[Strummy Riff version] Am D E 0-0-0-0-0------------------- B 5-5-5-1-1-7---7---7-7-7-8-10 G 5-5-5-2-2-7---7---7--------- D x-x-x-x-x-7---7---7--------- A 0-0-0-0-0-0---0------------- D ----------0---0-------------
G C G/B (Gmaj7/B second time - x20002 E 3--------x-x---x---0-- B x----3---5-5---3-3--3- G 0------4-5-5---0------ D x--------5-5---X------ A x--------3-3---2------ D 5---------------------
(Repeat - second time just strum final chords)
[Verse 1] [Am] Talking away [D] , [G] I don't know what [C] I'm to [G/B] say I'll [Am] say it anywa [D] y, to [G] day's another [C] day to [G/B] find you [Am] Shyin' a [D] way, [Em] I'll be coming for your [C] love, OK?
[Chorus] [G] Take [D/F#] on m [Em] e ( [C] take on me) [G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] in a day or [G] tw [D] o - [C/E] ----- [D] ----
[Verse 2] So, [Am] needless to say [D] I'm [G] odds and ends, [C] but I'll [G/B] be [Am] stumbling a [D] wake [G] slowly learning that [C] life is O [G/B] K [Am] Say after me [D] , [Em] it's no better to be [C] safe than sorry
[Chorus] [G] Take [D/F#] on m [Em] e ( [C] take on me) [G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] in a day or [G] tw [D] o-- [C/E] ----- [D] ----
[Instrumental - NEED TO CHECK THIS BIT] Am F Am F Am D
[Middle Riff] Am D Am D Am D G C G/B Am D C/E Dsus2 D
[Verse 3] Oh, the [Am] things that you sa [D] y, yeah, [G] is it life or [C] just to [G/B] play My [Am] worries awa [D] y, you're [G] all the things I've [C] got to re [G/B] member [Am] You are shying a [D] way, [Em] I'll be coming for [C] you anyway
[Chorus] [G] Take [D/F#] on m [Em] e ( [C] take on me) [G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] G D/F# Em C [In][a] T [day] ake on me (take on me)
[G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] (take on me) G D/F# Em C [In][a] T [day] ake me on
(Fade out) G D/F# Em C ...
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[Verse 1] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... where there's [Am7] music and there's [G] people who are [Am7] young and a [G] live [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] any [Fmaj7] more.... [C] ... [G]
[Verse 2] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... because I [Am7] want to see [G] people and I [Am7] want to see [G] lights [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] Oh, [Fmaj7] please don't drop me [C] home be [G] cause it's not [Am7] my home, it's [G] their home and I'm [Am7] welcome no [G] more [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Verse 3] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... oh take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] And in the [Am7] darkened [G] under [Am7] pass I [G] thought Oh [Fmaj7] God, my chance has come at last [C][G]
(but then a [Am7] strange fear g [G] ripped me and I [Am7] just couldn't a [G] sk) [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Verse 4] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] Just [Am7] driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] I haven't [Fmaj7] got one..... [C] .. [G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Outro] [Am7] There is a [G] light and it [Am7] never goes [G] out [Fmaj7] There is a light and it [C] never goes [G] out