Take On Me Acoustic Live Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	A
Capo:	no capo

Author gabricamp26 [a] 145. Last edit on Jun 15, 2024

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Chords

E/G#

Amaj7/C#

F#m

C#m/G#

C#/G#

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[Intro]
Bm E/G# A D Amaj7/C#
Bm E/G# A D Amaj7/C#
 
 
[Verse 1]
      Bm           E/G#
We're talking away
F#m                     A
I don't know what I'm to say
     Bm            E/G#
I'll say it anyway
   F#m              A
Today's another day to find you
Bm         E/G#
Shying away
F#m                     D
I'll be coming for your love, OK?
 
 
[Chorus]
A   C#m/G# F#m E/G#
Take on me
A   C#m/G# F#m D
Take me on
A    C#/G#  F#m D
I'll be gone
            A E/G# D E
In a day or two
 
 
[Verse 2]
      Bm           E/G#
So needless to say
     F#m
I'm odds and ends
A         Bm          E/G#
But that's me I'm stumbling away
F#m                      A
Slowly learning that life is ok
Bm          E/G#
Say after me
F#m                  D
It's no better to be safe than sorry and
 
 
[Chorus]
A   C#m/G# F#m E/G#
Take on me
A   C#m/G# F#m D
Take me on
A    C#/G#  F#m D
I'll be gone
            A E/G# D E
In a day or two
 
 
[Interlude]
Bm E/G# A D Amaj7/C# x2
Bm E/G# Bm E/G#
 
 
[Verse 3]
    Bm                  E/G#
Oh, things that you say
F#m                 A           Bm            E/G#
Is it a life or just to play my worries away
        F#m                    A
You're all the things I've got to remember
 Bm              E/G#
You're shying away
F#m                    D
I'll be coming for you anyway and
 
 
[Outro]
A   C#m/G# F#m E/G#
Take on me
A   C#m/G# F#m D
Take me on
A    C#/G#  F#m D
I'll be gone
            A E/G# F#m D
In a day or two
A    C#/G#  F#m D
I'll be gone
            A E/G# F#m D
In a day or two
            A E/G# D
In a day or two
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4 comments

No way is that F#m in the verse correct... It should be an A?

Omg it's : Bm E A E/G#

Is it just me? Or is it recently changed? For the worst I think