Take It Off tab by The Donnas

The Donnas "Take it Off" album: Spend The Night     tuning: standard
tabbed(all own work)by: David Vest  email for feedback: fishbits@cox.net

This song really is amazing!  Rock this killer and authentic hasn't hit
the charts since GnR's debut, a real departure from all the moody
dropped-D
bands out there.  Donna R.'s rythym on this is awesome!  She throws in
all
kinds of wicked little picking variations (not tabbed), esp. with the
a-d-a
pattern.  The free-wheeling solo is great with a mix of chops and feel.
Check out the load of double-string bends!  It's a great song to improv
over too, and the lead is panned hard if you want to try your own stuff.

Dial the distortion down from Godsmack to AC/DC and go light on the f/x
and the bass eq to get her heavy, punchy but ringing tone.  Enjoy!


intro 4x
fig. 1
b5 b6 b6 b5  d   a   a d d a      b5 b6 b6 b5   g      a   d   a
------------------------------------------------3---------------------
-------------3---------3-3----------------------0----------3----------
-------------2---2---2-2-2-2--------------------0------2---2---2------
--4-6-6-4----2---2---2-2-2-2--------4-6-6-4-----0------2---2---2------
--2-2-2-2--------0---0-----0--------2-2-2-2-----2------0-------0------
------------------------------------------------3---------------------

verse 2x
fig. 2
  b b b b     d   a   a d d a       b b b b     g     a d a
------------------------------------------------3---------------
--------------3---------3-3---------------------0-------3-------
--4-4-4-4-----2---2---2-2-2-2-------4-4-4-4-----0-----2-2-2-----
--4-4-4-4-----2---2---2-2-2-2-------4-4-4-4-----0-----2-2-2-----
--2-2-2-2---------0---0-----0-------2-2-2-2-----2-----0---0-----
------------------------------------------------3---------------
    x x                               x x

               chorus 2x
"uh huh!"     fig. 3
   f#            b     d   a     e     g  f# e   a
  -2-          ------------------0-----3----------------------
  -2-          --------3---------0-----0----------------------
  -3-          --4-----2---2-----1x----0---------2------------
  -4-          --4-----2---2-----2-----0---------2------------
  -4-          --2---------0-----2-----2---------0------------
  -2-          ------------------0-----3---2-0----------------

intro 1x

verse 2x, f#

chorus 2x, f#

solo backing 2x  (lead guitar tabbed below)
 b   b   b b b   d      b   b   b b b   d   a
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------3----------------------3----------------------------
-4---4---4-4-4---2------4---4---4-4-4---2---2------------------------
-4---4---4-4-4---0------4---4---4-4-4---0---2------------------------
-2---2---2-2-2----------2---2---2-2-2-------0------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

bridge x4 (on last time go to f# pattern after the a's)
     g       g       a       a       b       b       b       b
-----3-------3-------5-------5-------7-------7-------7-------7-------
-----3-------3-------5-------5-------7-------7-------7-------7-------
-----4-------4-------6-------6-------8-------8-------8-------8-------
-----5-------5-------7-------7-------9-------9-------9-------9-------
-----5-------5-------7-------7-------9-------9-------9-------9-------
-3-3-3---3-3-3---5-5-5---5-5-5---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-------
 x x     x x     x x     x x     x x     x x     x x     x x


  f#f#  f#f#  f#f#  f#f#  f#  f#
--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---3---3------------
--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4---4------------
--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4---4------------
--2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2------------

chorus 2x, chorus with palm mutes in between chords then:
  b     d   a     e     g   g     a
------------------0-----3---3---------------
--------3---------0-----0---0---------------
--4-----2---2-----1x----0---0-----2---------
--4-----2---2-----2-----0---0-----2---------
--2---------0-----2-----2---2-----0---------
------------------0-----3---3---------------
end

solo
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
---b----b----br-------a-h-----------------
--9----9----9----7-----7------------------
---------------------9---9-7----7---------
-----------------------------9-----9-7----


--------------------------------b--------------------b--------------------

-------------------------------7--------------7-7-7-9----7----------------

-------------------------------7--------------7-7-7-9----7------------sl--

-9---9---9-7-9---9---9---9---7--------9---9------------------9-7-9---9-4--

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------



---------------p-h---b---b(hold)(pick and release)--
--------------4-2-4-4-----4-----4----p---h-p--------
----------2---4-2-4-4-----4-----4-----2-2-4-2-------
--2---4---------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------


----(loose timing feel to hammer-pulls here)-----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

--p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p-h-p-p--------------

-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0-4-2-0---2---4---2-

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

"forget the application"
--7-7-------7-----7-7---7-7-b---b-r-------
--7-7---b---7---b-----b-----9---9-9-p-----
--------9-------9-----9-----9---9-9-7-----
--------------------------------------9---
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------

"you're the right guy for the task"
---b---------b-------------b--------------------------------
--7---------9-----7-------7---------------------------------
--7---------9-----7-------7-----------------p------sl-------
--------9-------------9-------9---7---9---9---7---7---5---5-
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

"let me take you on vacation"
----------------------------------------------------------
-----------br----------------b----------------------------
------7---9---7-------7-----9---7-------------------------
--9---7---9---7---9---7-----9---7---9---------------------
--9---------------9-----------------9---------------------
----------------------------------------------------------