• Song:

    Take Me Out

  • Artist:

    Franz Ferdinand

  • Album:

    The Perfect Driving Alb...

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

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                                   TAKE ME OUT
                         As recorded by Franz Ferdinand
                      (From the 2004 Album FRANZ FERDINAND)

Words and Music by Franz Ferdinand
Arranged by the_cheeky_chimp@hotmail.com
Transcribed by the_cheeky_chimp@hotmail.com

          Em                    D                    C
      x 7 9 9 8 x          x 5 7 7 7 x          x 3 5 5 5 x

 Intro
  Q=139
  E5     E5
 1/4    4/4
  Gtr I
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--2-2-|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|--2-2-|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|
|--0-0-|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|
|
| Gtr II
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|
|------|-----------------|-------------------|


|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-(0)---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|


    Em                D                 G       F#m       Em
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
                                                                            4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  Em      Gsus2         E5                G5      D5/A      E5
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5--7--7--7--7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  G5                D5/A              F5                C5/G
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


 Slowdown/Build up
  H.=H
  Em
  Gtr I
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|
|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  Q=99
  Em
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|
|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|
|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   Theme
    Em
    Gtr III
    |    |       |       |       |    |       |       |
    /    /       /       /       /    /       /       /

    Gtr I
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--8-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
||-------9---9p7-----7---9-----|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|
||---------------9-------------|--------------9-------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||---7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|


  C                              D
  |    |       |       |         |    |       |       |
  /    /       /       /         /    /       /       /

|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--8---------------------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------o||
|------9---9p7-----7---9-------|----------------------7-7-7-7----||
|--------------9---------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|--5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------||
|------------------------------|------------------7--------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------7-----------o||
|------------------------------|---------------------------------||


   Verse
    Em
    |    |    |       |      |    |    |       |
    /    /    /       /      /    /    /       /

||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-9--7-9-|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-9--7-9-|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|


  C                          D
  |    |    |       |        |    |    |       |
  /    /    /       /        /    /    /       /

|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7--7-7-----------||
|--------------------------|---------------7---------||
|--------------------------|-----------------7------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||


  $
  Em
  |    |       |       |       |    |       |       |
  /    /       /       /       /    /       /       /

|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--8-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|
|--------------9-------------|--------------9-------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|


  C                              D
  |    |       |       |         |    |       |       |
  /    /       /       /         /    /       /       /

|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-------|----------------------7-7-7-7----|
|--------------9---------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------7--------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------7------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|


    Em
    |      |    |         |       |      |    |         |
    /      /    /         /       /      /    /         /

||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------12---------12---------|-------12---------12---------|
||---9-12-------9-12------9-----|--9-12-------9-12------9-----|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|


                                                   To Coda
  C                               D
  |      |    |         |         |      |    |         |
  /      /    /         /         /      /    /         /

|-------------------------------|-------10---------10----------||
|-------12---------12-----------|-----------------------------o||
|--9-12-------9-12------9-------|--9-12-------9-12------9------||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|--5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5---5-5-5-|--7--7--7-7--7--7-------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------7----------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------7-------o||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  $$
  Em      Dsus4/E     Em      Dsus4/E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--8-8-8---8-8-|-8--8--8-8-8---8-8-8-|
|-9--9--9-7-9---9-7-|-9--9--9-7-9---9-9-9-|
|-9--9--9-7-9---9-7-|-9--9--9-7-9---9-9-9-|
|-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-|-7--7--7-7-7---7-7-7-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-8--8--8-----8-----|-8--8--8-----8-------|
|-9--9--9-----9-----|-9--9--9-----9-------|
|-9--9--9-----9-----|-9--9--9-----9-------|
|-7--7--7-----7-----|-7--7--7-----7-------|
|-------------------|---------------------|


   Chorus
      Am/C                C/E      D/F#
    Gtrs I, II
||--x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10--|
||o-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10--|
||--x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-9-x-9--x-11-x-11--|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|


                             D.S. al Coda
                             D.S. al Coda
    Am/C                C/E      D/F#
|-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10---||
|-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-8-x-8--x-10-x-10--o||
|-x-5-x-5--x-5-x-5--|-x-9-x-9--x-11-x-11---||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||


 Verse 2 Cont...
  &
  Em
  Gtr III
  |      |    |         |       |      |    |         |
  /      /    /         /       /      /    /         /

  Gtr I
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------12---------12---------|-------12---------12---------|
|--9-12-------9-12------9-----|--9-12-------9-12------9-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|--7--7--7-7--7--7--7-9---7-9-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  C                                D
  |      |    |          |          |
  /      /    /          /          /

|-------10---------10------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--9-12-------9-12------11-9-----|-11------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5----5-5-5-|--7------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|
|--------------------------------|---------|


  Em
  |    |       |       |       |    |       |       |
  /    /       /       /       /    /       /       /

|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--8-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|------9---9p7-----7---9-----|
|--------------9-------------|--------------9-------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-9---7-9-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|


                                           D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  C                              D
  |    |       |       |         |    |       |       |
  /    /       /       /         /    /       /       /

|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|------9---9p7-----7---9-------|----------------------7-7-7-7----|
|--------------9---------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-----7-7----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------7--------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------7------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|


 Outro
  &&
  Em            DsusEmE           DsusEmE           DsusE5E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|-8--8--8-x-x-8-8-|------*|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9----*|
|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9--9--9-x-x-9-7-|-9----*|
|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7--7--7-x-x-7-7-|-7----*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|-8--8--8---8-----|------*|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|------*|
|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-9--9--9---9-----|-2----*|
|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-7--7--7---7-----|-2----*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0----*|


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
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