What It Takes Tab by Aerosmith

What It Takes tab by Aerosmith (Ver. 2)

Guitar Tab

Words and Music by Tyler/Perry/Child

D
x x 0 2 3 2

C
x 3 2 0 1 0

F
1 3 3 2 1 1

Dm
x x 0 2 3 1
Bb
x 1 3 3 3 x

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

G
3 2 0 0 0 3

Fm
x 8 10 10 9 8

Eb
x 6 8 8 8 x
C#
x 4 6 6 6 x

G#
4 6 6 5 4 4

C(type 2)
x 3 5 5 5 x

A
x 0 2 2 2 0
Dm(type 2)
x 5 7 7 6 5

Dm/B
x 2 3 2 3 x

D/Ab
x x x 1 3 2

Bbm
x 1 3 3 2 1

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Nylon'

 Intro
  Moderately Slow Rock Q=76
 2/4    4/4
  Gtr I
  H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|------|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
|------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----||
|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3--||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||


 Verse
  H    H      Wx7          H.      S S S S
|-----------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|-3----------------|
|-0---------|------------|-2-------2--------|
|-----------|------------|-0-------0---0----|
|-----------|------------|-----------0---0--|
|-----------|------------|------------------|


  H.      E E   E E E E E E Q    Q  Q  E E S S E
|-------------|----------------|------------------||
|-3-----------|---------0---0--|---------5--------||
|-0-----------|-------0---0----|-5--5--5-5---5-5\-||
|-0-----------|-----2----------|-5--5--5---5-5-5\-||
|-x-------0---|---2------------|-3--3--3---3---5\-||
|-3---------3-|-0--------------|------------------||


 Chorus
  H    Q  E E   Q  E. S E E S S E   H    E E Q    Q  E. S E E S S E
|-------------|-------1-----------|-------------|-------1-------------|
|-------------|----1--1-----------|-------------|----1--1-------------|
|-3-------3---|----2----3-3-3p2---|-3----3---3--|----2----3-3-3-2-----|
|-3----3--3---|-3--3----3-3-3---3-|-3----3-3-3--|-3--3----3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1----1--1p0-|-3---------------3-|-1----1---1--|-3---------------3---|
|-------------|-1-----------------|-------------|-1-------------------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    H    Q.   E   W          +H     E E E E
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|
|----3------2--|-6----5------|-3--------|-(3)----------3-|
|-3--3------2--|-7----5------|-2--------|-(2)--------2---|
|-3----3-2-----|-7----5------|-3--------|-(3)------3-----|
|-1----1-0-----|-5----3------|-2--------|-(2)----2-------|
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W              W             W           H     E E E E
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------|--------------3-|
|--------------|-------------|----------|------------2---|
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------3-----|
|--------------|-------------|----------|--------2-------|
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|


                                       Verse
                                        G
                                        Gtr III
  W               W                     E E E E  E E E E
                                        | | | |  | | | |
                                        / / / /  / / / /

  Q  Q   Q  Q     Q  E S S E E S s E    Q   e Q.     e E
|---------------|----1-1-----1---1---||-----3--------3---|
|---------------|----1-1-1---1---1---||-----3--------3---|
|---------------|----2---------------||-----4--------4---|
|-3--3--/6--6\--|----------3---3---3-||------------------|
|-1--1--/4--4\--|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|-1------------------||------------------|
|
| H      H        W                     W
|-1-------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|


  D                      Em            D      C
  E E  E E  E E  E S S   E E  E E  E E  E E   E E E E  E E E E
  | |  | |  | |  | | |   | |  | |  | |  | |   | | | |  | | | |
  / /  / /  / /  / / /   / /  / /  / /  / /   / / / /  / / / /

  Q    e Q.      e E     Q    e Q.      e E   Q   e Q.     e E
|-----10--------10-----|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---|
|-----10--------10-----|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---|
|-----11--------11-----|-----12--------11---|-----9--------9---|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|


  G                  D
  E E E E  E E E E   E E  E E  E E  E S S
  | | | |  | | | |   | |  | |  | |  | | |
  / / / /  / / / /   / /  / /  / /  / / /

  Q   e Q.     e E   Q    e Q.      e E
|-----3--------3---|-----10--------10-----|
|-----3--------3---|-----10--------10-----|
|-----4--------4---|-----11--------11-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|


  Em            D      C
  E E  E E  E E  E E   E E E E  E E E E
  | |  | |  | |  | |   | | | |  | | | |
  / /  / /  / /  / /   / / / /  / / / /

  Q    e Q.      e E   Q   e Q.     e E
|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---||
|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---||
|-----12--------11---|-----9--------9---||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||


 Chorus
  H    Q  E E   Q  E. S E E S S E   H    E E Q    Q  E. S E E S S E
|-------------|-------1-----------|-------------|-------1-------------|
|-------------|----1--1-----------|-------------|----1--1-------------|
|-3-------3---|----2----3-3-3p2---|-3----3---3--|----2----3-3-3-2-----|
|-3----3--3---|-3--3----3-3-3---3-|-3----3-3-3--|-3--3----3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1----1--1p0-|-3---------------3-|-1----1---1--|-3---------------3---|
|-------------|-1-----------------|-------------|-1-------------------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    H    Q.   E   E E H.        +H     E E E E   Q  Q   Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|----3------2--|-6----5------|-----3-------|-(3)----------3-|---------------|
|-3--3------2--|-7----5------|---2---------|------------2---|---------------|
|-3----3-2-----|-7----5------|-3-----------|----------3-----|-3--3--/6--6\--|
|-1----1-0-----|-5----3------|-1-----------|--------2-------|-1--1--/4--4\--|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W              W             W              H     E E E E   H      H
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-1-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------3-|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|------------2---|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------3-----|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------2-------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|


                       Guitar Solo
  F                     C
  Gtr III
  Q  Q  E E E  E          E    E  E E   E   E     E         E
  |  |  | | |  |          |    |  | |   |   |     |         |
  /  /  / / /  /          /    /  / /   /   /     /         /

  Q  Q  Q   E  E         +E   +Q.      +E   S  S  S  S     +E
|----1---------------||----------------------------------------|
|----1--1-----13b15==||=(13)r(13)-----(13)-10-13-10------------|
|----2--2------------||-----------------------------12b14-(12)-|
|-------3------------||----------------------------------------|
|--------------------||----------------------------------------|
|-1------------------||----------------------------------------|


  Dm                                   C       Bb
   E     E             E        E   E   E  E   E
   |     |             |        |   |   |  |   |
   /     /             /        /   /   /  /   /

   S  S  S  S  a      +S   +S   E  +E   E  S S S S
|-10------------------------------------------------|
|----10-13p10---------------------------------------|
|-------------12b14==(12)r(12)-10-(10)-----------5--|
|--------------------------------------12\---5s7----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


  Bb
   E  E   E         E    E  E        E    S S
   |  |   |         |    |  |        |    | |
   /  /   /         /    /  /        /    / /

   E  S S S a   +E    S +E  S S a   +S  S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-(5)-----------------------------------------|
|--7--6-5-3-5b6-(5)---5-(5)-3-5-5b7-(5)-3-5-3-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


  G
   E  E   E   E    E    E    E     S S
   |  |   |   |    |    |    |     | |
   /  /   /   /    /    /    /     / /

  +E.   S S S S S  S  S S S +S  E.
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------7s5----5s=3---2-(2)---------|
|-(3)---5s7-----5-(5)s3-3---------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------1-------|


  C
    E     E     E            E         E      E   E         E
    |     |     |            |         |      |   |         |
    /     /     /            /         /      /   /         /

    S  S  S  S  S  S  a     +S   +S   +S   E.    +S   T  T  S  S
|-----------------------------------------13----(13)-------10-13b15==|
|-----------10----13---------------------------------10-10-----------|
|--------------10----10b12-(10)-(10)-(10)----------------------------|
|-----10-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/12----12----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Dm                                   C                Bb
    E  E   E  E                E        E            E   E
    |  |   |  |                |        |            |   |
    /  /   /  /                /        /            /   /

                                                     ~~~~
   +Q     +E.    +S   a       +S   +S   S  S  a     +E   S  S
|-(13)---(13)r==(13)-13pb15==(13)r(13)-10----13b14-(13)-10-----|
|-----------------------------------------10---------------10--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


        Bb
          E        E            E        E            E        E            E        E
          |        |            |        |            |        |            |        |
          /        /            /        /            /        /            /        /

   a     +S   +S   S  S  a     +S   +S   S  S  a     +S   +S   S  S  a     +S   +S   S  S
|-13b15-(13)r(13)-10----13b15-(13)r(13)-10----13b15-(13)r(13)-10----15b17-(15)r(15)-13----||
|--------------------10--------------------10--------------------10--------------------15-||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
|         W
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


 Bridge
        C
          E  E E E E E  E            E
          |  | | | | |  |            |
          /  / / / / /  /            /

          ~~~~
   a     +H.            E   a       +E
|-19b20-(19)---------------19pb20==(19)r==|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
|         E  E E E E E  E.              S
|----------------8------------------------|
|--------------8---8----------------------|
|------------9-------9--------------------|
|--------10------------10-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  G                                 Bb
    E  E E E  E  E E           E      E  E E E E E E           E
    |  | | |  |  | |           |      |  | | | | | |           |
    /  / / /  /  / /           /      /  / / / / / /           /

    ~~~~
   +H         Q.      a       +E     +H.           E  a       +E
|-(19)---------------18pb19==(18)r|=(18)-------------17pb18==(17)-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|   E  E E E +Q.               E      E  E E E E E E           E
|----------3-(3)------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3------------------------|----------3--------------------|
|------4--------------------------|--------3---3------------------|
|---5-----------------------------|------3-------3-------------3--|
|------------------------------0--|---1------------1--------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


                         Pre-Chorus
  F                       Fm            Eb
   E E E E  E  E  E  E     E  E E E E E E E
   | | | |  |  |  |  |     |  | | | | | | |
   / / / /  /  /  /  /     /  / / / / / / /

   H        Q     Q        H        E E Q
|-17-------17\---17\---||--------------------|
|----------15\---15\---||--------------------|
|----------------------||---------------8----|
|----------------------||-3:-------3s8-8----|
|----------------------||-3:-------3---6----|
|----------------------||-1:-------1---6----|
|
|  E E E E +Q.       E     W
|--------1-(1)---------||--------------------|
|------1---------------||--------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------|
|----3-----------------||--------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------|
|--1-------------------||--------------------|


  C#                G#                C(type 2)
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  Q   Q   Q   Q     H       Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---6---6---|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---6---6---|-6-------6---6---|-5---5---5---5---||
|-4---4---4---4---|-6-------6---6---|-3---3---3---3---||
|-4---4-----------|-4-------4---4---|-----------------||


 Chorus
  Bb                F
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E   E  E  E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | |   |  |  |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / /   /  /  /

  Q   Q   Q   E E   H       S S E  E  E
|-----------------|-------------5-(5)----|
|-------------3---|----------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|---------3s5----5--5\-|
|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3--------------------|
|-1---1---1-------|-3--------------------|
|-----------------|-1--------------------|


  Bb                  F
   E E E E E E  E E   E E E E E E   E E
   | | | | | |  | |   | | | | | |   | |
   / / / / / /  / /   / / / / / /   / /

   H       E Q.       Q   Q   E S S E E
|-------------------|-----1---------5------|
|-------------------|-----1---1------------|
|-\3-------3--------|-----2---0-2s5---5\---|
|--3-------3-3------|-----3----------------|
|--1-------1--------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-1--------------------|


                                                  H.=H
  Bb      A         Dm(type C(type 2)  Dm/B
                                                 2/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E  E E E   W           H
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | |  | | |   |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / /  / / /   /

  H       H         H       Q.     E   W          +H
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3-------2-------|-7-------5--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-3-------2-------|-7-------5--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-1-------0-------|-5-------3--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|


  A Tempo Q=76
                   Bb      C#        F       D/Ab
 4/4
   W               E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
                   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
                   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  +W               H       Q   Q     E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------4---4----|
|-(3)------------|-------------6---|-----1---5---5----|
|-(2)------------|-3-------6---6---|---2---2-4-4-4-4--|
|-(3)------------|-3-------6---6---|-3----------------|
|-(2)------------|-1-------4-------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  H     E E E E   W                 H       E E E E
|----------------|-1---------------|---------4---4----|
|--------------3-|-----------------|---------5---5----|
|------------2---|-----------------|---------4-4-4-4--|
|----------3-----|-----------------|------------------|
|--------2-------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  Bbm      Bb        F                 Dm                Bb
  E E E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | |  | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / /  / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  Q   Q    Q   Q     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----1-----------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|
|------------------|---1---1---------|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|
|------------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3/---6---6---|-3-------3---5s3-|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
|-1---1/---4---4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                     Outro
  F                   Dm
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |     | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /     / / / / / / / /

  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|-----1-------1---||------1-------1---|
|---1---1---1---1-||o---1---1---1---1-|
|-----------------||------------------|
|-3-------3-------||--3-------3-------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------||------------------|


  Bb                F
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     W
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |     |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /     /

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  5x W
|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1----||------*|
|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-o||------*|
|-----------------|------------------||------*|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3--------||------*|
|-----------------|-----------------o||------*|
|-----------------|------------------||------*|



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
 - 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 -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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