Frank Black – If It Takes All Night (Guitar)

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Song: If It Takes All Night Album: Dog in the Sand Tabbed by: Derek ([email protected]) Note: sometimes it's just the piano playing but strum them chords whenever you want and have fun. [Intro] D A Bbdim B Bb A (x2) [Verse]
D                A   Bbdim
 Some call it the ribbon

B                   Bb  A
 Some say the white line

D              A   Bbdim
 I say truckstop living

B                  Bb  A
 Well, it suits me fine
[Bridge]
D                Bb   G
 Every day of the week

D                Bb   G
 Every day of the week

D             A           G
 We heard some other fellas talking

D             A           G
 I think it's going to be a good fight

D           A      G
 Tonight the radio is rocking

D            A              G
 I'm going to hear my favorite song
[Chorus]
                D
If it takes all night

                A
If it takes all night

                F#
If it takes all night

                A
If it takes all night

                D
If it takes all night
[Verse 2]
D                    A       Bbdim
 I'm going to wash my favorite shirt

B                Bb    A
 In downtown Marseilles

D             A      Bbdim
 It's got the same old dirt

B             Bb   A
 From up in Galais
[Bridge]
D                 Bb     G
 How many days and weeks?

D                 Bb     G
 How many days and weeks?

D         A           G
 Now every job it is important

D             A                G
 But still sometimes the money's right

D        A              G 
 I saw the ghost of Johnny Horton

D              A              G
 He said we're going to make el Paso
[Chorus] - 2 times
D               A
 If it takes all night

                F#
If it takes all night

                A
If it takes all night

                D
If it takes all night
[Verse 3]
D          A      Bbdim
 I lost my favorite cook

B                 Bb  A
 He left little Siam

D        A      Bbdim
 For many years I looked

B               Bb       A
 He said here I am  haw haw
[Bridge]
D                Bb   G
 Every day of the week

D                Bb   G
 Every day of the week

D           A               G
 Some got to go and see their mama

D           A             G
 Some got to play a show tonight

D        A            G
 I got to go and see my baby

D           A                 G
 When next I sleep I'll be with her
[Chorus] - 4 times
                D
If it takes all night

                A
If it takes all night

                F#
If it takes all night

                A
If it takes all night
[Solo] D A F# A (x2) [Ending] D G D _____________________________________________________________
e|------|
B|---2--|
G|---3--|
D|---2--|
A|---4--|
E|------|
 *Bbdim
[Verse 2 Fills]
e|-------------|--------------------|
B|-------------|--------------------|
G|-------------|--16--13------------|
D|--14b---12---|---------16--13--12-|
A|-------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|--------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------15----------------------------------------------------|
G|-14h16----16--14--16b---/11--11--11--/11--11--11--11--11-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------12-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
h = hammer on b = bend / = slide up