Takin Care Of Business Chords

by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
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C7
Bb
F
C
Eb

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Takin' Care Of Business  by BTO
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   C Riff                     Bb Riff                F Riff
e|-----------------------|  |-------------------|  |-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|  |-------------------|  |-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|  |-------------------|  |-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|  |-------------------|  |-10-10---12---10-10-12-|
A|-10-10---12---10-10-12-|  |-8-8---10---8-8-10-|  |-8--8----8----8--8--8--|
E|-8--8----8----8--8--8--|  |-6-6---6----6-6-6--|  |-----------------------|
 
[Intro]
(C riff, Bb riff, F riff, C riff) x4
 
[Intro Lead]
    C7            Bb               F         C7
e|--12-12-12-12--------------------5-5-5-5---------------------|
B|--11-11-11-11---6----------------4-4-4-4---8-----------------|
G|--12-12-12-12---6-6/7------------5-5-5-5---8-8/9-------------|
D|----------------------8-6-8----------------------10-8-10-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
     C                             Bb
They get up every morning from the alarm clock's warning, take the
F             C
8:15 into the city.
          C                           Bb
There's a whistle up above and people pushing, people shoving and
    F                     C
the girls who try to look pretty.
            C                       Bb
And if your train's on time you can get to work by nine and
F                                  C
start your slaving job to get your pay.
       C                         Bb
If you ever get annoyed, look at me I'm self employed,
  F                           C
I love to work at nothing all day.
 
[Chorus]
            C                      Bb
And I'll be takin' care of business every day.
F                      C
Takin' care of business every way.
        C                       Bb
I'll be takin' care of business. It's all mine!
F                           C
Takin' care of business and workin' overtime.  Work out.
 
[Lead break]
C  Bb  F  C  x2
 
[Verse 2]
        C                        Bb
It's as easy as fishing, you can be a musician,
   F                              C
if you could make sounds that are mellow.
      C                           Bb
Get a second hand guitar, chances are you'll go far
       F                              C
if you get in with the right bunch of fellows.
       C                          Bb
People see you having fun, just a lyin' in the sun,
F                               C
tell them that you like it this way.
         C                              Bb
It's the work that we avoid. Hey, we're all self employeed.
   F                           C
We love to work at nothing all day.
 
[Chorus]
          C                      Bb
And we be takin' care of business every day.
F                      C
Takin' care of business every way.
      C                       Bb
We be takin' care of business. It's all mine!
F                           C
Takin' care of business and workin' overtime.
 
[Lead break]
C  Bb  F  C  x2
C  N.C.
 
[Bridge]
C C F F F N.C.  Eb Eb Bb Bb Bb N.C.  x2
 
       C  C   F F F N.C.  Eb  Eb  Bb Bb Bb N.C.
Take good care      of my business
          C C F F F N.C.   Eb Eb Bb Bb Bb
when I'm away       every day.         Woo!
 
[Lead break]
C  Bb  F  C  x2
 
[Verse 1]
     C                             Bb
They get up every morning from the alarm clock's warning, take the
F             C
8:15 into the city.
          C                           Bb
There's a whistle up above and people pushing, people shoving and
     F                     C
 the girls who try to look pretty.
            C                       Bb
And if your train's on time you can get to work by nine and
F                                  C
start your slaving job to get your pay.
       C                         Bb
If you ever get annoyed, look at me I'm self employed,
  F                           C
I love to work at nothing all day.
 
[Chorus]
            C                      Bb
And I'll be takin' care of business every day.
F                      C
Takin' care of business every way.
        C                       Bb
I'll be takin' care of business. It's all mine!
F                           C
Takin' care of business and workin' overtime.
 
C  N.C.
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rikro
I had a gig at Cypress Garden in 1981 and we played this song. Turned out to be a retirement party for an old insurance exec. Funny as hell to watch the old folks bouncing to this. They loved it. Damn I'm old! (nice job)
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sef88401b
Good job. This is how tabs should be entered on this site. I found a lot of incorrect tabs here, so just wanted to say "Thanks"
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EzGoingGuy
This has the right chords but there is a hammer on the Bb,C and F. Like for the C strum 8 on E and A, hammer onto 10 on the A, then do the blues pinky to 12. Listen to the beat of the song. IT's not two Bb5's. Also, on the riff you have marked as intro lead, they strum 5 times, not 4. It's close, but some problems with the timing.
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