SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY Take It Inside guitar tab

Take It Inside by Southside Johnny

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY - Take It Inside guitar tab 

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                            TAKE IT INSIDE
                          (Steven van Zandt)
          as performed by Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
              on the magnificent album "Hearts of Stone"

(c) 1978 by Steve or whoever.

Transcribed without permission by Jan Neersoe
(j n eersoe @ qw ert zu. de) (remove spaces from e-mail to reply)

I've been literally trying to figure this out for years now.
Till yesterday I discovered that there's a key change in the
song that I wasn't aware of (yes, I'll readily admit that I
suck at doing that kind of stuff...) and all the pieces
fell together... ;)

View this in a monospaced font so that it makes sense.

Standard tuning.

Lyrics & chords:

(verse)
             Em
Try to understand
  C        G      D
Before you judge
                    Em
Now I'm the kind of man
             C       G      D
That looks before he touch
                            C      (F C)
But I ain't never touched nothin'
                   Em         D
That didn't hit me back -- oh no

(pre-chorus -- whoa! the key changes! ;)
    Am     F           Em     G
The way we live is the way we die
    Am         F
How bad do you want it
    Em          G
How hard do you try
    Am           F
You don't ask no questions
    Em             G
You don't find out why
       C                        D
As you watch your life pass you by


(chorus [and it changes back...])
                         Em   C
You've got to take it inside
           G   D
Take it insi---ide
           Em  C
Take it insi---ide
           G   D
Take it insi---ide


(Same chords for the next verses and chorus)

Now I do believe
A wound heals if you let it
I can learn to forgive
But I will never forget it
You call my name
And like a fool I'm back again

And I'm watching you die, girl
A little at a time
While I stay hard pretending
That I don't mind
I turn my head, babe
But I can't deny
The hurt that I try to hide

I've got to take it inside
(etc.)

Solo:

(OK, a couple of notes are missing at the beginning... go
figure them out yourself *g*)
(solo chords are the same as for the chorus)


----------12-----------------12---------12--------12---------------------
----------12-----------------12---------12--------12---------------------
--14b(16)----14b(16)-14b(16)---14b(16)----14b(16)----(16)rb14-12---------
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-------------------------------12----------------------------------------
-15b(17)-15--15-13-12----------------------------------------------------
----------------------14b(16)~----14b(16)~-14b(16)-14b(16)rb14-12--------
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----------------------------------------15-17b(19)-b(19)-b(19)rb17p15-17-
-20b-19b-17-----17--20b-19b-17----17~------------------------------------
------------19b----------------19----------------------------------------
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-17b(19)rb17-17-15-17p1512-15brb~~~-------------------------------------
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                              ^-- slowly, let ring


(pre-chorus chords as above)
It's your life girl
I can't take you there
I try to help
But you're still nowhere
I tell myself girl
that I don't care
I still can't let it ride

(chorus)

And then there's more guitar playing in the background during
the outro which I haven't bothered to tab out since it's hard to
hear and you'll want to do your own thing anyways. That's it.
Have fun playing!


Tab explanation (examples):

17           Play note at fret 17.
17p15        Pull-off from 17 to 15.
15h17        Hammer-on from 15 to 17.
14b(16)      Bend note at fret 14 to 16.
(16)rb14     Release the bend from 16 back to 14 again.
15b          Bend note at fret 15 to something that sounds good ;)
10/12        Slide from 10 to 12.
1210        Slide from 12 to 10.
/8           Slide to 8 from somewhere further down the neck.
~            Let ring, apply vibrato, small bends, trem bar, whatever...