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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 04:09:58 +0000 (GMT)
From: rumpole@no-junk.com (Kitch)
Subject: TAB - Takin' Care of Business  BTO

Taking Care of Business            Randy Bachman/BTO


===Key:C===Tempo:130

Here's the riff when played with the C7 - for the Bb7, drop down two
frets on the same two strings, and for the F7, play as with C7 but on
the A & D strings...

     C7
e:-----------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------|
A:--/10------12------10--10--12------|
E:--/8-------8-------8---8---8-------|
     1   v   2   v   3   v   4   v


Lead Intro

e:--------------12-12-12-12-12----12\---------10----||
B:--------------11-11-11-11-11----11\----------9----||
G:--------------12-12-12-12-12----12\---------10----||
D:--------------------------------------------------||
A:--------------------------------------------------||
E:--------------------------------------------------||
    1  ^  .  ^  2  ^  .  ^  3  ^  .  ^  4  ^  .  ^




e:--10----------------------------------------------||
B:---9----11----9-----11----------------------------||
G:--10----10----10----10----------------------------||
D:--------------------------------------------------||
A:--------------------------------------------------||
E:--------------------------------------------------||
    1  ^  .  ^  2  ^  .  ^  3  ^  .  ^  4  ^  .  ^




e:--------------11-11-11-11-11----11----------12----||
B:--------------10-10-10-10-10----10----------11----||
G:--------------10-10-10-10-10----10----------12----||
D:--------------------------------------------------||
A:--------------------------------------------------||
E:--------------------------------------------------||
    1  ^  .  ^  2  ^  .  ^  3  ^  .  ^  4  ^  .  ^




e:--12----------------------------------------------|--|
B:--11----13----11----13----------------------------|--|
G:--12----12----12----12----------------------------|--|
D:--------------------------------------------------|--|
A:--------------------------------------------------|--|
E:--------------------------------------------------|--|
    1  ^  .  ^  2  ^  .  ^  3  ^  .  ^  4  ^  .  ^


The chords are just repetitions as....


C7                 ;Bb7                ;F7                 ;C7

C7                 ;Bb7                ;F7                 ;C7


The equivalent power chords sound great, too........


 [you get the picture - figure it out yourself from here---]


[1 phrase guitar alone]
[3 phrases with band] [lead guitar does riff C-XII Bb-X F-XIII]
[]
[] They
get up every mornx with the alarm clock's warnx, take the
8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above and people push and people shove and the
girls, who are tryin' to look pretty. And if your
train's on time you can get to work by nine and
start to sleep and talk to get your pay If you
ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm self-employed,
I love to work at nothing all day. And I've been
takin' care of business, every day taking care of business, every way
TCOB, it's all mine TCOB, & workin' overtime, workout
[guitar solo for one chorus]
[] There's work
easy as fishin', you can be a musician if
you could make sounds loud and mellow Get a
second hand guitar and chances are you can go far if you
get in with the right bunch of fellows People
see you having fun just a- lying in the sun, and
tell them that you like it this way. It's the
work that we avoid and we're all self-employed We
love to work at nothin' all day. And we've been
TCOB every day TCOB every way
TCOB it's all mine TCOB & workin' overtime FUNKY!!!
[guitar solo on one chorus] [6th string - notes are CCCEE BbDCBbBb]
[]
[just drums]
[....drums]
[band instrumental for one chorus]
[] {shout} Taking care of business when I'm away everyday!!!!!
[guitar solo for one chorus]
[] They
get up every morning from their alarm clock's warning, take the
8:15 into the city. There's a
whistle up above and people push and people shove and the
girls who are trying to look pretty. And if your
train's on time you can get to work by nine, and
start to sleep and talk to get your pay. If you
ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm self-employed, I
love to work at nothing all day. And I've been
TCOB every day TCOB every way
TCOB it's all mine TCOB and workin' overtime, OO Ya
[drums only]
[drums] [bass comes in]
TCOB Woo TCOB
TCOB Ya TCOB [guitar comes in]
TCOB Every day TCOB every way
TCOB It's all mine TCOB & working overtime WOO!!
TCOB TCOB
TCOB TCOB
TCOB TCOB
TCOB TCOB
TCOB TCOB
TCOB TCOB [end]






Fo' a' that 'n' a' that
It's comin' yet, fo' a' that
That man to man, the world o'er
Will brothers be, fo' a' that.

Robbie Burns