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Takin My Love

The Jam
Tab

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

Song

heliocentric@breathe.com

26th December 2000, 7.41pm

TAKIN' MY LOVE

(Paul Weller)

Chords used:

A: 577655

D: x5777x

E: x7999x

C: x3555x

Riff 1:

A

--------------|-----------5--|
-----5-----5--|-----------5--|
--------7-----|--7^-7-----6--|
--7-----------|--------7--7--|
--------------|--------------|
--------------|--------------|

A (w/riff 1 x4)

A (riff 1)

Well come on pretty baby you know what I like now

A (riff 1)

You're shakin' all over and it's feeling alright now

E

You're rockin' and rollin' and I don't know what to say

D (tacet) A

But daddy's little cat's gonna rock all day

A (riff 1)

Well come on pretty woman you know what I need now,

A (riff 1)

Try and stop me, oh what's it gonna be, babe.

E

Yeh, I'm gonna rock it right to the end,

D (tacet)

The beat's just screaming right through your head.

A

D

You're shakin' my heart, you're shakin' my soul -

A C

I just go crazy when you rock-n-roll

D A C

There you go takin' my love from me

D A E

There you go takin' my love from me

Guitar:

A D

--------------|-----------5--|--------------|-----------5--|---------------------|---------------|
-----5-----5--|-----------5--|-----5-----5--|-----------5--|-----------7^--------|--7^--------7--|
--------7-----|--7^-7-----6--|--------7-----|--7^-7-----6--|--7--7--9------9--7--|------9--7--7--|
--7-----------|--------7--7--|--5-----------|--------7--7--|---------------------|---------------|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|---------------|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|---------------|

A E D A

-----|--------------|-----------5--|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
--0--|-----5-----5--|-----------5--|-----------------|--7^-7-----7-----|-----5-----5--|
--0--|--------7-----|--7^-7-----6--|--9--9--9--9--9--|--------9-----9--|--------7-----|
-----|--7-----------|--------7--7--|--9--9--9--9--9--|-----------------|--7-----------|
-----|--------------|--------------|--7--7--7--7--7--|-----------------|--------------|
-----|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|

E

-----------------|--|
-----------------|--|
--9--9--9--9--9--|--|
--9--9--9--9--9--|--|
--7--7--7--7--7--|--|
-----------------|--|

A (riff 1)

Drive you home my country rose now

A (riff 1)

Hold you tight never let you go now

E

Kissing and a-huggin' outside your door

D (tacet)

Til your pa sees and wants no more

D

Shakin' my heart, shakin' my soul,

A C

I just go crazy when you rock and roll, babe,

D A C

There you go, takin' my love from me.

D A E

There you go, takin' my love from me.

A (repeat all of guitar solo except the last bar then play:)

-----------5--|     --5--5--|      --5--                          --5\--|
-----------5--|     --5--5--|      --5--  hold for two bars with  --5\--|
--7^-7-----6--|     --6--6--|      --6--  feedback then...        --6\--|
--------7--7--|then --7--7--| (x5) --7--                          --7\--|
-----------7--|     --7--7--|      --7--                          --7\--|
-----------5--|     --5--5--|      --5--                          --5\--|

Hope all of this makes some sense to ya!

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