What It Takes

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WHAT IT TAKES

As recorded by Aerosmith

(From the 1990 Album PUMP)

Transcribed by tonedeafidiot

Words and Music by Tyler/Perry/Child

x x 0 2 3 2

x 3 2 0 1 0

1 3 3 2 1 1

x x 0 2 3 1

x 1 3 3 3 x

3 2 0 0 0 3

x 8 10 10 9 8

x 6 8 8 8 x

x 4 6 6 6 x

4 6 6 5 4 4

C(type 2)

x 3 5 5 5 x

x 0 2 2 2 0

Dm(type 2)

x 5 7 7 6 5

Dm/B

x 2 3 2 3 x

D/Ab

x x x 1 3 2

Bbm

x 1 3 3 2 1

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean 2'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Nylon'

Intro

Moderately Slow Rock Q=76

2/4 4/4

Gtr I

H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|

|------|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|

|------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|------|-----------------|-----------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----||

|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3--||

|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||

|-----------------|------------------||

Verse

H H Wx7 H. S S S S

|-----------|------------|------------------|

|-----------|------------|-3----------------|

|-0---------|------------|-2-------2--------|

|-----------|------------|-0-------0---0----|

|-----------|------------|-----------0---0--|

|-----------|------------|------------------|

H. E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E S S E

|-------------|----------------|------------------||

|-3-----------|---------0---0--|---------5--------||

|-0-----------|-------0---0----|-5--5--5-5---5-5-||

|-0-----------|-----2----------|-5--5--5---5-5-5-||

|-x-------0---|---2------------|-3--3--3---3---5-||

|-3---------3-|-0--------------|------------------||

Chorus

H Q E E Q E. S E E S S E H E E Q Q E. S E E S S E

|-------------|-------1-----------|-------------|-------1-------------|

|-------------|----1--1-----------|-------------|----1--1-------------|

|-3-------3---|----2----3-3-3p2---|-3----3---3--|----2----3-3-3-2-----|

|-3----3--3---|-3--3----3-3-3---3-|-3----3-3-3--|-3--3----3-3-3-3-3---|

|-1----1--1p0-|-3---------------3-|-1----1---1--|-3---------------3---|

|-------------|-1-----------------|-------------|-1-------------------|

Q E E Q Q H Q. E W +H E E E E

|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|

|----3------2--|-6----5------|-3--------|-(3)----------3-|

|-3--3------2--|-7----5------|-2--------|-(2)--------2---|

|-3----3-2-----|-7----5------|-3--------|-(3)------3-----|

|-1----1-0-----|-5----3------|-2--------|-(2)----2-------|

|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|

| Gtr II

| W W W H E E E E

|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|

|--------------|-------------|----------|--------------3-|

|--------------|-------------|----------|------------2---|

|--------------|-------------|----------|----------3-----|

|--------------|-------------|----------|--------2-------|

|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|

Verse

Gtr III

W W E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

Q Q Q Q Q E S S E E S s E Q e Q. e E

|---------------|----1-1-----1---1---||-----3--------3---|

|---------------|----1-1-1---1---1---||-----3--------3---|

|---------------|----2---------------||-----4--------4---|

|-3--3--/6--6--|----------3---3---3-||------------------|

|-1--1--/4--4--|--------------------||------------------|

|---------------|-1------------------||------------------|

| H H W W

|-1-------------|--------------------||------------------|

|---------------|--------------------||------------------|

D Em D C

E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E

|-----10--------10-----|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---|

|-----11--------11-----|-----12--------11---|-----9--------9---|

|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|

G D

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E

|-----3--------3---|-----10--------10-----|

|-----4--------4---|-----11--------11-----|

|------------------|----------------------|

Em D C

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E

|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---||

|-----12--------11---|-----9--------9---||

|--------------------|------------------||

Chorus

H Q E E Q E. S E E S S E H E E Q Q E. S E E S S E

|-------------|-------1-----------|-------------|-------1-------------|

|-------------|----1--1-----------|-------------|----1--1-------------|

|-3-------3---|----2----3-3-3p2---|-3----3---3--|----2----3-3-3-2-----|

|-3----3--3---|-3--3----3-3-3---3-|-3----3-3-3--|-3--3----3-3-3-3-3---|

|-1----1--1p0-|-3---------------3-|-1----1---1--|-3---------------3---|

|-------------|-1-----------------|-------------|-1-------------------|

Q E E Q Q H Q. E E E H. +H E E E E Q Q Q Q

|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|

|----3------2--|-6----5------|-----3-------|-(3)----------3-|---------------|

|-3--3------2--|-7----5------|---2---------|------------2---|---------------|

|-3----3-2-----|-7----5------|-3-----------|----------3-----|-3--3--/6--6--|

|-1----1-0-----|-5----3------|-1-----------|--------2-------|-1--1--/4--4--|

|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|

| Gtr II

| W W W H E E E E H H

|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-1-------------|

|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------3-|---------------|

|--------------|-------------|-------------|------------2---|---------------|

|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------3-----|---------------|

|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------2-------|---------------|

|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|

Guitar Solo

F C

Gtr III

Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q Q Q E E +E +Q. +E S S S S +E

|----1---------------||----------------------------------------|

|----1--1-----13b15==||=(13)r(13)-----(13)-10-13-10------------|

|----2--2------------||-----------------------------12b14-(12)-|

|-------3------------||----------------------------------------|

|--------------------||----------------------------------------|

|-1------------------||----------------------------------------|

Dm C Bb

E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

S S S S a +S +S E +E E S S S S

|-10------------------------------------------------|

|----10-13p10---------------------------------------|

|-------------12b14==(12)r(12)-10-(10)-----------5--|

|--------------------------------------12---5s7----|

|---------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E S S

| | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / /

E S S S a +E S +E S S a +S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|

|-(5)-----------------------------------------|

|--7--6-5-3-5b6-(5)---5-(5)-3-5-5b7-(5)-3-5-3-|

|---------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E S S

| | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / /

+E. S S S S S S S S S +S E.

|---------------------------------------|

|-----------7s5----5s=3---2-(2)---------|

|-(3)---5s7-----5-(5)s3-3---------------|

|---------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------1-------|

E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

S S S S S S a +S +S +S E. +S T T S S

|-----------------------------------------13----(13)-------10-13b15==|

|-----------10----13---------------------------------10-10-----------|

|--------------10----10b12-(10)-(10)-(10)----------------------------|

|-----10-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-/12----12----------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Dm C Bb

E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

~~~~

+Q +E. +S a +S +S S S a +E S S

|-(13)---(13)r==(13)-13pb15==(13)r(13)-10----13b14-(13)-10-----|

|-----------------------------------------10---------------10--|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

a +S +S S S a +S +S S S a +S +S S S a +S +S S S

|-13b15-(13)r(13)-10----13b15-(13)r(13)-10----13b15-(13)r(13)-10----15b17-(15)r(15)-13----||

|--------------------10--------------------10--------------------10--------------------15-||

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

| Gtr II

| W

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Bridge

E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

~~~~

a +H. E a +E

|-19b20-(19)---------------19pb20==(19)r==|

|-----------------------------------------|

| E E E E E E E. S

|----------------8------------------------|

|--------------8---8----------------------|

|------------9-------9--------------------|

|--------10------------10-----------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

G Bb

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

~~~~

+H Q. a +E +H. E a +E

|-(19)---------------18pb19==(18)r|=(18)-------------17pb18==(17)-|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

| E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E

|----------3-(3)------------------|-------------------------------|

|--------3------------------------|----------3--------------------|

|------4--------------------------|--------3---3------------------|

|---5-----------------------------|------3-------3-------------3--|

|------------------------------0--|---1------------1--------------|

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus

F Fm Eb

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

H Q Q H E E Q

|-17-------17---17---||--------------------|

|----------15---15---||--------------------|

|----------------------||---------------8----|

[3]

|----------------------||- -------3s8-8----|

[3]

|----------------------||- -------3---6----|

[1]

|----------------------||- -------1---6----|

| E E E E +Q. E W

|--------1-(1)---------||--------------------|

|------1---------------||--------------------|

|----------------------||--------------------|

|----3-----------------||--------------------|

|----------------------||--------------------|

|--1-------------------||--------------------|

C# G# C(type 2)

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 Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|-6---6---6---6---|-----------------|-----------------||

|-6---6---6---6---|-6-------6---6---|-5---5---5---5---||

|-4---4---4---4---|-6-------6---6---|-3---3---3---3---||

|-4---4-----------|-4-------4---4---|-----------------||

Chorus

Bb F

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q Q Q E E H S S E E E

|-----------------|-------------5-(5)----|

|-------------3---|----------------------|

|-3---3---3---3---|---------3s5----5--5-|

|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3--------------------|

|-1---1---1-------|-3--------------------|

|-----------------|-1--------------------|

Bb F

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

H E Q. Q Q E S S E E

|-------------------|-----1---------5------|

|-------------------|-----1---1------------|

|-3-------3--------|-----2---0-2s5---5---|

|--3-------3-3------|-----3----------------|

|--1-------1--------|----------------------|

|-------------------|-1--------------------|

H.=H

Bb A Dm(type C(type 2) Dm/B

2/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W H

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

H H H Q. E W +H

|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|

|-----------------|------------------|-3--------|-(3)----|

|-3-------2-------|-7-------5--------|-2--------|-(2)----|

|-3-------2-------|-7-------5--------|-3--------|-(3)----|

|-1-------0-------|-5-------3--------|-2--------|-(2)----|

|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|

A Tempo Q=76

Bb C# F D/Ab

4/4

W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

+W H Q Q E E E E E E E E

|----------------|-----------------|---------4---4----|

|-(3)------------|-------------6---|-----1---5---5----|

|-(2)------------|-3-------6---6---|---2---2-4-4-4-4--|

|-(3)------------|-3-------6---6---|-3----------------|

|-(2)------------|-1-------4-------|------------------|

|----------------|-----------------|------------------|

| Gtr II

| H E E E E W H E E E E

|----------------|-1---------------|---------4---4----|

|--------------3-|-----------------|---------5---5----|

|------------2---|-----------------|---------4-4-4-4--|

|----------3-----|-----------------|------------------|

|--------2-------|-----------------|------------------|

|----------------|-----------------|------------------|

Bbm Bb F Dm 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

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q Q Q Q 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---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|

|------------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|

|-3---3/---6---6---|-3-------3---5s3-|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

|-1---1/---4---4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Outro

F Dm

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-||o---1---1---1---1-|

|-----------------||------------------|

|-3-------3-------||--3-------3-------|

|-----------------||o-----------------|

|-----------------||------------------|

Bb F

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x W

|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1----||------*|

|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-o||------*|

|-----------------|------------------||------*|

|-3-------3-------|-3-------3--------||------*|

|-----------------|-----------------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

/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

- 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

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