Take Me Back Chords
by Spiderbait
Take Me Back by Spiderbait is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
First track off the new album! One of the best from the album.
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBe)
intro: (with wah & lots of feedback)
e|---|---|
B|---|---|
G|-2-|-2-|
D|---|-2-|
A|-0-|-0-|
D|---|---|
volume swell at the beginning, then muck around with the chord using the wah pedal
the second chord is played after around about 4 measures of the first chord
intro fills:
2x 4x
e|----------------|-55555555-|
B|----------------|----------|
G|----------------|----------|
D|----------------|----------|
A|----------------|----------|
D|-x-xxx-x-xxx-xx-|----------|
bass intro: (pretty much same as Jesus)
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
D|-7-77-7-77-7-5-|
pre-verse
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-|
{bass follows the guitar from here}
Verse:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-12--12--12--12-10--12--12--12-10-10-|
A|-12--12--12--12-10--12--12--12-10-10-|
D|-12--12--12--12-10--12--12--12-10-10-|
you get the basic idea of timing
verse fill:
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-|
D|-10-10-10-10-|
A|--8--8--8--8-|
D|-------------|
chorus part 1:
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
A|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-| x1
D|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
chrous part 2:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-12--12-12-10--10-10-9--9-9-8--8-8-|
A|-12--12-12-10--10-10-9--9-9-8--8-8-|
D|-12--12-12-10--10-10-9--9-9-8--8-8-|
bridge:
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3----|
A|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3----|
D|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3----| X2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-3h5-5-5-5-|
A|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-3h5-5-5-5-|
D|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-3h5-5-5-5-| 8x normal, then 8x palm muted (gradually release mute)
listen for rhythm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-11-11-|
A|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-11-11-|
D|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-11-11-|
~Lead Stuff~
lead fills in second verse (unsure about these):
e|-16-16-16-15-13-----------|--------------------------|
B|----------------15--13h15-|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|-------------------15-17b-|
D|--------------------------|-------15-17-15h17--------|
A|--------------------------|-15-17--------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
lead in 3rd verse (between 2nd chorus and bridge)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-12h15-12-12-12-12h15-12-12-12-12h15-|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
lead at the very end: (not sure about this, based around these notes anyhow)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------14141414141414141414141414-14-12-------|
D|-10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10-----------------------------------14-12-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|