Toxic Britney Spears
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|Britney Spears - Toxic |
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|Written by C. Dennis/C. Karlsson/P. Winnberg/H. Jonback |
|Backing Vocals by Britney Spears, Cathy Dennis, Emma Holmgren & BlackCell |
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|Transcribed in tablature by Manuel Gutierrez Rojas (le_mystique_1@hotmail.com)|
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So, Britney's Toxic. The first time I heard it, I was quite amazed by the catchyness of the song.
The lyrics are very interesting too!
I wanted to show the rhythm in such a way that you understand how to play it. The song consists
mostly strummed chords in a rhythmic way. I have arranged the string melody, along with the
part what I would call the Bridge (where Britney screams).
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > quarter notes
[1] [2] [3] [4]
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > eigth notes
1 e 2 e 3 e 4 e
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > sixteenth notes
1e1e2e2e3e3e4e4e
/[3]|\
/ | \
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > an eigth triplet
[1] [a] [a] [2] [3] [4]
/[3]|\
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- > a sixteenth triplet
[1aa] [2] [3] [4]
d = downstroke
u = upstroke
Pay attention to the downstroke and upstrokes. You would most definitely hear the difference
when you don't hit the rhythms in the correct strokes. It doesn't sound 'correct'.
[ C B O R D S ]
[Cm]3] (third position) [Eb]6] (sixth position) [G]7] (seventh position)
v v v
|1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|2|-|-| |1|-|4|-| |1|2|-|-| |1|-|4|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|-|2|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|4|
|x|x|x|x| |x|x|x|x| |x|x|x|x|
[D]5] (fifth position) [Db]4] (fourth position) [Ab]4] (fourth position)
v v v
|1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|4|-| |1|-|4|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|2|-|-| |1|-|2|-| |1|-|2|-| |1|-|3|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|-|-| |1|-|4|-|
|x|x|x|x| |x|x|x|x| |1|-|-|-|
G* (alternative)
[3] (third position)
v
|1|-|-|-|
|1|-|-|-|
|1|2|-|-|
|1|-|3|-|
|1|-|4|-|
|1|-|-|-|
[C5] [3] (third position)
v
|x|x|x|x|
|x|x|x|x|
|-|-|4|-|
|-|-|3|-|
|1|-|-|-|
|x|x|x|x|
[ T A B L A T U R E ]
String Intro
E|---------------------10-11-10-09---|14--10--11p10------| B|-----------------------------------|--------------13---| G|5---5---8-7-5-7-8------------------|-------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-------------------| x2 A|-----------------------------------|-------------------| E|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
Th[1]en:[2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [/]
[1]------------------------------------------
(Britney starts singing)
Baby can't you see
[u] [d] [ud] [u]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 2 times (2 bars)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [/]
[d] [ud] [u] [d] [d] [dud] [u]
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[d] [ud] [u] [d]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[2]----------------------------------------
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [/]
[d] [ud] [u] [d] [d] [dud] [u]
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[d] [ud] [u] [d]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[A]-----------------------------------------
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [/]
[d] [ud] [u] [d] [d] [dud] [u]
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[d] [ud] [u] [d]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[SOLO]
E|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------| D|V-----V-----V---|V-----V-----V---| v= accentuate the note A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E|----------------|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[C B O R U S]
[d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- D |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Db |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [u] [u] [d] [u]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Ab |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G* |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
REPEAT [CBORUS] TIME 1:10
[3]----------------------------------------
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [/]
[d] [ud] [u] [d] [d] [dud] [u]
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[d] [ud] [u]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |8-----10-11-10///14------| (Slide up to F sharp (fourteenth fret) 1 2 3 4 |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------|
[1] [2] [a] [3] [4]
[A]-----------------------------------------
d ud u \
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- | play 4 times (4 bars)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [/]
[d] [ud] [u] [d] [d] [dud] [u]
Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[d] [ud] [u] [d]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[SOLO]
[CBORUS]
[CBORUS] TIME 2:07
[BRIDGE] (Muse anyone?)
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|------------5-5-|------------5-5-|------------5-5-|------------5-5-| D|V-----V---------|V-----V---------|V-----V---------|V-----V---------| A|3-3-3-3-3-3-----|6-6-6-6-6-6-----|5-5-5-5-5-5-----|4-4-4-4-4-4-----| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------5-5-5-|----------5-5-5-|----------5-5-5-|----------------| D|V-----V---------|V-----V---------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A|3-3-3-3-3-------|6-6-6-6-6-------|V-----V---------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|4-4-4-4-4-------|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[d] [u] [d] [u]
C5 |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[CBORUS] Play 2 times
[ENDING] TIME 3:04
[u] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- D |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Db |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[u] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u] [u] [d] [u]
Cm |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Eb |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- Ab |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- G* |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
[The James Bond like clean guitar]-----------------------------------|
TIME 1:10
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| A|--3---1-3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------343-4-|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|--------1-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| A|3---------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-3-3-3-| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|3---3-----------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
E|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|3\\\------------| (lower the tremolo bar or slide down) E|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
TIME 2:07
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| A|--3---1-3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------343-4-|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
TIME 3:04
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|1---------------|0---------------|----------------| A|3---------------|----------------|----------------|4---------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------343-4-|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
E|----------------|----------------| B|--------1-------|----------------| G|------------0---|----------------| D|----------------|1---------------| A|3---------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
Bass sounding guitar
TIME 2:40 and 3:01
E|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|----------6(3)6-| E|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
TIME 2:44
E|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|----------3---1-| E|------------3---|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
TIME 2:54 (Effect, probably)
E|-----------------|----------------| B|-----------------|----------------| G|-----------------|----------------| D|-----------------|7\\\\\----------| (lower the tremolo bar or slide down) A|----------356----|----------------| E|-----------------|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]
Mystery:
If you listen closely, you hear (What I think is) a guitar playing something, which I think sounds like
this (every second and fourth beat when the strings play):
E|----5-------5---| (C diminished) B|--4---4---4---4-| G|5-------5-------| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------|
[1] [2] [3] [4]
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