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Tabs for the song Take It Easy Chicken (Single Version)

Guitar

• Tabs sourced from: Saint Chad's Home For The Terminally Helpless.

Lead

quiet pre-intro bit:
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-2-0------|
|-----1-0--|
|----------|

INTRO:

|--8-5----1-3-----1--0-----|
|-------------3---------3--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|   x2


VERSE:

|---0---0---0---0---0---0-----8-5-----|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6-------6---|
|---------------------------7-------7-|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| 6 times, til "art school was sad"
|----------------------------------|  or "don't even rhyme", then

|---0---0---0---0---0---0-----8-5-----|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6-------6---|
|---------------------------7-------5-|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| the difference is the last note.
|----------------------------------|

CHORUS

play these chords (it's easier than it looks, once you have it):

v: downstroke
^: upstroke
  v  v ^ v  v ^
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|-3--3-1-1--1-1-|-3--3-1-1--1-1-|-1--1-0-0--0-0-|-1--1-0-0--0-0-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-2--2---2--2---|-2--2---2--2---|-2--2---2--2---|-2--2---2--2---|
|-3--3---3--3---|-3--3---3--3---|-0--0---0--0---|-0--0---0--0---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
                 the lyrics...   mean that much. they're just...

  v  v ^ v  v ^
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0-------------|---------------|
|-1--1-1-1--1-1-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-5-------------|---------------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-5-------------|---------------|
|-3--3---3--3---|-3--3---3--3---|-3-------------|---------------|
|-3--3---3--3---|-3--3---3--3---|-5-------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 lovely voice    they aren't...   much______


MIDDLE

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-5-4-2-4-0-----------5-4-2-4-0----------|
|-----------2-5--0---------------2-3-5/\-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
They all believe me

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-5-4-2-4-0-----------5-4-2-4-0----------|
|-----------2-5--0---------------3-------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
it's     all       so    easy    now


END SOLO (START THEREOF)

/=slide up
\=slide down
^=bend up
>=bend up then down
h=hammer on
p=pull off

e|-------------------12^-11^-----------------12^-11^------------|
B|-------------11>-8---------13^--9-12-11>-8--------------------|
G|-11>-9h10p9\---------------------------------------11>-9h10p9-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 
And it ends on a C: x32010

Rhythm

INTRO:

Dm    F    A#    F/A, C

x2 (the F/A and C are both in the same bar. ie change quicker)

VERSE:
Dm F A# Am

CHORUS

play these chords (it's easier than it looks, once you have it):

v: downstroke
^: upstroke
  v  v ^ v  v ^
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|
|-3--3-1-1--1-1-|-3--3-1-1--1-1-|-1--1-0-0--0-0-|-1--1-0-0--0-0-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-2--2---2--2---|-2--2---2--2---|-2--2---2--2---|-2--2---2--2---|
|-3--3---3--3---|-3--3---3--3---|-0--0---0--0---|-0--0---0--0---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
                 the lyrics...   mean that much. they're just...

  v  v ^ v  v ^
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0-------------|---------------|
|-1--1-1-1--1-1-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-5-------------|---------------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-5-------------|---------------|
|-3--3---3--3---|-3--3---3--3---|-3-------------|---------------|
|-3--3---3--3---|-3--3---3--3---|-5-------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 lovely voice    they aren't...   much______


MIDDLE

C/G  Am/D        Am7   C C/B
They all believe me
C/G  Am/D   Am7  Fm
it's all so easy now



And it ends on a C



CHORDS:
Dm   - xx0231
F    - 133211
A#   - x13331
F/A  - x03211
C    - x32010
Am   - x02210
C/G  - 332010
Am/D - x00210
Am7  - x02010
C/B  - x22010

Bass

Drums

Credit

• Lead section:
• Rhythm section:
• Bass section:

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