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Capo: no capo
Tuning: E A D G B E
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS (Bassline)
As recorded by Bachman Turner Overdrive
(From the 1973 Album BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE II)
Words and Music by Randy Bachman
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'C.F. Turner - Bass'
Intro
Q=126
4/4
Gtr I
Wx5 Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|------------||---------------|----------------|
|------------||o--------------|----------------|
|------------||o-3------------|-1--------------|
|------------||-----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2--|
1.,2. 3.
Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E 3x Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||---------------||
|-----------------|---------------o||---------------||
|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------o||-3-------------||
|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3--||----5--3-3-5-3-||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
||---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------|
||-----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------5-------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------5---7-5---|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3--5s7------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|-------------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-5------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----7--5------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------7s3-|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------|
|--------------|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------||
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-||
Chorus
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------||
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-||
Interlude
1.
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------5-------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------5---7-5---|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3--5s7------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|-------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|----7--5-5-----|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-3---------7s3-|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------o||
|---------------|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3--||
Guitar Solo
2.
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------5-------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------5---7-5---|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3--5s7------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|-------------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-5------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|----7--5------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|----------7s3-|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------||
|--------------|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-||
Interlude
E E Q H W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------||
|-3-----------|----------|----------|------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------||
Bridge
W W W H Q E E
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------3-|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------||
|---3-3-3------1-|-1--------------|---3-3-3------1-|-1------------||
|-3--------------|---1-1-1------3-|-3--------------|---1-1-1------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------||
Guitar Solo 2
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-|
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-5-5------------|-3-3------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----7--5-5-7-5-|-----5--3-3-5-4-|-3-3------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----5--3-3-5-4-|-3-3-----------3-||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----5-5-3-3-5---||
3rd Verse
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------5-------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------5---7-5---|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3--5s7------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|-------------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------5-------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------5---7-5---|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3--5s7------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|-------------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-5------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----7--5------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------7s3-|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------|
|--------------|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------||
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-||
Chorus
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------|
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-|
Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-5------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|----7--5------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|----------7s3-|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------||
|--------------|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3-||
Breakdown
E E Q H Wx10 H Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-------------|-----------3-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
1.
E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o-3-----------1-|-1-------------|-------------3-|-3-----------3--o||
||----------------|-------------1-|-1-------------|-----------------||
Outro
2.
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-------3-2---3---||o--------------|---------------|
|-3---------3-----||o-3------------|-1-------------|
|---------------3-||-----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|
Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------3-3-5-3-|-3---------------|
|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3---|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-3------------|-1-------------|---------3-3-5-3-|-3-------------o||
|----5--3-3-5--|----3--1-1-3-2-|-1--3s5----------|----5--3-3-5-3--||
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