What It Takes Tabs by Aerosmith

What It Takes tab by Aerosmith (Ver. 2)

Guitar tabs

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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