Whatever It Takes Guitar Tabs by Pod

Song: Whatever It Takes
Band: P.O.D.
Album: 'Any Given Sunday' Sound Track
Tabbed by:  Alejandro D'Brot 
	    alexbrot@hotmail.com

.= harmonic
~= vibrato (manual)
h= hammer-on
p= pull-off
/= slide up

Tuning: Standard D - DGCFAd


[ intro ] 

I:
(clean) 
d|------------------5.-------7.---------------------|
A|---------7.---------5.-------7.-------------------|
F|---------7.-----------5.-------7.-----------------|
C|-----7.-------------------------------------------|
G|-7.------------------------------------------2----|
D|---------------------------------------------0----|
            	     distortion & volume swell ^ 

II:
d|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------0---------------|
C|-----------------------3-0---------------|
G|-2--*-*-*--------------3-0---2--*--------|
D|-0--2.2.2.3.3.3.3.4.4.-1-----0--2.(x9)---|
 
[* these harmonics are actually played at 3/4 of the third fret (or fret 2.7) ]

III:
d|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-------------|-----------------|
F|---0-------------|---0-------------|
C|-2-0-------------|-3-0-------------|
G|-2-----2--*------|-3-0---2--*------|
D|-0-----0--2.(x9)-|-1-----0--2.(x9)-|

IV:
d|------------------0---|
A|---3----------------3-|
F|---0------------------|
C|-2-0------------------|
G|-2-----2--------------|
D|-0-----0--------------|
         ^ let ring

Order: I 
       II
       III (x3)
       IV	


[ verse ]

 "Face to face with aggression..."
d|---------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------| 
C|---------------------------------|
G|-2---*-*-*-----------------------|
D|-0---2.2.2.3.3.3.3.4.4.4.5.5.5.--|

...play that eight times.   

...then play:
d|------------0---|
A|--------------3-|
F|----------------|
C|----------------|
G|-2--------------|
D|-0--------------|
   ^ let ring 



[ chorus ]

i:
"Whatever it takes!"
d|-------------|
A|-------------|
F|-------------|
C|-------------|
G|-2--*--------|
D|-0--2.(x9)---|

ii:
d|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---3-------------|-----------------|
F|---0-------------|---0-------------|
C|-2-0-------------|-3-0-------------|
G|-2-----2--*------|-3-0---2--*------|
D|-0-----0--2.(x9)-|-1-----0--2.(x9)-|
			   ^
Order: i
       ii (x2) - the second time you play this depress the vibrato arm on the last D chord (^)



...then play: - 'verse' (x8) (w/ pick slide in between)
              


[ bridge ]

..play this eight times:
d|---------------0--------|            
A|------------------0-----| 
F|----------3----------3--| 
C|-------2----------------|
G|----2-------------------|
D|-0----------------------|
         

...then play: 'chorus' (i, iix4)


[ outro ]
( Overlapped by bridge)

d|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
F|-9-11-12~--11-9-11~--9-7-9~-|-9-11-11-h12--12p11-12~--11p9-11~--9p7-9~-|
C|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|

d|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------------------------10h12-10----------10-------|
F|--9h11-11h12-12/14-|-12h14p12p11-12--11h12p11p9--11h12----------12-11-12----11-9~-|
C|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------10----------|
F|-12h14p12p11-12-9-11-12---9-11~--9--|etc.......
C|------------------------------------|etc.......
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|

...

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