TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Acoustic 12-string Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Acoustic 12-string Guitar'
Intro 1st - 3rd Verses
Q=106
$
F F
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. 12-string Gtr.)
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtr II (Ac. 12-string Gtr.)
| W W E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||--5---5---5---5---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||----5---5---5---5-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||------------------|
C Bbm C F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5---5---5---5-|---3---3---3---3-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
C Bbm C Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-3---3---3---3---||-----3---5---6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------3---3---3-|
|---5---5---5---5-|---3---3---3---3-|---5---5---5---5-||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
F C F Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------5---|-----3---3---3---|-------------5---|-----3---5---6---|
|-----6---8-----6-|-------5---5---5-|-----6---8-------|-------3---3---3-|
|---5---5---5-----|---5-------------|-------5---5---5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
F C Bbm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------5---|-----3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1----|
|-----6---8-----6-|-------5---5---5-|------------------|
|---5---5---5-----|---5-------------|---3---3---3---3--|
|-----------------|-5---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1. 2.
F F
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--1--1--1-1-1-1--||--1--1--1-1-1-1---||
|--1--1--1-1-1-1-o||--1--1--1-1-1-1---||
|--2--2--2-2-2-2--||--2--2--2-2-2-2---||
|--3--3--3-3-3-3--||--3--3--3-3-3-3---||
|--3--3--3-3-3-3-o||--3--3--3-3-3-3---||
|--1--1--1-1-1-1--||--1--1--1-1-1-1---||
|
| W W
|-^1--------------||-^1---------------||
|-^1-------------o||-^1---------------||
|-^2--------------||-^2---------------||
|-^3--------------||-^3---------------||
|-^3-------------o||-^3---------------||
|-^1--------------||-^1---------------||
Bridge
Bb F Bb F
W W W W
|-6--------------|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1-------------|
|-6--------------|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1-------------|
|-7--------------|-2-------------|-7--------------|-2-------------|
|-8--------------|-3-------------|-8--------------|-3-------------|
|-8--------------|-3-------------|-8--------------|-3-------------|
|-6--------------|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1-------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|----5---5p3-3p1-|----3---3p1-1--|----5---5p3-3p1-|----3---3p1-1--|
|------3---------|------1--------|------3---------|------1--------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
D.S. al Coda
Bb F Bb F
W W W W
|-6--------------|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1-------------||
|-6--------------|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1-------------||
|-7--------------|-2-------------|-7--------------|-2-------------||
|-8--------------|-3-------------|-8--------------|-3-------------||
|-8--------------|-3-------------|-8--------------|-3-------------||
|-6--------------|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1-------------||
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|----5---5p3-3p1-|----3---3p1-1--|----5---5p3-3p1-|----3---3p1-1--||
|------3---------|------1--------|------3---------|------1--------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------||
Outro
&
F Bb
Q Q E E E E W
|--1--1--1-1-1-1-||--6--------------|
|--1--1--1-1-1-1-||o-6--------------|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-||--7--------------|
|--3--3--3-3-3-3-||--8--------------|
|--3--3--3-3-3-3-||o-8--------------|
|--1--1--1-1-1-1-||--6--------------|
|
| W Q E E E E E E
|-^1-------------||-----5---5p3-3p1-|
|-^1-------------||o------3---------|
|-^2-------------||-----------------|
|-^3-------------||-----------------|
|-^3-------------||o----------------|
|-^1-------------||-----------------|
F Bb F
W W W 3x
|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1--------------||
|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1-------------o||
|-2-------------|-7--------------|-2--------------||
|-3-------------|-8--------------|-3--------------||
|-3-------------|-8--------------|-3-------------o||
|-1-------------|-6--------------|-1--------------||
|
| Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q 3x
|----3---3p1-1--|----5---5p3-3p1-|----3---3p1-1---||
|------1--------|------3---------|------1--------o||
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------o||
|---------------|----------------|----------------||
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
