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Whatever it Takes

P.o.d.
Tab
4.3(4)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

intro

I:

(clean)

d|------------------5.-------7.---------------------|
A|---------7.---------5.-------7.-------------------|
F|---------7.-----------5.-------7.-----------------|
C|-----7.-------------------------------------------|
G|-7.------------------------------------------2----|
D|---------------------------------------------0----|

distortion & volume swell ^

II:

d|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------0---------------|
C|-----------------------3-0---------------|
G|-2--*-*-*--------------3-0---2--*--------|
D|-0--2.2.2.3.3.3.3.4.4.-1-----0--2.(x9)---|

[* these harmonics are actually played at 3/4 of the third fret (or fret 2.7) ]

III:

d|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-------------|-----------------|
F|---0-------------|---0-------------|
C|-2-0-------------|-3-0-------------|
G|-2-----2--*------|-3-0---2--*------|
D|-0-----0--2.(x9)-|-1-----0--2.(x9)-|

IV:

d|------------------0---|
A|---3----------------3-|
F|---0------------------|
C|-2-0------------------|
G|-2-----2--------------|
D|-0-----0--------------|

^ let ring

Order: I

II

III (x3)

IV

verse

"Face to face with aggression..."

d|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
G|-2---*-*-*-----------------------|
D|-0---2.2.2.3.3.3.3.4.4.4.5.5.5.--|

...play that eight times.

...then play:

d|------------0---|
A|--------------3-|
F|----------------|
C|----------------|
G|-2--------------|
D|-0--------------|

^ let ring

chorus

i:

"Whatever it takes!"

d|-------------|
A|-------------|
F|-------------|
C|-------------|
G|-2--*--------|
D|-0--2.(x9)---|

ii:

d|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-------------|-----------------|
F|---0-------------|---0-------------|
C|-2-0-------------|-3-0-------------|
G|-2-----2--*------|-3-0---2--*------|
D|-0-----0--2.(x9)-|-1-----0--2.(x9)-|

^

Order: i

ii (x2) - the second time you play this depress the vibrato arm on the last D chord (^)

...then play: - 'verse' (x8) (w/ pick slide in between)

bridge

..play this eight times:

d|---------------0--------|
A|------------------0-----|
F|----------3----------3--|
C|-------2----------------|
G|----2-------------------|
D|-0----------------------|

...then play: 'chorus' (i, iix4)

outro

( Overlapped by bridge)

d|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
F|-9-11-12~--11-9-11~--9-7-9~-|-9-11-11-h12--12p11-12~--11p9-11~--9p7-9~-|
C|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------------------------10h12-10----------10-------|
F|--9h11-11h12-12/14-|-12h14p12p11-12--11h12p11p9--11h12----------12-11-12----11-9~-|
C|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------10----------|

F|-12h14p12p11-12-9-11-12---9-11~--9--|etc.......

C|------------------------------------|etc.......
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|

...

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