TALKING HEADS - "Take Me To The River" Tablature
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Song: Take Me To The River
Band: Talking Heads
Album: Stop Making Sense (Special Edition Live - Soundtrack)
Drummer: Chris Frantz
Timing: 4/4
Tempo: 120
Tabbed By: Stanton LeFort (Stanton.LeFort@rogers.com) on 2000/07/08
Intro [0:00]
t |--------------o-|
S |----------o-oo--|
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
____________________________________
|1. |2. |3. |
C |x-------|--------|--------|----------------|--------|----X-X-|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxOxx|xxxxxxxx|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|xxxxxxxx|xxX-----|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|----o-------o---|--o---o-|--o-O-O-|
B |o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o-----o-o--o----|o--oo---|o---o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Chorus 1 ("Take me to the river…") [0:25]
|== 2x ==|======= 2x ======|
C |--------|--------|--------|--------|----X-X-|
H |xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxOxx|xxxxxxxx|xxX-----|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o-O-O-|
B |o---o---|o---o--o|o---o---|o---o---|o---o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Verse 1 ("Don't know why…") [0:41]
|== 3x ==|======= 2x ======| |== 3x ==|
C |--------|--------|--------|----------------|x-------|--------|----X-X-|
H |xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|x-x-x-x---------|-xxxxxxx|--------|--------|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|----o---ooooo---|--o---o-|oooooooo|ooo-O-O-|
B |o---o---|o--oo---|o---o---|o-------o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o---o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Chorus 2 ("Take me to the river…") [1:07]
|======= 3x ======|
C |--------|--------|--------|----X-X-|
H |xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxX-----|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o-O-O-|
B |o---o--o|o---o---|o---o--o|o---o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Bridge 1 [1:23]
|======= 2x ======|
C |--------|------X-|--------|------X-|--------|--------X---X---|
H |xxxxxxxx|xxxxxx--|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxx--|xxxxxxxx|----------------|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|ooooo---O---O--o|
B |o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o--oo---|o---o---|o---o---o---o---|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
Verse 2 ("Don't know why…") [1:39]
|== 3x ==| |== 3x ==| |== 3x ==|
C |--------|--------|--------|----------------|x-------|--------|X-X-X-X-|
H |xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|x-x-x-x---------|-xxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|--------|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|----o---ooooo---|--o---o-|o-oooooo|o-o-o-o-|
B |o---o---|o--oo---|o---o---|o-------o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o-o-o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Chorus 3 ("Take me to the river…") [2:05]
|======= 2x ======|
C |x-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxXxXx|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o-----|
B |o---o--o|o---o---|o---o--o|o---o--o|o---o---|o---o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Bridge 2 ("Hold me, squeeze me…") [2:21]
|== 3x ==|
C |x-------|x---------------|--------|--------|--------|----X-X-|
H |-xxxxxxx|x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|x-------|--------|
S |--o---o-|----o-------o---|--------|--------|-ooooooo|ooo-O-O-|
B |o---o---|o-------o--o----|--------|------oo|oooooooo|ooo-o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Chorus 4 ("Take me to the river…") [2:37]
|======= 2x ======|
C |x-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------X---X---|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|x-x-X---X---X---|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|----o----------o|
B |o---o--o|o---o---|o---o--o|o---o--o|o---o---|o-------o---o---|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
Bridge 3 ("Get down dirty…") [2:53]
|======= 2x ======|
C |x-------|------X-|--------|--------|--------|--------X---X---|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxx--|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|----------------|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|ooooo---o---o---|
B |o---o---|o--oo---|o---o---|o--oo---|o---o---|o---o---o---o---|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
Verse 3 ("Don't know why…") [3:09]
|== 4x ==| |== 2x ==|== 3x ==|
C |x-------|--------|--------|--------|x-------|--------|----X-X-|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|-xxxxxxx|xxXxxxXx|xxX-----|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o-o-o-|
B |o---o---|o---o---|o--oo---|o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o---o-o-|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
Chorus 5 ("Take me to the river…") [3:35]
|======= 3x ======|
C |x-------|--------|--------|----------------|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|----------------|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|ooooo-ooooooo---|
B |o---o--o|o---o--o|o---o---|o---o-o-----o---|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
Bridge 4 ("Hold me, squeeze me…") [3:50]
|== 2x ==| |== 3x ==| |== 2x ==|
C |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
H |--xxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxO|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxX-|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxO|
S |o-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|o------ |--------|--------|
B |--o-----|--------|--------|o-o-o-o-|o-o-o-o-|--------|--------|--------|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
|== 3x ==|
C |--------|--------X---X---|
H |xxxxxxxx|ooooo-oo--oo----|
S |--------|----------------|
B |--------|o---o---o---o---|
|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
Chorus Reprise / Outro ("Take me to the river…") [4:22]
|======= 3x ======|
C |X-------|------x-|X-------|--------X-X-X---|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxx--|-xxxxxxx|----------------|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|ooooo-----------|
B |o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o---o---o-o-o---|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
|======= 2x ======|
C |X-------|------x-|--------|------x-|--------|
H |-xxxxxxx|xxxxxx--|xxxxxxxx|xxxxxx--|xxxxxxxx|
S |--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|--o---o-|
B |o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|o---o---|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|
____________________________________________________
|1. |2. |3.Slow down>>>>>|
C |----------------|----------------|X---X---X---X---|
t |------ooo-------|----------------|----------------|
t |----------ooo-o-|------------o---|----------------|
S |ooooo-----------|ooooo-oooooo----|o---o---o---o---|
B |o---o-o---o---o-|o---o-o-----o---|o---o---o---o---|
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|
Outro Solo / Finish (back to regular tempo)
C |X-------|--------|--------|--------|X|
t |--------|--------|--------|--------|-|
T |---OUTRO|FILL----|AD-LIB--|AD-LIB--|-|
S |--------|--------|--------|--------|-|
B |o-------|--------|--------|--------|o|
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1|
END [5:35]
Tabbed By: Stanton LeFort (Stanton.LeFort@rogers.com)
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