Tabs
"Taxi Grab",
from Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die!
Written by Ian Anderson
Transcribed by Arend Raifsnider
Bear with me, this is my first tab ever.
Little intro thingie:
e: |----
b" |----
g: |4s16
d: |----
a: |----
e: |----
Taxi!
Riff 1: about 8x
e: |-----------7--------
b: |-10b12-8------------
g: |--------9-9-9s7-7-9-
d: |------------9s7-7-9-
a: |------------7s5-5-7-
e: |--------------------
BB BB
Shake a leg....
BB BB
Can't find a .......
BB BB
Bodies jammed....
BB BB
Evacuating .....
Riff 2:
e: |-----------------------
b: |-----------------------
g: |-------9b119-7---------
d: |----7-9-------7-7---7-9
a: |-7h9-------------7h9---
e: |-----------------------
BB BB
Nowhere to....
BB BB
As the big store.....
BB BB
Red lights....
BB BB
Stop, step....
Over the previous verse, some slide playing comes in:
e: |---------------
b: |-3v-3s4-3v-3s12
g: |---------------
d: |---------------
a: |---------------
e: |---------------
Riff 2
B5B5 B5B5 E5E5 G5G5 A5A5
Teatime calls....
G5G5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 B5B5
Open at seven....
With similar slide playing over that
Riff 2 with a BB chord stuck in there.
Riff 1
More verses, then a solo rooted at(I think) the 7th fret
Some jamming, an outro with Riff 2.
Then it comes back in with something like:
e: |-------------------
b: |-------------------
g: |-7h9-9-11-9-9---7h9
d: |-------------7h9---
a: |-------------------
e: |-------------------
Toy around with that. Fun song, huh?
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