Take A Picture Tab

by Filter
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Author mookieman [a] 141.
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Finally a correct version here for you. The others came close in parts,
but this is 100% correct, just like Geno plays it.
 
Drop D Tuning
 
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Intro Riff (distortion on) - you can only hear it clearly on the album version at
the start, it then continues throughout the verse for the rest of the song in the background:
 
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-9h11-11-11-11-9-11--11--11-----9h11-11-12-11-11-----|
A-0----0--0--0--0-0---0---0---0--0----0--0--0--0------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
 
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G----12--12--11----11-----12--12--11------------------|
D----x---x---x-----x------x---x---x-------------------|
A----10--10--9-----9------10--10--9-------------------|
D----0---0---0-----0---0--0---0---0-------------------|
 
Main acoustic verse riff (played with first riff):
 
E--0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0------3-3-2--3-3-2------------|
B--0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0------3-3-3--3-3-3------------|
G--2-2-2--2-----2-2-2--2------2-2-2--2-2-2------------|
D--2-2-2--2-----2-2-2--2------0-0-0--0-0-0------------|
A--0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
 
Chorus:
E----0-------0-------0-------0--|
B----0-------0-------0-------0--|
G----9-------14------11------7--|
D----9-------14------11------7--|
A----7-------12------9-------5--|
D----7-------12------9-------5--|
 
There are some synth arrangements during the bridge ("Hey Dad whadda you think
of your son...") which I don't believe they play live.
 
Use a bridge pickup, preferably a humbucker, bright and twangy. In a live
situation use a clean electric with a little reverb and delay instead of an
acoustic, that's what Filter do live. Geno uses a custom shop strat one has a
Seymour Duncan Trembucker in the bridge, one has an Invader. That's probably the
trembucker you're hearing on the record.
 
Peace.
 
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| x  Dead note
 
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15 comments
the1
Wow, heard this on The Girl Next Door. Such a beautiful song!
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mookieman
Oh and to say, it is in Drop D because Filter song is in standard tuning. Enjoy the tab
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BlocParty
brings back good memories, nice tab.
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