Ok this is from my own ear, so no copying was done here. This a great song with awesome
bass, so if you want to play it here it is. (I´ve seen big mistakes on previous tabs for
this song, so I'm here to fix them.)
Standard Tuning
G
D
A
E
~- let it ring
/-slide up
\-slide down
Intro (10 sec into the song)
G|-------------6-------------------------------6-------------------|
D|-8868-868-868-8------------------8868-868-868-8-------------6~---|
A|----------------9989-986-689-6-4----------------9989-989-989-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (22 sec into the song)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------686-4~------------------------------|
A|--1(12x)------1(12x)------1~--------4/6\1------------------------|
E|--------2(12x)------2(12x)---------------------------------------|
On the first verse, the sliding part 4/6\1, make sure you hold 4 for 1.5 sec. Or just
listen closely and you'll know what I mean.
Pre-Chorus (40 sec into the song)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4~--6~------------------------------|
A|--1(12x)-----1(12x)-----------------6-4--------------------------|
E|--------2(12x)-----2(12x)-444------------------------------------|
Chorus (58 sec into the song)
G|-------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------------666-|
A|-------9999999\6666666/9999----|
E|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------------666-8\0-|
A|-------9999999\6666666/9999--------|
E|-----------------------------------|
=============================================================================
Pre-Verse (1:11 into the song)
G|--------------6--|
D|--8868-868-868-8-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--1(12x)-----1(8x)/4(8x)-------|
E|--------2(12x)----------2(12x)-|
Verse 2 (1:27 into the song)
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------4~--6~------|
A|--1(12x)-----1(12x)-----------------4----|
E|--------2(12x)-----2(12x)-444------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/midtown/give_it_up_btab_ver_3.html ]
Chorus 2 (1:45 into the song)
G|-------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------------666-| 2x
A|-------9999999\6666666/9999----|
E|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--868(10)(11)(10)86--------------------666-|10 and 11 was set in
A|-------------------9999999\6666666/9999----|parenthesis to not cause
E|-------------------------------------------|confusion with 1's and 0's
G|----------------------------------|
D|--868-6--------------3(11x)-8~~\0-|
A|-------9999999\6(11x)-------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Pre-Bridge (Do absolutly nothing until 2:42)
Bridge (2:42)
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)---------------|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989-6~-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)------------6~-|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)---------------|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989-6~-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--868-868-868(10)(10)(11)(11)(10)(10)------------6~-|
A|-------------------------------------989-989-989----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6-------------------------------6-------------------|
D|-8868-868-868-8------------------8868-868-868-8-------------6~---|
A|----------------9989-986-689-6-4----------------9989-989-989-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
I love this part, its where the electric guitar screams.
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------| 2x
A|--1(12x)/4(3x)/9(12x)/11(3x)-|
E|-----------------------------|
Outro (3:30 into the song) Almost done :)
G|-------------------|
D|--8868-868-868~~\0-|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
There! Your done, congrats. I may be off by some, but I think it sounds pitch perfect.
Please vote for my tab, thanks.
