Verse: Don't ask me what I want it for (ah ah, Mr. Wilson) If you don't want to pay some more (ah ah, Mr. Heath) 'Cos I'm the taxman Yeah I'm the taxman -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------5---------3--5-----5---------3--5---------------------- -|----------------------3--h5--------------3--h5-----------5---------3b(4)-- -|----------------3------------------3------------------------3--h5--------- -|------------------------------------------------------3-------------------
Verse: Now my advice for those who die (TAXMAN!) Declare the pennies on your eyes (TAXMAN!) 'Cos I'm the taxman Yeah I'm the taxman
Riff to repeat over first two lines of third verse -|------------------------------ -|------------------------------ -|-----7---------5--7----------- -|--------5--h7----------------- -|--5--------------------------- -|------------------------------
Riff to repeat over first two lines of fourth verse -|------------------------------ -|------------------8----------- -|-----7---------5-------------- -|--------5--h7----------------- -|--5--------------------------- -|------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string ('fret zero') ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five