The Doobie Brothers – Takin It To The Streets (Bass Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS - Doobie Brothers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: dolson128 Album: Best of the Doobies (1976)
Intro
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Verse(0:13)
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     You don't know me but I'm your brother

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     I was raised here in this living hell

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     You don't know my kind in your world

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     Fairly soon the time will tell

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              You,                 telling me the things you're gonna do for me

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                     I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Chorus 1 (0:52)
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  Takin' it to the street       Takin' it to the street

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  Takin' it to the street 

Verse (1:06)
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     Take this message to my brother

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     You will find him everywhere

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     Wherever people live together

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     Tied in poverty's despair

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              You,                 telling me the things you're gonna do for me

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E|-3-------------------------------------------4-4-4-3-----|
                     I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Chorus 2 (1:45)
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  Takin' it to the street       Takin' it to the street

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  Takin' it to the street 

Solo (1:57) (same timing as verse)
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E|---3--3-5-------3---------------------------------------4-4-4-3-----3----|
              You,                 telling me the things you're gonna do for me

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A|---3-1----3-1-3-0------------------------------------5---|
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                     I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Chorus 3 (2:35)
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  Takin' it to the street     Takin' it to the street 

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E|-0--0--0--1---2--3----------0--0--0--1---2--3--------|
  Takin' it to the street    Takin' it to the street 

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   Takin' it to the street          Takin' it to the street

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  Takin' it to the street    Takin' it to the street 

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  Takin' it to the street    Takin' it to the street 

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E|-0--0--0--1---2--3----------0--0--0--1---2--3--------|
  Takin' it to the street    Takin' it to the street 

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E|-0--0--0--1---2--3----------0--0--0--1---2--3----------|
  Takin' it to the street    Takin' it to the street 

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   Takin' it to the street          Takin' it to the street
(Continue to fade) Feel free to improvise the fills in Chorus 3. | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================