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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:16:19 -0400
From: Arend Raifsnider
Subject: j/jethro_tull/taxi_grab.tab
"Taxi Grab",
from Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die!
Written by Ian Anderson
Transcribed by Arend Raifsnider
Bear with me, this is my first tab ever.
Little intro thingie:
e: |----
b" |----
g: |4s16
d: |----
a: |----
e: |----
Taxi!
Riff 1: about 8x
e: |-----------7--------
b: |-10b12-8------------
g: |--------9-9-9s7-7-9-
d: |------------9s7-7-9-
a: |------------7s5-5-7-
e: |--------------------
B B
Shake a leg....
B B
Can't find a .......
B B
Bodies jammed....
B B
Evacuating .....
Riff 2:
e: |-----------------------
b: |-----------------------
g: |-------9b119-7---------
d: |----7-9-------7-7---7-9
a: |-7h9-------------7h9---
e: |-----------------------
B B
Nowhere to....
B B
As the big store.....
B B
Red lights....
B B
Stop, step....
Over the previous verse, some slide playing comes in:
e: |---------------
b: |-3v-3s4-3v-3s12
g: |---------------
d: |---------------
a: |---------------
e: |---------------
Riff 2
B5 B5 E5 G5 A5
Teatime calls....
G5 G5 A5 A5 B5
Open at seven....
With similar slide playing over that
Riff 2 with a B chord stuck in there.
Riff 1
More verses, then a solo rooted at(I think) the 7th fret
Some jamming, an outro with Riff 2.
Then it comes back in with something like:
e: |-------------------
b: |-------------------
g: |-7h9-9-11-9-9---7h9
d: |-------------7h9---
a: |-------------------
e: |-------------------
Toy around with that. Fun song, huh?
Martin Barre is an underrated player! Boost his legend!