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Take It Away Tabs

(ver. 1)
Butterfly Effect
This song rocks, so here is the tab.  It was on power tab, then i made it into
a tab.  Its pretty accurate as a result.  This is the way me and my band play
it, so i hope it helps you play it too!  Enjoy!

TUNING: Drop C (CGCFAD)

  Moderate Rock Q=105
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx2          Wx5          H    S E. S E.
|------------|------------|----------------|
|------------|------------|----------------|
|------------|------------|----------------|
|------------|------------|------x-5--x-5--|
|------------|------------|------x-5--x-5--|
|------------|------------|------x-5--x-5--|


   Intro
    E E  E  S  S  S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S S E. S  E.
||-------------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-----10-10-10-10-10S5-5-5-5-5S|=6-6-6-6-6-6------------o||
||-------7--7--7--7--7S2-2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3-3-------------||
||--0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10---||
||o-0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10--o||
||--0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10---||


   Verse 1
    W          +W           W          W
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||
||o----------|------------|----------|------o||
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||
||o-0--------|-(0)--------|-8--------|-5----o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-8--------|-5-----||


  Gtr II
    E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--/7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|   W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---0----------------------------------------|
|---0----------------------------------------|


   E   S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S11-11-11-11-11-|
|--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7S=8--8--8--8--8-|
|--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|


   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11S|=8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S|=7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8S|=5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|  W                                          W
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------------|-5---------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------------|-5---------------------------|


   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S8-8-8-8S|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7S5-5-5-5S|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|  W
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------|


   E   S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S11-11-11-11-|
|--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7S=8--8--8--8-|
|--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|


   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S   E S S S S S S E    S S S S  S S
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8--8-8-||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7--7-7-||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5--5-5-||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
|  W                                          H             S E.     S E.
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------x-5------x-5------||
|--8----------------------------------------|-5-------------x-5------x-5------||
|--8----------------------------------------|-5-------------x-5------x-5------||


   Chorus
    Gtr I
    E E  E  S  S  S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S S E. S  E.  3x
||-------------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-----10-10-10-10-10S5-5-5-5-5S|=6-6-6-6-6-6------------o||
||-------7--7--7--7--7S2-2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3-3-------------||
||--0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10---||
||o-0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10--o||
||--0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10---||


                                             |-3-|
  E E  E  S  S  S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S Q Q Q
|------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----10-10-10-10-10S5-5-5-5-5S|=6-6-6-6-6-6-------||
|------7--7--7--7--7S2-2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3-3-------||
|-0-0--------------------------|-------------5-5-5-||
|-0-0--------------------------|-------------5-5-5-||
|-0-0--------------------------|-------------5-5-5-||


   Verse 2
    W          +W           W          W
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||
||o----------|------------|----------|------o||
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||
||-----------|------------|----------|-------||
||o-0--------|-(0)--------|-8--------|-5----o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-8--------|-5-----||


  Gtr II
    E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--/7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|   W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---0----------------------------------------|
|---0----------------------------------------|


   E   S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S11-11-11-11-11-|
|--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7S=8--8--8--8--8-|
|--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|


   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11S|=8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S|=7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8S|=5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|  W                                          W
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------------|-5---------------------------|
|--8----------------------------------------|-5---------------------------|


   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S8-8-8-8S|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7S5-5-5-5S|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|  W
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------|


   E   S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10S11-11-11-11-|
|--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7S=8--8--8--8-|
|--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|


   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S   E S S S S S S E    S S S S  S S
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8--8-8-||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7--7-7-||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5--5-5-||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
|  W                                          H             S E.     S E.
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|---------------x-5------x-5------||
|--8----------------------------------------|-5-------------x-5------x-5------||
|--8----------------------------------------|-5-------------x-5------x-5------||


   Chorus
    Gtr I
    E E  E  S  S  S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S S E. S  E.  3x
||-------------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-----10-10-10-10-10S5-5-5-5-5S|=6-6-6-6-6-6------------o||
||-------7--7--7--7--7S2-2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3-3-------------||
||--0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10---||
||o-0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10--o||
||--0-0--------------------------|-------------x-5--x-10---||


                                             |-3-|
  E E  E  S  S  S  S E S S S S   E E S S S S Q Q Q
|------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----10-10-10-10-10S5-5-5-5-5S|=6-6-6-6-6-6-------||
|------7--7--7--7--7S2-2-2-2-2S|=3-3-3-3-3-3-------||
|-0-0--------------------------|-------------5-5-5-||
|-0-0--------------------------|-------------5-5-5-||
|-0-0--------------------------|-------------5-5-5-||


   Breakdown
    E  S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E  S  S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  S
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
||o---10-10S5-5-5-5S6-6-6-6S3-3-3-3-|---10-10S5-5-5-5S6-6-6-6S10-10-10-10-|
||-----7--7S2-2-2-2S3-3-3-3S0-0-0-0-|----7--7S2-2-2-2S3-3-3-3S=7--7--7--7-|
||--0-------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
||o-0-------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
||--0-------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
    W                                 W


                    |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E   Q Q Q..  S S S E.
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5----x-x-5-3---||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5----x-x-5-3--o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5----x-x-5-3---||


 Bridge
  Gtr II
  W           H      S  S S    S S  S    S  S
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|-----------10-----10---10------10-|
|----------|--------/7----7------7-------7----|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|             |-----------3-----------|
| W           Q Q Q  Q      Q         Q
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|-/7-7-7--5------5---------5\------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|-0--------|----------------------------------|


   S   E  H    S Q      H    S  S S  S S  S S  S
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----10\------------|---------10---10---10---10---|
|--7-----------------|-------7----7----7----7------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|  H.            Q      W
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|-/1-------------1\--|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-/5--------------------------|


  Gtr II
  S  E  H    S Q     H      S  S S    S S  S    S  S
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---10\-----------|-----------10-----10---10------10-|
|-7---------------|--------/7----7------7-------7----|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                    |-----------3-----------|
| W                  Q Q Q  Q      Q         Q
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|-/7-7-7--5------5---------5\------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-0---------------|----------------------------------|


   S   E  H    S Q      H     S  S S  S      S  S    S  S
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----10\------------|----------10---10b10.5---10b11---10b11.5--|
|--7-----------------|-------/7----7---------7-------7----------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
|  H.            Q      W
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-/1-------------1\--|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|-/5---------------------------------------|


  Q     S S  S S  Q     S S  S S    Q     S S  S S  Q     S S  S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----/10---10--------/10---10----|-----/10---10--------/10---10----|
|---------7----7\---------7----7\-|---------7----7\---------7----7\-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| E E   E    E    E E   E    E      E E   E    E    E E   E    E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0---0----0----0-0---0----0----|-0-0---0----0----0-0---0----0----|


  Q   S  S  S S  S Q      S  S S    Q   S  S  S S  S Q      S  S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------10---------------10----|----------10---------------10-----|
|-------/7----7\---------/7----7\-|-------/7----7\---------/7----7\--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E     E    E   E E     E      E E E     E    E   E E     E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-----8----8---8-8-----8----|-5-5-5-----5----5---5-5-----5-----|


  Q     S S  S S  Q     S S  S S    Q     S S  S S  Q     S S  S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----/10---10--------/10---10----|-----/10---10--------/10---10----|
|---------7----7\---------7----7\-|---------7----7\---------7----7\-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| E E   E    E    E E   E    E      E E   E    E    E E   E    E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0---0----0----0-0---0----0----|-0-0---0----0----0-0---0----0----|


  Q   S  S  S S  S Q      S  S S    Q   S  S  S S  H
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------10---------------10----|----------10-----------------||
|-------/7----7\---------/7----7\-|-------/7----7\--------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
|                                                  Gtr I
| E E Q          E   E Q            E E Q          S E. S E.
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------x-5--x-5-----||
|---------------------------------|----------------x-5--x-5-----||
|-8-8------------8---8------------|-5-5------------x-5--x-5-----||


   Outro
    Gtr I
    E E  E  S  S E E  E  S  S   E E  E  S  S E E  E  S  S
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----10-10-10-----10-10-10-|-----10-10-10-----10-10-10-|
||-------7--7--7------7--7--7-|------7--7--7------7--7--7-|
||--0-0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-|-0-0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-|
||o-0-0----------0-0----------|-0-0----------0-0----------|
||--0-0----------0-0----------|-0-0----------0-0----------|


  E E  E  S  S E E  E  S  S   E E  E  S  S E E  E  S  S
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----10-10-10-----10-10-10-|-----10-10-10-----10-10-10-o||
|------7--7--7------7--7--7-|------7--7--7------7--7--7--||
|-8-8--0--0--0-8-8--0--0--0-|-5-5--0--0--0-5-5--0--0--0--||
|-8-8----------8-8----------|-5-5----------5-5----------o||
|-8-8----------8-8----------|-5-5----------5-5-----------||


  PM                         PM
  S E S  E S E S E S S S S   S E S  E S E S E S  S  S  S
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10S5-5-5S6-6S5-5-5-|-------10S5-5-5S6-6S11-11-11-|
|--------7S2-2-2S3-3S2-2-2-|--------7S2-2-2S3-3S=8--8--8-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
|-0-0-0--------------------|-0-0-0-----------------------|
|-0-0-0--------------------|-0-0-0-----------------------|


  E E  E  S  S E E  E  S  S   E E  E  S  S E E  E  S  S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----10-10-10-----10-10-10-|-----10-10-10-----10-10-10-|
|------7--7--7------7--7--7-|------7--7--7------7--7--7-|
|-8-8--0--0--0-8-8--0--0--0-|-5-5--0--0--0-5-5--0--0--0-|
|-8-8----------8-8----------|-5-5----------5-5----------|
|-8-8----------8-8----------|-5-5----------5-5----------|


  PM                         PM
  S E S  E S E S E S S S S   S E S  E S E S E S  S  S  S
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10S5-5-5S6-6S5-5-5-|-------10S5-5-5S6-6S11-11-11-|
|--------7S2-2-2S3-3S2-2-2-|--------7S2-2-2S3-3S=8--8--8-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-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-------|
  E E  E  S  S E E  E  S  S   Q Q H  +Q      +Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-----10-10-10-----10-10-10-|------------------------|
|------7--7--7------7--7--7-|------------------------|
|-8-8--0--0--0-8-8--0--0--0-|-5-5-5--(5)b5.5-(5)b5.5-|
|-8-8----------8-8----------|-5-5-5--(5)b5.5-(5)b5.5-|
|-8-8----------8-8----------|-5-5-5--(5)-----(5)-----|


   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  +H         +H       W
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-(5)b5.5r===(5)----|-0----*|
|-(5)b5.5r===(5)----|-0----*|
|-(5)--------(5)----|-0----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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