Take a Load Off

Stone Temple Pilots

Tom: C#

(verse 1) (Intro Riff)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4--6-4-(4)---4~---------4--6-4-(4)--4~-------------------|
G|----4--6-4-(4)---5~---------4--6-4-(4)--5~-------------------|
D|----4--6-4-(4)---6~---------4--6-4-(4)--6~-------------------| x2
A|-----------------6~---------------------6~-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


(verse 1)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----4--6-4-(4)---4~---------4--6-4-(4)--4~-------------------|
G|----4--6-4-(4)---5~---------4--6-4-(4)--5~-------------------|
D|----4--6-4-(4)---6~---------4--6-4-(4)--6~-------------------| x2
A|-----------------6~---------------------6~-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


(while Verse 1 is played, a 2nd Guitar is playing another riff at the end. Listen to the
for timing)

E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-------------2b-------------------------| (slight bend)
E|--0---4---2------4----------------------|


(chorus)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------5-5----------------------5-5--------|
D|-------------------------6-6----------------------6-6--------| x4
A|---6-4-----6-4-----------3-3---6-4----6-4---------6-6--------|
E|-------7-------7----7s6------------7------7--7-7--4-4--------|


(verse 2 following Chorus) (Chords strummed several times each)

E|--4-----3-----2-----1-----------------------|
B|--4-----4-----2-----2-----------------------|
G|--5-----3-----3-----1-----------------------|
D|--6-----5-----4-----3-----------------------|
A|--6-----------4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|


(then back to the Chorus)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------5-5----------------------5-5--------|
D|-------------------------6-6----------------------6-6--------| x4
A|---6-4-----6-4-----------3-3---6-4----6-4---------6-6--------|
E|-------7-------7----7s6------------7------7--7-7--4-4--------|


(the song repeats form, with the exception of the solo after Verse 2 and outro)

(solo)

E|----------------------6--------------------------------------------------|
B|-4----4---------7--9---9----9b11~11r-9h7h9---7h9b11----------------------|
G|-6b8~-6b8~----8--8--8---8---------------------------8~-------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------6h8p6-4h6--4----6-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------6-4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



E|-------------------------4--6-6s9--8-6h8s4-------6-----------------------|
B|------------------------4-4--4---------------7-9--9------------4---------|
G|---------------------------------8----------8-8-8--8-8--6hp5---6b8-6b8---|
D|-4h6---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----2h4-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------6-6p4-4/---------------------------------------------------|



E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------6h9~~~---------| (pinch harmonic)
G|--6b8-6b8--6-7h8-7h8-7h8s4-6-4---------6b8---------------|
D|------------------------------6s4-4h6-7------------------|
A|---------------------------------4-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|


(outro is the Chorus repeated four times)

(to get a better feel for the solo, venture around the pentatonic scale in G# )

E|---------------------4-7---|
B|-----------------4-7-------|
G|-------------4-6-----------|
D|---------4-6---------------|
A|-----4-6-------------------|
E|-4-7-----------------------|