Taking Off Chords
Taking Off by Beach Fossils is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO A:
e|-----7----------------77---------------------|
B|-999---777-9-555-7-------9999-9999-9999-9999-|
G|-------------------66--------------bbbb-bbbb-|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------| x2
INTRO B:
e|----------------------77---------------------|
B|-777-5-77-99-77-55-------9999-9999-9999-9999-|
G|-------------------66------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------| x2
VERSE:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9-------9-------9-------9---------------------------------------|
A|-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7------7-------7--------11-------11---|
E|----------------------------------5-5---5-5-5---5--9-9----9-9-9------| x2
Repeat INTRO B x2
CHORUS:
Lead Guitar
e|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7---|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
B|---5---5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-5---5---4---4---2---2---0---0---|
G|-6-------6-----6-----6-----6-----|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| x4
Rhythm Guitar
e|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------------9-9-11-11-9-9-----------|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
A|-11-11-11-9-11-11---------------11-11-9-9-|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|
E|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| x4
Repeat VERSE x4
Repeat INTRO B x2
Repeat CHORUS x4
OUTRO **(Lead Guitar stays the same as chorus)**
Rhythm Guitar
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------99-6666-6666-6666-6666-|
A|-999-7-99-9/11-11-99-77---------------------------|
E|------------------------99------------------------| x2
Repeat CHORUS x2