Taking It All Too Hard tab by Genesis

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Title: Taking It All Too Hard
Artist: Genesis
Album:	Genesis (1983)
Transcribed by David Calcott
Email: 	[email protected]


Standard tuning. It sounds like he is playing a classical/nylon string guitar for this song.
The chord shapes seem to be mostly accurate but listen to the song for
variations in the picking style. Playing partial chords sounded best to me. The intro is
played with a guitar but the pre-verse and verse sounds like keyboard. The verse
has a guitar line playing overtop that I didn't tab but if you listen closely shouldn't
be too hard to figure out. The line for Guitar 2 is played only once in the intro over
Guitar 1 playing the normal chords. Corrections are welcome. Enjoy.

Intro/Chorus
 E/B         BB       A augmentedA        A(2)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------9-------------7--------------5---------------10-------------------------|
|---------9-------------8--------------6----------------9------------Repeat 2x-|
|------------9-------9-----9--------7-----7---------11-----11------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
 E MajorE        BB      BB   A augmentedA    C# minorC#m  G# minorG#m  F# minorF#m
|------------------------------------------------------------------0--------|
|-----9--10--9-----7------------7------5--------5------4---------2---2------|
|---9--------------8--9--8------8------6--------6------4-------2-------2----|
|-9-----------------------------9------7---------------6-----4-----------4--|
|-----------------------------------------------4---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-verse
  Bm(2)
|-----------------10------------------------10-------------------------|
|-------------12------12-----------------12----12----------------------|
|---------11--------------11----------11----------11------Repeat 2x----|
|------9---------------------------9-----------------9-----------------|
|---9---------------------------9--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse
  E minorEm     B minorBm         E/A     D/AD/A
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8---------7--------------------9------------7-----------------|
|---9---------7---Repeat 3x--------9------------7----Repeat 2x----|
|---9---------9--------------------9------------7-----------------|
|---7------------------------------0------------0-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

 E/A     G+G                    G#G#     C minorCm
|-----------------------------------------------------4----------------|
|---9--------12--15--13--12---------------------------4----------4-----|
|---9--------12---------------12--14------------------5----------5-----|
|---9--------12------------------------Repeat 2x ----------------5-----|
|---0--------10--------------------------------------------------3-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------4----------------|

Taking It All Too Hard^×Genesis

E/B  BB   A augmentedA    A(2)     E/B  BB     A augmentedA   A(2)
   No not this confused again     No not the same mistakes again.
E/B  BB        A augmentedA    C# minorC#m      C# minorC#m   G# minorG#m   F# minorF#m   B minorBm (2)
   You^Òre taking it all to heart  You^Òre taking it all too hard

E minorEm      B minorBm  E minorEm      B minorBm  E minorEm   B minorBm      E/A
Why can^Òt you see what^Òs going on? I know you^Òd never admit
     D/AD/A    E/A  D/AD/A      E/A
You would ever be to blame Everything^Òs a game to you
G+G
The old days are gone And they^Òre better left alone
G#G#         C minorCm
I cannot help you, it^Òs much too late

Oh no not this confused again Oh no not the same mistakes again.
You^Òre taking it all to heart You^Òre taking it all too hard

There^Òs always a reason why it happened
You never never did anything wrong, but it
It just seemed to fall apart
But you^Òre taking it all too hard

Now that it^Òs dark, all of your fears,
Like shadows creeping around.
You^Òre much too scared to look down
And it^Òs lonely out on your own

The old days are gone And they^Òre better left alone
But I still miss you I keep it to myself

Oh no not this confused again Oh no not the same mistakes again
You^Òre taking it all to heart You^Òre taking it all too hard

E/B	7 7 9 9 9 x
BB	x x 9 8 7 x
A augmentedA	x x 7 6 5 x
A(2)	x x 11 9 10 x
C# minorC#m	x 4 6 6 5 4
G# minorG#m	x x 6 4 4 x
F# minorF#m	x x 4 2 2 0
B minorBm	x x 9 7 7 x
Bm(2)	x 9 9 11 12 10
E minorEm	x 7 9 9 8 7
E/A	x 0 9 9 9 x
D/AD/A	x 0 7 7 7 x
G+G	x 10 12 12 12 x
G#G#	4 x x 5 4 4
C minorCm	x 3 5 5 4 3