TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS As recorded by Freddie King (From the 1961 Album FREDDIE KING SINGS) Words and Music by Rudolph Toombs Arranged by Freddie King Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Freddie King - Electric Guitar w/ light distortion' Intro Q=128(8=s8) Db 4/4 Gtr I |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| E E E E E E E E E E E E |--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-| |--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~ |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| E E +Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E |--9---------------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-| |--9---------------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-| |-10---------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |-11-11-(11)-------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------------------| 1st Verse

E E ^A9 E ^Ab9 E +E e Q E ^Dbe E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e |--9---12-11-(11)-11----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |--9---12-11-(11)-11----||---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |-10---12-11-(11)-11----||---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |-11---11-10-(10)-10----||---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E e E e E e E e E ^Gbe E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E ^Dbe E e E e E e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---6---6---6---6-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-| |---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |---6---6---6---6-|---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Gb7 Db7 ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ E e E e E e E e H Q. E E E E E +Q Q H Q. E |-----------------|-------------|-12b12.5-9-11-------------|------------------| |---6---6---6---6-|-----------9-|--------------11-(11)-----|-----------12b14==| |---6---6---6---6-|-------------|--------------------------|------------------| |---6---6---6---6-|-------------|--------------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-------------|--------------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-------------|--------------------------|------------------| Ab ~~~~~ |-3--| |3| +Q E E E E Q S S E E e E e E e E e |--------9------------------------|---------------------| |-(12)r----9-------9--------------|----9----9----9----9-| |------------11b12---9b9.5--------|----8----8----8----8-| |--------------------------11p9---|---10---10---10---10-| |---------------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------| Gb Db7 |-3--| |3-| E e E e E e E e Q. E E E E E Q |-----------------|--------------9-----------| |---7---7---7---7-|------------9---12-9------| |---6---6---6---6-|------11b13----------11---| |---8---8---8---8-|--------------------------| |-----------------|--------------------------| |-----------------|--------------------------| 2nd Verse Ab9 Db ~~~~~~~ E E E E +Q Q e E E e H e E E e Q. e Q. e H |------------------------||--------------|----------------|-------------| |------------------------||-6-----6------|-6-----6------6-|------6------| |-9b9.5------------------||-6-----6------|-6-----6------6-|------6------| |-------11-9-------------||-6-----6------|-6-----6------6-|------6------| |------------11-(11)-----||--------------|----------------|-------------| |------------------------||--------------|----------------|-------------|

e E E e Q. ^Gbe E e Q e Q. e E E e Q. e Q. ^Dbe H |----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------| |-6-----6------7-|---7----7------|-7-----7------7-|------6------| |-6-----6------6-|---6----6------|-6-----6------6-|------6------| |-6-----6------8-|---8----8------|-8-----8------8-|------6------| |----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------| |----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|

e E E e Q. ^Gb7e H Q. E |----------------|-------------| |-6-----6------7-|-----------9-| |-6-----6------6-|-------------| |-6-----6------8-|-------------| |----------------|-------------| |----------------|-------------|

Db7 |----3-----| E E E E E +E E +E S S H Q. E |-------9-------9------------------------|-----------12b14==| |-12b14---12b14--------------------------|------------------| |-----------------11pb13r(11)-9-(9)------|------------------| |-----------------------------------11p9-|------------------| |----------------------------------------|------------------| |----------------------------------------|------------------| Ab |-3-| +Q E E E S S S S +S S S S H E e Q |-(12)r--12-9-------------------------|--------------| |-------------9-----------------------|---------9----| |---------------11p9----9-(9)---------|---------8----| |--------------------11-------11p9----|--------10----| |----------------------------------11-|--------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------|

E ^Gbe E e E e E e Q. E E E E E |-----------------|----------------------| |---7---7---7---7-|---------9b9.5--------| |---6---6---6---6-|---------9b9.5--------| |---8---8---8---8-|------11-------11-9-9-| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------|

Guitar Solo Ab9 Db7 Db7 E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E |-----9-11b12==(11)r-9-12b14-12-||-(12)-9------------------| |---9---------------------------||--------9----------------| |-------------------------------||----------11b13-9--------| |-------------------------------||------------------11-9---| |-------------------------------||-------------------------| |-------------------------------||-------------------------| ~~~~~ ~~ |3-| |--3--| |--3---| E E Q E Q +E E E Q Q Q E a Q E |------------9--------------9---|-------9---9--------12--| |---9-12b14----12b14==(12)r-----|-12b14---9---12s14------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------| Gb7 ~~~~~ |---3---| E E E Q Q Q a +E E Q Q E E |---14b16---14b16===14r--14b16--|-14pb16r(14)-12-14b16--14--------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------14-14-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| Db7 ~~ Q E E E E E E +E. S Q E E Q |----14b16-14-12-14---12b12.5==|=(12)r--------12-14----| |------------------------------|-------14-14-----------| |------------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------------|-----------------------| Ab7 |-3--| |3-| |-3--| |3-| |-3--| |--3---| E E E E E E Q +Q E E E E Q S S S +E E S S E |-------------9-12b14==(12)r--|-12-9----------------------------------| |--------9-11-----------------|------12-9-----------------------------| |---8S10----------------------|-----------11b13-11p9---------9--------| |-----------------------------|----------------------11-(11)---11p9---| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------------| Gb7 ~~~~~ |-3--| |--3---| E E +Q E E E E E E |-----------------9----------------------| |---12b14==(12)r----12-9-------9---------| |------------------------11b13---9b9.5===| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|

^Db7+E Q E a E E E a E E E E E ^Ab7 Q E E |-----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------9----11----9-|---/14-14-14-14--14-12-| |-(9)r--------9h10----11-9h10-|-----------------------| |------11--11------11---------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------|

Db7 ~~~~~~ Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------|----12-------------------| |-14--14--14p12-14-12-|-14----14-12-14p12-14-12-| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------| |-14p12----14p12----14p12----14p12----| |-------13-------13-------13-------13-| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| Gb7 |--3--| |-----3-----| Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q. E E E E |----12-14-14b16-14b16-14b16-|---14b16---14b16-12-14-14b16-| |-14-------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------------|

E E E E Q E E ^Db7 Q E E Q Q |-14b16-12-14---12--14----|-12------------12b12.5--| |-------------x--------14-|-----14-12-14-----------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|

Ab7 ~~ |-3--| |3-| E E E E E E Q E E Q E E +E Q E |-------------9-11b12-11-9-|-12b14----12b14==(12)r-12--12b14===| |--------9-11--------------|-----------------------------------| |---8S10-------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------------------| Gb7 |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |--3---| +E Q E E E E E E +E E E |-(12)r-12---9--------------------------| |--------------9-12-9-------------------| |---------------------11b13==(11)r-9-11-| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| Db7 Ab7 ~~~~ |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q |-------------9--------------------|--------------------|| |-----------9---12-9---------------|--------------------|| |-9----9h10----------11b13-11-9-11-|-9------------------|| |---11-----------------------------|---11-9-------------|| |----------------------------------|--------11-(11)-----|| |----------------------------------|--------------------|| 3rd Verse

E ^Dbe E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E ^Gbe E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E ^Dbe E e E e E e E e E e E e E e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Gb7 ~~~~ H Q. E E E E E +Q Q |-------------|-9---11b12-------------| |-----------9-|---9-------11-(11)-----| |-------------|-----------------------| |-------------|-----------------------| |-------------|-----------------------| |-------------|-----------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |-3--| H Q. E +Q E E E E E E S S |------------------|--------9-------------------------| |-----------12b14==|=(12)r----12-9-------9------------| |------------------|---------------11b13---9b9.5------| |------------------|-----------------------------11p9-| |------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------|----------------------------------|

E ^Ab e E e E e E e E ^Gbe E e E e E e |---------------------|-----------------| |----9----9----9----9-|---7---7---7---7-| |----8----8----8----8-|---6---6---6---6-| |---10---10---10---10-|---8---8---8---8-| |---------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-----------------|

Db7 Ab9 ~~~~ Q. E a E E E E a E E E E +Q Q |-----------------------|-----------------------|| |------------9----11----|----9------------------|| |---------9h10----11----|-9h10------------------|| |------11------11----11-|------11-9-------------|| |-----------------------|-----------11-(11)-----|| |-----------------------|-----------------------|| Outro

E ^Db9e E e E e E E E E E E +E E E E |-----------------|--------------------------------| |---6---6---6---9-|-------9------------------------| |---6---6---6-----|-11b13---11-9b9.5==(9)r---------| |---6---6---6-----|------------------------11-8----| |-----------------|-----------------------------11-| |-----------------|--------------------------------|

E e E e E e E E E E E E +E E Q |-----------------|------------------------------| |---6---6---6---9-|-------9----------------------| |---6---6---6-----|-11b13---11-9b9.5==(9)r-------| |---6---6---6-----|------------------------11-8--| |-----------------|------------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------------| Gb E e E e E e E E |----------------------| |---7---7---7---12b14==| |---6---6---6----------| |---8---8---8----------| |----------------------| |----------------------| Db |---3---| |-3-| |--3---| +Q E E E E E E +E E E E e E e E e E E |--------9-------------------------------|-----------------| |-(12)r----12b14-9----9------------------|---6---6---6---9-| |------------------11---9b9.5==(9)r------|---6---6---6-----| |-----------------------------------11-9-|---6---6---6-----| |----------------------------------------|-----------------| |----------------------------------------|-----------------| ~~~~~~ E E E E +E E Q |-------9---------------------| |-----------------------------| |-11b13---11b11.5-9-(9)-------| |-----------------------11----| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| Ab ~~~~~~ E e E e E e E E E E E E +E E Q |--------------------|-------9---------------------| |----9----9---11-----|-----------------------------| |----8----8----8---9-|-11b13---11b11.5-9-(9)-------| |---10---10---10-----|-----------------------11----| |--------------------|-----------------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------------| E E E E E E E E |---12b12.5-9--------------| |-------------12-9---------| |------------------11-9-10-| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| Ab7 Db7 ~~~~~~~ |-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |--3--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a Q +Q |-------------9--------------------|---------9-------------*| |-----------9---12-9---------------|----9-11---12s14-(14)--*| |-9----9h10----------11b13-11-9-11-|-11--------------------*| |---11-----------------------------|-----------------------*| |----------------------------------|-----------------------*| |----------------------------------|-----------------------*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Freddie King - Takin care of business