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Take It Or Leave It by The Strokes

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"Take It Or Leave It"
                            (Julian Casablancas)
                                The Strokes
                             Is This It,  2001

    Intro riff:

	lead guitar:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-----------5-|
	9-------8-------|7---------------|5-----------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|

	bass:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
	----------------|7---------------|5-----------|-------------|
	7-------6-------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|

Main riff (lead guitar):

	v   v   v   v
	----------------|
	8-8---5-6-6---5-|
	----------------|
	----------------|
	----------------|
	----------------|

    First bridge riff:

	lead guitar:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

	bass:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
	7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    Second bridge riff:

	lead guitar:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|

	bass:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
	7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|

    Solo riff (rhythm guitar):

	C              A  Ab
	v     v     v     v
	8--8--8--8--8--5--4-----|
	8--8--8--8--8--5--4-----|
	9--9--9--9--9--6--5-----|
	10-10-10-10-10-7--6-----|
	10-10-10-10-10-7--6-----|
	8--8--8--8--8--5--4-----|


Intro:

	rhythm guitar strum once per chord:

	A     Ab     Dm           C
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	drums enter, 2x (main riff 4x per repeat):

	C            Bb           Dm
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1 (main riff 12x):

	C
	Leave me...
	Bb
	I'm in...
	Dm
	I'm in...
	    C
	And girls act...
	    Bb
	And boys act...
	 Dm
	Enough is...
	      C               Bb          Dm
	Well, on the...       other...    know she...

Chorus (main riff 8x):

	            C
	I said just take it...
	    Bb
	And take it or...
	    Dm
	And take it or...
	    (Dm)
	And take it or...
	        C
	Oh just take it...
	    Bb
	And take it or...
	   Dm
	Oh take it

Break 1 (main riff 4x):

	C
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Bridge:

	first bridge riff (5x):

	           A   Ab  Dm  C
	He's...    let you do--wn
	           A   Ab  Dm  C
	He's...    let you do--wn
	           A   Ab  Dm  C
	He's...    let you do--wn
	          A     Ab   Dm          C
	And...    break your back...     chance
	          A     Ab   Dm             C
	And...    steal your friends...     can

	second bridge riff (1x):

	           A   Ab  Dm
	He's...    win someday (2nd time only: Oh he will)

Break 2 (main riff 4x):

	C            Bb           Dm
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 2:

	I fell off...
	Now I can't...
	I'm not...
	Boys act...
	Girls act...
	Enough is...
	Well, on the minds...

[Repeat chorus]

Break 3 (solo riff 4x)

Solo (solo riff 20x)

[Repeat bridge]

Outro (solo riff 2x)


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