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Taking Care of Business Guitar Tablature
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Song: Taking Care of Business
Artist: Bachman Turner Overdrive (B.T.O.)
Album: Bachman Turner Overdrive II
Tabbed by: A.R.M.
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

Intro (Rhythm Guitar):

          C7                Bb7               F7
e|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
B|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||O
G|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|---------------|--10-10-12--10-10----||
A|--10-10-12--10-10--|--8-8-10--8-8--|---8--8--8---8--8----||O
E|---8--8--8---8--8--|--6-6--6--6-6--|---------------------||

Intro (Lead Guitar):

e|--12-12-12-12---------------|--5-5-5-5-------------------||
B|--11-11-11-11--6------------|--4-4-4-4--8----------------||O
G|--12-12-12-12--6-6/7--------|--5-5-5-5--8-8/9------------||
D|---------------------8-6-8--|-----------------10-8-10----||
A|----------------------------|----------------------------||O
E|----------------------------|----------------------------||

Verse:

          C7                Bb7               F7
e|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
B|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||O
G|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|---------------|--10-10-12--10-10----||
A|--10-10-12--10-10--|--8-8-10--8-8--|---8--8--8---8--8----||O
E|---8--8--8---8--8--|--6-6--6--6-6--|---------------------||

Chorus:

          C7                Bb7               F7
e|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
B|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||O
G|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|---------------|--10-10-12--10-10----||
A|--10-10-12--10-10--|--8-8-10--8-8--|---8--8--8---8--8----||O
E|---8--8--8---8--8--|--6-6--6--6-6--|---------------------||

Bridge 1 (Rhythm Guitar):

          C7                Bb7               F7
e|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
B|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||O
G|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|---------------|--10-10-12--10-10----||
A|--10-10-12--10-10--|--8-8-10--8-8--|---8--8--8---8--8----||O
E|---8--8--8---8--8--|--6-6--6--6-6--|---------------------||

Bridge 1 (Lead Guitar):

e|--12-12-12-12---------------|--5-5-5-5-------------------||
B|--11-11-11-11--6------------|--4-4-4-4--8----------------||O
G|--12-12-12-12--6-6/7--------|--5-5-5-5--8-8/9------------||
D|---------------------8-6-8--|-----------------10-8-10----||
A|----------------------------|----------------------------||O
E|----------------------------|----------------------------||

Bridge 2 (Rhythm Guitar/Lead Guitar):    Bridge 3:

e|---------------|---------------|       e|------------------|
B|---------------|---------------|O      B|------------------|O
G|---------------|---------------|       G|------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|       D|------------------|
A|--10-10-12-12--|--10-10-8-8----|O      A|--8-8----10-10----|O
E|---8--8--8--8--|---6--6-6-6----|       E|--6-6-----6--6----|

Step-by-Step Process:

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Rhythm Guitar
Intro: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

Lead Guitar
Intro: -- --- -- -- |-- --- -- -- |     (x1)    |     (x1)    |

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Vocals
Verse: (You get up) |(There's a)  |(And if your)|(If you ever)|

Rhythm Guitar
Verse: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

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Vocals
Chorus: (And I've)   |(I've been)  |

Rhythm Guitar
Chorus: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

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Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 1: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

Lead Guitar
Bridge 1:      (x1)    |     (x1)    |

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Vocals
Verse: (It's easy)  |(Get a s.-h.)|(People see) |(It's the)   |

Rhythm Guitar:
Verse: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

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Vocals
Chorus: (And we've)  |(we've been) |

Rhythm Guitar
Chorus: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

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Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 1: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

Lead Guitar
Bridge 1:      (x1)    |     (x1)    |

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Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 2:      (x1)    |    (x1)    |    (x1)    |    (x1)    |

Lead Guitar
Bridge 2:  - - - - - - |- - - - - - |    (x1)    |    (x1)    |

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Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 1: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

Lead Guitar
Bridge 1:      (x1)    |     (x1)    |

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Vocals
Verse: (You get up) |(There's a)  |(And if your)|(If you ever)|

Rhythm Guitar
Verse: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

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Vocals
Chorus: (And I've)   |(I've been)  |

Rhythm Guitar
Chorus: C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |C7 Bb7 F7 C7 |

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Vocals
Bridge 3: (TCOB; TCOB) |(TCOB; TCOB) |

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Vocals
Chorus: (TCOB; every)|(TCOB; every)|

Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 3:    (x1)    |     (x1)    |

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Vocals
Bridge 3: (TCOB; TCOB) |(TCOB; TCOB) |

Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 3:      (x1)    |     (x1)    |

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Vocals
Chorus: (We've been) |(We've been)  |

Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 3:    (x1)    |     (x1)     |

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Vocals
Bridge 3: (TCOB; TCOB) |(TCOB; TCOB) |

Rhythm Guitar
Bridge 3:      (x1)    |     (x1)    |

                           --FADE OUT--                        

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