0--0--0---0000---0-0-0---0000---0-0-0---0000-------3-3---5-5-5---------------
-0--0--0---0000---0-0-0---0000---0-0-0---0000-------3-3---5-5-5---------------

3.27

-0---x-x-----x----x-x---------------------------------------------------------
-0---8-8-----10---5-5---------------------------------------------------------
-0---0-0-----0----0-0---------------------------------------------------------
-0---0-0-----0----0-0---------------------------------------------------------
-0---x-x-----x----x-x---------------------------------------------------------
-0---8-8-----10---5-5---------------------------------------------------------

"if you dont got the time" play softly "dont know why" played harder

this new riff is played at 4.07

---12-12--10-12-12-----12-12--8-10-10----12-12--5-8-8------12-12--3-5-5-------
---12-12--10-12-12-----12-12--8-10-10----12-12--5-8-8------12-12--3-5-5-------
---12-12--10-12-12-----12-12--8-10-10----12-12--5-8-8------12-12--3-5-5-------
---12-12--10-12-12-----12-12--8-10-10----12-12--5-8-8------12-12--3-5-5-------
---12-12--10-12-12-----12-12--8-10-10----12-12--5-8-8------12-12--3-5-5-------
---12-12--10-12-12-----12-12--8-10-10----12-12--5-8-8------12-12--3-5-5-------

after the drum solo, john comes in with this a few times

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8-----5-5--8-8-------------------------
---12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8-----5-5--8-8-------------------------
---12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8-----5-5--8-8-------------------------

a solo bit.............

then frets used for this bit after solo

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--3s5-5b----3s7-7b----3s8-8b----3s10-10b----3s12-12b-----3s13--13b--13---13s12--12---12s10--10-
--0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0----0------0----0-------0-----0----0----0-----------0------0--
--3s5-5b----3s7-7b----3s8-8b----3s10-10b----3s12-12b-----3s13--13b--13---13s12--12---12s10--10-
--0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0----0------0----0-------0-----0----0----0-----------0------0--
--1-1h3p1-1---1--1--1---------------------------------------------------------
--0-0-----0---3--2--0---- played fairly fast  --------------------------------
--0-0-----0---0--0--3---------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

band:john butler trio

song:take

album:three

tabbed by :mat thompson

email:around_the_fur_6@hotmail.com

ok i use the tune (c) to do this song i am pretty sure that what john uses

aswell

its taken me a while to get this song note for note, so i expect it will

take u awhile aswell, so just have the song playing in the background while

ur learning it

riff 1

e---------------------------------------------------------------------}

c-0-1-2-3-5-7p8p7-9p11p9--7p8p7-5---5-5-5-7-7-7-9-9-7-7-3-2-2-2-------}
g-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-------0-----0-------------------------------------]
c-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-------0-----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------)
g-0-------------------------------------------------------------------)

c---------------------------------------------------------------------)

riff 2

e------------------------------------------------------)

c-slide-5p6p5--7p8p7--9p11p9-7p8p7--5p6p5-3p4p3-2------)
g-------0------0------0------0------0-----------0------)
c-------0------0-------------0------0-----------0------)
g-------0------0---------------------------------------)

c------------------------------------------------------)

riff 3

e------------------------------------------------------)

c-11-9-9p11p9-9-7-7p9p7-7-5-5p7p5-5-3-3p5p3--2---------)
g-0--0-0------o-o-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-0------0---------)
c-0--0-0------o-o-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-0------0---------)

g------------------------------------------------------)

c------------------------------------------------------)

riff 4

e--------------------------0--------------------------)
c--------------------------0-------------0------------)
g-6--4--1------------------0-------------0------------)
c-----------0-3----0-5-----0-------------0------------)
g-6--4--1---0-3----0-5-----0-------------0------------)
c-----------0-3----0-5-----0-------------0------------)

then a whole bunch of muteing

use a tremolo style of finger picking for the next two stanzas

riff 5

e-------------12-12-12-12----------------------------)
c-------------12-12-12-12----------------------------)
g-------------12-12-12-12----------------------------)
c-12-12-12-12----------------do that 3 times---------)
g-12-12-12-12----------------------------------------)
c-12-12-12-12----------------------------------------)

these are just the frets not the timeing

riff 6

e-------------------------------)

c-------------------------------)

g-------------------------------)

c-12-9-7-5-3--------------------)
g-12-9-7-5-3--------------------)
c-12-9-7-5-3--------------------)

riff7

e-------------------------------------------------------)

c-7--------8-8--5------6-6--3--------4-4--2-------------)
g-7-4-times8-8--5-4tmes6-6--3-4times-4-4--2-4 times-----)
c-0--------0-0--0------0-0--0--------0-0--0-------------)
g-0--------0-0--0------0-0--0--------0-0--0-------------)

c-------------------------------------------------------)

now it would take me days to do the timeing exact so i am just going to put

the cords and u can work out the timeing

riff 8

e--------9------------7-------5-------3------)
c-7-8-7----7-8-7-----------------------------)
g-7-8-7----7-8-7-----------------------------)
c-0-0-0----0-0-0-----------------------------)
g-0-0-0----0-0-0-----------------------------)

c--------------------------------------------)

now u do the same for each of the other cords simialir to the riff 7 as u

descend just hit the high (e)

riff 9

e---------------------------------------------------------)

c-7p8-7-8-7-8-8-------------------------------------------)
g-7-8-7-8-7-8-8-------------------------------------------)
c-0-0-0-----8-8-repeat-3 times---3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5----------)
g-0-0-0-----8-8------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5----------)
c--------------------------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5----------)

then it goes off in a little decent solo i am not going to do it , but it

goes down the finger board similair to riff 2 just before he starts to sing

(dont even understand)

riff 10

e-------------------------------------------------)

c-------------------------------------------------)

g-------------------------------------------------)

c-0-0-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3-----------------------)
g-0-0-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3-----------------------)
c-0-0-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3-----------------------)

riff11

when this little mellowed bit comes when john says,(dont know why,dont even

understand)the corus is muted and the higher pitch string are left to take

over

E-o-o-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3----------------------)
c-o-o-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3----------------------)
g-o-o-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3----------------------)
c-o-o-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3--)-------------------)
g-o-o-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3--)mute---------------)
c-o-o-8-8-8-8-10-10-3-3-3-3--)-------------------)

just after the (dont understand ) part it goes decending down the finger

board

riff 12

e---------------------------------------------------------------)

c-----9p11p99-----7p9p77-----5p7p55------3p5p3-3---22-4---------)
g-----9p11p99-----7p9p77-----5p7p55------3p5p3-3---22-4---------)
c-9-9---------7-7--------5-5---------3-3---------2--------------)
g-9-9---------7-7--------5-5---------3-3---------2--------------)
c-9-9---------7-7--------5-5---------3-3---------2--------------)

INTERLUDE JBT ,NAT AND CARLO

riff 13

e--------------------------------------------------)

c--------------------------------------------------)

G--------------------------------------------------)

c-9-9--7-7-5-5-3-3-5-5------------------repeat-----)
g-9-9--7-7-5-5-3-3-5-5-----------------------------)
c-9-9--7-7-5-5-3-3-5-5-----------------------------)

the nect little solo once the interlude is over is simialir to riff 3

only it lingers around the 7th and 8th fret for about 4 beats the start the

decent down the finger board.once u get to the 2nd and first fret, the good

solo starts

riff 14

e---------------------------------------------------------------------

c-2s-333-2s-555-2s-777-2s-999-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-----
g-2s-333-2s-555-2s-777-2s-999-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-----
c-2s-333-2s-555-2s-777-2s-9-------------------------------------------
g-2s-333-2s-555-------------------------------------------------------

c---------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

-8-8-8-8--7p90-7---77-7--7p90-7---7p90-7---77-7--777779999911-11-11-11--
-8-8-8-8--0--0-5-5--6-5--0--0-5-5-0--0-5-5--6-5--777779999911-11-11-11--
----------0----0-o-------0----0-0-0----0-0------------------------------
----------0----o---------0----0---0----0--------------------------------
-------------------------0----------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------14bend------------------

-11-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-12--14-14-14---14-12-11-11-11-11----
-11-12-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14-12--14-14-14---14-12-11-11-11-11----

----------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------

-9999-11-11-11-11-9999-7777-5555-7777-3333-7755332211----------------
-9999-11-11-11-11-9999-7777-5555-7777-3333-7755332211----------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------

end of solo

please note that this is note exact and the timing is not exact ,so u need

to practice and listen to the song to get it exact

peace out

mat

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