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|Britney Spears - Toxic || ||Written by C. Dennis/C. Karlsson/P. Winnberg/H. Jonback ||Backing Vocals by Britney Spears, Cathy Dennis, Emma Holmgren & BlackCell || | |Transcribed in tablature by Manuel Gutierrez Rojas (le_mystique_1@hotmail.com)|\------------------------------------------------------------------------------/
So, Britney's Toxic. The first time I heard it, I was quite amazed by the catchyness of the song.
The lyrics are very interesting too!
I wanted to show the rhythm in such a way that you understand how to play it. The song consists
mostly strummed chords in a rhythmic way. I have arranged the string melody, along with the
part what I would call the Bridge (where Britney screams).
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > quarter notes
1 2 3 4
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > eigth notes
1 e 2 e 3 e 4 e
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > sixteenth notes
1e1e2e2e3e3e4e4e
3
/|\
/ | \
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > an eigth triplet
1 a a 2 3 4
3
/|\
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > a sixteenth triplet
1aa 2 3 4
d = downstroke
u = upstroke
Pay attention to the downstroke and upstrokes. You would most definitely hear the difference
when you don't hit the rhythms in the correct strokes. It doesn't sound 'correct'.
[ C H O R D S ]
Cm Eb G[3] (third position) [6] (sixth position) [7] (seventh position) v v v|1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-||1|2|-|-| |1|-|4|-| |1|2|-|-| |1|-|4|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|-|-|-||1|-|3|-| |1|-|2|-| |1|-|3|-||1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|4||x|x|x|x| |x|x|x|x| |x|x|x|x|
D Db Ab[5] (fifth position) [4] (fourth position) [4] (fourth position) v v v|1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-||1|-|4|-| |1|-|4|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|2|-|-||1|-|2|-| |1|-|2|-| |1|-|3|-||1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|4|-||x|x|x|x| |x|x|x|x| |1|-|-|-|
G* (alternative)[3] (third position) v|1|-|-|-||1|-|-|-||1|2|-|-||1|-|3|-||1|-|4|-||1|-|-|-|
C5[3] (third position) v|x|x|x|x||x|x|x|x||-|-|4|-||-|-|3|-||1|-|-|-||x|x|x|x|
[ T A B L A T U R E ]
String IntroE|---------------------10-11-10-09---|14--10--11p10------|B|-----------------------------------|--------------13---|G|5---5---8-7-5-7-8------------------|-------------------|D|-----------------------------------|-------------------| x2A|-----------------------------------|-------------------|E|-----------------------------------|-------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Then:
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars)
1 2 3 4 /
[1]------------------------------------------
(Britney starts singing)
Baby can't you see
u d ud u
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 2 times (2 bars)
1 2 3 4 /
d ud u d d dud u
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d ud u d
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[2]----------------------------------------
d ud u \Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars) 1 2 3 4 /
d ud u d d dud u
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d ud u d
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[A]-----------------------------------------
d ud u \Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars) 1 2 3 4 /
d ud u d d dud u
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d ud u d
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[SOLO] E|----------------|----------------|B|----------------|----------------|G|----------------|----------------|D|V-----V-----V---|V-----V-----V---| v= accentuate the noteA|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|E|----------------|----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[C H O R U S]
d u u u d u d u u u d u d u u u d u d u u u d u
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- D |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Db |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d u u u d u d u u u d u d u u u d u d u u u d u
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Ab |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G* |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
REPEAT [CHORUS] TIME 1:10
[3]----------------------------------------
d ud u \Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars) 1 2 3 4 /
d ud u d d dud u
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d ud u Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |8-----10-11-10///14------| (Slide up to F sharp (fourteenth fret) 1 2 3 4 |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| 1 2 a 3 4
[A]-----------------------------------------
d ud u \Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars) 1 2 3 4 /
d ud u d d dud u
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d ud u d
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[SOLO]
[CHORUS]
[CHORUS] TIME 2:07
[BRIDGE] (Muse anyone?)E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|G|------------5-5-|------------5-5-|------------5-5-|------------5-5-|D|V-----V---------|V-----V---------|V-----V---------|V-----V---------| A|3-3-3-3-3-3-----|6-6-6-6-6-6-----|5-5-5-5-5-5-----|4-4-4-4-4-4-----|E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|G|----------5-5-5-|----------5-5-5-|----------5-5-5-|----------------|D|V-----V---------|V-----V---------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A|3-3-3-3-3-------|6-6-6-6-6-------|V-----V---------|----------------|E|----------------|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-------|----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d u d u
C5 |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[CHORUS] Play 2 times
[ENDING] TIME 3:04
u d u u d u u d u u d u
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- D |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Db |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
u d u u d u u d u u d u
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Ab |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G* |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[The James Bond like clean guitar]-----------------------------------|
TIME 1:10E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|D|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| A|--3---1-3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------343-4-| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B|--------1-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|D|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| A|3---------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-3-3-3-|E|----------------|----------------|----------------|3---3-----------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------|B|----------------|G|----------------|D|----------------|A|3\\\------------| (lower the tremolo bar or slide down)E|----------------| 1 2 3 4
TIME 2:07E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|D|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| A|--3---1-3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------343-4-| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
TIME 3:04E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|D|----------------|1---------------|0---------------|----------------| A|3---------------|----------------|----------------|4---------------|E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------343-4-| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------|----------------|B|--------1-------|----------------|G|------------0---|----------------|D|----------------|1---------------|A|3---------------|----------------|E|----------------|----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Bass sounding guitar
TIME 2:40 and 3:01 E|----------------|B|----------------|G|----------------|D|----------------| A|----------6(3)6-|E|----------------| 1 2 3 4
TIME 2:44 E|----------------|B|----------------|G|----------------|D|----------------|A|----------3---1-|E|------------3---| 1 2 3 4
TIME 2:54 (Effect, probably)E|-----------------|----------------|B|-----------------|----------------|G|-----------------|----------------|D|-----------------|7\\\\\----------| (lower the tremolo bar or slide down)A|----------356----|----------------|E|-----------------|----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Mystery:
If you listen closely, you hear (What I think is) a guitar playing something, which I think sounds like
this (every second and fourth beat when the strings play):
E|----5-------5---| (C diminished)B|--4---4---4---4-|G|5-------5-------|D|----------------|A|----------------|E|----------------| 1 2 3 4
