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...Oh, Devo guitar tabs, you say? Will do!
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CAN YOU TAKE IT - Devo
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Tabbed by: Maxwell1981
Email: maxwellmajor1981@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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“Can you take it?”*
e|----------|B|----------|G|----------|D|8888-6666-|A|8888-6666-|E|6666-4444-|Play that... eight times? I don't know.
Pre-verse:e|------------|B|------------|G|------------|D|4-2-----0---|A|-5-1-3'1-1--|E|----------3-|Played once before each verse
Verse**:e|----------|B|----------|G|----------|D|------0---|A|---3'1-1--|E|--------3-|This is played ten times in each verse.---LYRICS:
Can you take it?
Popeye's big punch knocks Pluto cold
Cartoon people don't go old
Yosemite Sam blows up his head
But you and me wind up dead
Dreamed I laid a toaster
Daddy caught me in the act
Can you take it?
Beauty queens get bigger all the time
Mamma's in a basket, crossed a double Yellow line
Magazines and T.V.s show us nice behinds
All the kind of stuff nobody ever finds
Headlines in the paper: "killed by rock n' roll"
Can you take it?
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HELPFUL TIPS:
After the last “Can you take it”, the first riff is played for the remainder of the
song... endlessly.
The pre-verse and verse riff sound like there is a second guitar playing the same thing,
but an octave higher.
*When this riff starts, It sounds like the 6th fret chord is played five times, and the
4th fret chord is played eight times... It's just a really weird pattern.
**The three empty dashes symbolize the break before playing. This is where the lyrics
would be.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| ' Symbolizes the separation of certain notes (i.e.--playing the 3rd, then 1st fret of
the same string won't look like playing the 31st fret)
