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What It Takes by Aerosmith
What It Takes
Words and Music by Tyler/Perry/Child
D
x x 0 2 3 2
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
Dm
x x 0 2 3 1
Bb
x 1 3 3 3 x
G
3 2 0 0 0 3
Fm
x 8 10 10 9 8
Eb
x 6 8 8 8 x
C#
x 4 6 6 6 x
G#
4 6 6 5 4 4
C(type 2)
x 3 5 5 5 x
A
x 0 2 2 2 0
Dm(type 2)
x 5 7 7 6 5
Dm/B
x 2 3 2 3 x
D/Ab
x x x 1 3 2
Bbm
x 1 3 3 2 1
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Nylon'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=76
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|------|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
|------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----||
|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3--||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
Verse
H H Wx7 H. S S S S
|-----------|------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|-3----------------|
|-0---------|------------|-2-------2--------|
|-----------|------------|-0-------0---0----|
|-----------|------------|-----------0---0--|
|-----------|------------|------------------|
H. E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E S S E
|-------------|----------------|------------------||
|-3-----------|---------0---0--|---------5--------||
|-0-----------|-------0---0----|-5--5--5-5---5-5\-||
|-0-----------|-----2----------|-5--5--5---5-5-5\-||
|-x-------0---|---2------------|-3--3--3---3---5\-||
|-3---------3-|-0--------------|------------------||
Chorus
H Q E E Q E. S E E S S E H E E Q Q E. S E E S S E
|-------------|-------1-----------|-------------|-------1-------------|
|-------------|----1--1-----------|-------------|----1--1-------------|
|-3-------3---|----2----3-3-3p2---|-3----3---3--|----2----3-3-3-2-----|
|-3----3--3---|-3--3----3-3-3---3-|-3----3-3-3--|-3--3----3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1----1--1p0-|-3---------------3-|-1----1---1--|-3---------------3---|
|-------------|-1-----------------|-------------|-1-------------------|
Q E E Q Q H Q. E W +H E E E E
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|
|----3------2--|-6----5------|-3--------|-(3)----------3-|
|-3--3------2--|-7----5------|-2--------|-(2)--------2---|
|-3----3-2-----|-7----5------|-3--------|-(3)------3-----|
|-1----1-0-----|-5----3------|-2--------|-(2)----2-------|
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W H E E E E
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------|--------------3-|
|--------------|-------------|----------|------------2---|
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------3-----|
|--------------|-------------|----------|--------2-------|
|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------|
Verse
G
Gtr III
W W E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q Q E S S E E S s E Q e Q. e E
|---------------|----1-1-----1---1---||-----3--------3---|
|---------------|----1-1-1---1---1---||-----3--------3---|
|---------------|----2---------------||-----4--------4---|
|-3--3--/6--6\--|----------3---3---3-||------------------|
|-1--1--/4--4\--|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|-1------------------||------------------|
|
| H H W W
|-1-------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
|---------------|--------------------||------------------|
D Em D C
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E
|-----10--------10-----|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---|
|-----10--------10-----|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---|
|-----11--------11-----|-----12--------11---|-----9--------9---|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|
G D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E
|-----3--------3---|-----10--------10-----|
|-----3--------3---|-----10--------10-----|
|-----4--------4---|-----11--------11-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
Em D C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q e Q. e E Q e Q. e E
|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---||
|-----12--------10---|-----8--------8---||
|-----12--------11---|-----9--------9---||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
Chorus
H Q E E Q E. S E E S S E H E E Q Q E. S E E S S E
|-------------|-------1-----------|-------------|-------1-------------|
|-------------|----1--1-----------|-------------|----1--1-------------|
|-3-------3---|----2----3-3-3p2---|-3----3---3--|----2----3-3-3-2-----|
|-3----3--3---|-3--3----3-3-3---3-|-3----3-3-3--|-3--3----3-3-3-3-3---|
|-1----1--1p0-|-3---------------3-|-1----1---1--|-3---------------3---|
|-------------|-1-----------------|-------------|-1-------------------|
Q E E Q Q H Q. E E E H. +H E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|----3------2--|-6----5------|-----3-------|-(3)----------3-|---------------|
|-3--3------2--|-7----5------|---2---------|------------2---|---------------|
|-3----3-2-----|-7----5------|-3-----------|----------3-----|-3--3--/6--6\--|
|-1----1-0-----|-5----3------|-1-----------|--------2-------|-1--1--/4--4\--|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W H E E E E H H
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|-1-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------3-|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|------------2---|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------3-----|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------2-------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|
Guitar Solo
F C
Gtr III
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q E E +E +Q. +E S S S S +E
|----1---------------||----------------------------------------|
|----1--1-----13b15==||=(13)r(13)-----(13)-10-13-10------------|
|----2--2------------||-----------------------------12b14-(12)-|
|-------3------------||----------------------------------------|
|--------------------||----------------------------------------|
|-1------------------||----------------------------------------|
Dm C Bb
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
S S S S a +S +S E +E E S S S S
|-10------------------------------------------------|
|----10-13p10---------------------------------------|
|-------------12b14==(12)r(12)-10-(10)-----------5--|
|--------------------------------------12\---5s7----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E S S
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
E S S S a +E S +E S S a +S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-(5)-----------------------------------------|
|--7--6-5-3-5b6-(5)---5-(5)-3-5-5b7-(5)-3-5-3-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
G
E E E E E E E S S
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
+E. S S S S S S S S S +S E.
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------7s5----5s=3---2-(2)---------|
|-(3)---5s7-----5-(5)s3-3---------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------1-------|
C
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
S S S S S S a +S +S +S E. +S T T S S
|-----------------------------------------13----(13)-------10-13b15==|
|-----------10----13---------------------------------10-10-----------|
|--------------10----10b12-(10)-(10)-(10)----------------------------|
|-----10-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/12----12----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Dm C Bb
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
~~~~
+Q +E. +S a +S +S S S a +E S S
|-(13)---(13)r==(13)-13pb15==(13)r(13)-10----13b14-(13)-10-----|
|-----------------------------------------10---------------10--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
a +S +S S S a +S +S S S a +S +S S S a +S +S S S
|-13b15-(13)r(13)-10----13b15-(13)r(13)-10----13b15-(13)r(13)-10----15b17-(15)r(15)-13----||
|--------------------10--------------------10--------------------10--------------------15-||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge
C
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
~~~~
a +H. E a +E
|-19b20-(19)---------------19pb20==(19)r==|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E. S
|----------------8------------------------|
|--------------8---8----------------------|
|------------9-------9--------------------|
|--------10------------10-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
G Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~
+H Q. a +E +H. E a +E
|-(19)---------------18pb19==(18)r|=(18)-------------17pb18==(17)-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E
|----------3-(3)------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------3------------------------|----------3--------------------|
|------4--------------------------|--------3---3------------------|
|---5-----------------------------|------3-------3-------------3--|
|------------------------------0--|---1------------1--------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
F Fm Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H Q Q H E E Q
|-17-------17\---17\---||--------------------|
|----------15\---15\---||--------------------|
|----------------------||---------------8----|
|----------------------||-[3]-------3s8-8----|
|----------------------||-[3]-------3---6----|
|----------------------||-[1]-------1---6----|
|
| E E E E +Q. E W
|--------1-(1)---------||--------------------|
|------1---------------||--------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------|
|----3-----------------||--------------------|
|----------------------||--------------------|
|--1-------------------||--------------------|
C# G# C(type 2)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---6---6---|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6---6---6---6---|-6-------6---6---|-5---5---5---5---||
|-4---4---4---4---|-6-------6---6---|-3---3---3---3---||
|-4---4-----------|-4-------4---4---|-----------------||
Chorus
Bb F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q E E H S S E E E
|-----------------|-------------5-(5)----|
|-------------3---|----------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|---------3s5----5--5\-|
|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3--------------------|
|-1---1---1-------|-3--------------------|
|-----------------|-1--------------------|
Bb F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H E Q. Q Q E S S E E
|-------------------|-----1---------5------|
|-------------------|-----1---1------------|
|-\3-------3--------|-----2---0-2s5---5\---|
|--3-------3-3------|-----3----------------|
|--1-------1--------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-1--------------------|
H.=H
Bb A Dm(type C(type 2) Dm/B
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W H
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H H Q. E W +H
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3-------2-------|-7-------5--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-3-------2-------|-7-------5--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-1-------0-------|-5-------3--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
A Tempo Q=76
Bb C# F D/Ab
4/4
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+W H Q Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|---------4---4----|
|-(3)------------|-------------6---|-----1---5---5----|
|-(2)------------|-3-------6---6---|---2---2-4-4-4-4--|
|-(3)------------|-3-------6---6---|-3----------------|
|-(2)------------|-1-------4-------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H E E E E W H E E E E
|----------------|-1---------------|---------4---4----|
|--------------3-|-----------------|---------5---5----|
|------------2---|-----------------|---------4-4-4-4--|
|----------3-----|-----------------|------------------|
|--------2-------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Bbm Bb F Dm Bb
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 E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----1-----------|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|
|------------------|---1---1---------|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-|
|------------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3/---6---6---|-3-------3---5s3-|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
|-1---1/---4---4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Outro
F Dm
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 E E
|-----1-------1---||------1-------1---|
|---1---1---1---1-||o---1---1---1---1-|
|-----------------||------------------|
|-3-------3-------||--3-------3-------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------||------------------|
Bb F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x W
|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1----||------*|
|---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---1---1-o||------*|
|-----------------|------------------||------*|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3--------||------*|
|-----------------|-----------------o||------*|
|-----------------|------------------||------*|
Intro: G Dsus4 Em7 D C
G D
There goes my old girlfriend, there's another diamond ring.
Em D C
And, uh, all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing.
G D
So baby what's the story? Did you find another man ?
Em
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made?
D C D
When you don't look back I guess the feeling starts to fade away.
G Em
I used to feel your fire but now it's cold inside.
D C
And you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah.
Bb F
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
Bb F
Tell me how's the pain supposed to go.
Bb A+ Dm Dm/C
Tell me how it is that you can sleep, in the night
Dm/B
Without thinking you lost ev'rything that was good in your
Bb C# F
life to the toss of the dice?, Tell me what it takes to let you go, yeah.
Girl before I met you I was F.I.N.E, fine
But your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time.
You spent me up like money then you hung me out to dry.
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise,
'Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes.
Tell me what it takes . . .
C G
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own. Yeah, yeah
Bb F
Yeah, tell me that is better when you're all alone.
Fm Eb C#
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch.
Ab
Tell me that my loving didn't mean that much.
C
Tell me you ain't dying when you're crying for me.
Bb
Tell me what it takes to let you . . .
. . . everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice.
Bb C# F
Tell me who's to blame for thinking twice. No, no no no.
Bb C# F Dm
'Cause I don't wanna burn in paradise. Oh
Bb F
Let go, let go, let go I don't wanna burn in paradise.
Dm Bb F
Let it go, let it go, let it go . . . (one million times, fading)
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
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version 2
G Dsus4/G Em7* C9*
e|-3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|
B|-3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|
G|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------| Base
D|-0---------------0---------------2---------------2---------------|
A|-2-------------------------------2---------------3---------------|
E|-3-------------------------------0-------------------------------|
| |
e|-----3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
G|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------| Riff
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro: G Dsus4/G Em7* C9*
[Verso 1:]
G
There goes my old girlfriend, there's
D
Another diamond ring
Em
And uh, all those late night promises
C
I guess they don't mean a thing
G
So baby, what's the story? Did you
D
Find another man?
Em
Is it easy to sleep
In the bed that we made?
C
When you don't look back
D
I guess the feelings start to fade away
G
I used to feel your fire
Em
But now it's cold inside
C
And you're back on the street
Like you didn't miss a beat, yeah
[Refrão 1:]
Bb F
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Bb F
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Bb -A Dm
Tell me how it is that you can sleep
-C
In the night
Bm7(b5)
Without thinking you lost
Everything that was good
Bm7(b5)
In your life to the toss of the dice?
Bb -C# F
Tell me what it takes to let you go, yeah
[Verso 2:]
G
Girl, before I met you
D
I was F.I.N.E. Fine
Em
but your love made me a prisoner
C
Yeah my heart's been doing time
G
You spent me up like money, oh then you
D
Oh, hung me out to dry
Em
It was easy to keep
All your lies in disguise
C
'Cause you had me in deep
With the devil in your eyes
[Refrão 2:]
Bb F
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Bb F
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Bb -A Dm
Tell me how it is that you can sleep
-C
In the night
Bm7(b5)
Without thinking you lost
Everything that was good
Bm7(b5)
In your life to the toss of the dice?
Bb -C# F
Tell me what it takes to let you go
[Solo:] C Dm Bb F C Dm Bb
[Ponte:]
C G
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own
Bb
Yeah, yeah, yeah
F
Tell me that it's better when you're all alone
Fm -Eb C#
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch
Ab
Tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much
C
Tell me you ain't dyin' when you're cryin' for me
[Refrão 3:]
Bb F
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Bb F
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Bb -A Dm
Tell me how it is that you can sleep
-C
In the night
Bm7(b5)
Without thinking you lost
Everything that was good
Bm7(b5)
In your life to the toss of the dice?
[Final:]
Bb -C# F
Tell me who's to blame for thinkin' twice, no no no no
Bb -C# F
'Cause I don't wanna burn in paradise
Dm Bb F
Uuuuuuhhhhhhh...
Dm
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Bb
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
F
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Dm Bb
I don't wanna burn, I don't wanna burn
F
Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh...
Dm
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Bb
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
F
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Dm
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Bb
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
F
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
(Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh, uh...)
Dm
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Bb F
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let
(Wha wha wha wha wha wha wha uh uuuuuuuuuuhhhh, uh uh, yeah)
Bm7(b5) = X20201
Dsus4/G = XX0033
Em7* = 022033
C9* = X32033
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