Take On Me Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | Bm |
Capo: | 2nd fret |
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Notes:
- You really need two guitars, one for the chords and one for the various riffs, but if
you're singing then you can leave the riffs out and concentrate on the chords.
- All the riffs have been tabbed out for a non-capoed guitar - this makes it clearer and
easier to understand - I've put a note above each riff just to remind readers.
- I've tabbed out the riffs the way I play them - obviously you can change them by playing
the same notes on different strings etc, but they're probably easiest to play in the form
I've put them in.
Capo on 2nd fret
Am D G C C/B D/F# Em Bm F Cadd9
0 2 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 3
1 3 3 1 1 3 0 3 1 3
2 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0
2 0 0 2 2 0 2 4 3 2
0 x 2 3 2 x 2 2 3 3
x x 3 x x 2 0 x 1 x
[Intro chords]
(played over the riff below)
Am D G C C/B x2
Am D Am D
[Intro riff]
(synth, tabbed out for guitar)
*NOT RELATIVE TO THE CAPO*
e|-14-14-------------------16-16-17-19-17-17-17-------14-14-14-------14----|
B|-------15-------17-17-17----------------------17-15----------17-17----17-|
G|----------16-16----------------------------------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-14-14-------------------16-16-17-19-17-17-17-14----14-14-14-------------|
B|-------15-------17-17-17-------------------------15----------17-17-17----|
G|----------16-16----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Am D
We're talking away
G C C/B
Well, I don't know what I'm to say
Am D
I'll say it anyway
G C C/B
Today's another day to find you
Am D
Shying away
Em C
I'll be coming for your love, ok?
[Chorus]
G D/F# Em C
Take on me (take on me)
G D/F# Em C
Take me on (take on me)
G D/F# Em C
I'll be gone
G D/F# C D
In a day or two...
[Verse 2]
Am D
So needless to say
G C C/B
I'm odds and ends, but I'll be
Am D
Stumbling away
G C C/B
Slowly learning that life is ok
Am D
Say after me
Em C
It's no better to be safe than sorry
[Chorus]
G D/F# Em C
Take on me (take on me)
G D/F# Em C
Take me on (take on me)
G D/F# Em C
I'll be gone
G D/F# C D
In a day or two...
[Bridge]
Bm F Bm F Am D
There's an arpeggio played on the synth over the second Bm. It's quite tricky so if
you can't play it, just play the chords. Here it is in tab:
*NOT RELATIVE TO THE CAPO*
e|-16----------------------16----------------------16----------------------|
B|----17----------------17----17----------------17----17----------------17-|
G|-------18----------18----------18----------18----------18----------18----|
D|----------18----18----------------18----18----------------18----18-------|
A|-------------16----------------------16----------------------16----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat, and fade out over the second F. Then fade back in over the D, and stop just before
the pre-verse.
[Pre-Verse chords]
Am D Am D
Am D G C C/B x2
Am D Am D
[Pre-Verse riff]
*NOT RELATIVE TO THE CAPO*
e|-14-14-------------------16-16-17-19-------------------------16-16-17-19-|
B|-------15-------17-17-17-------------19-19----------17-17-17-------------|
G|----------16-16----------------------------19-16-16----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-14-14-------------------16-16-17-19-17-17-17-------14-14-14-------14----|
B|-------15-------17-17-17----------------------17-15----------17-17----17-|
G|----------16-16----------------------------------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-14-14-------------------16-16-17-19-17-17-17-14----14-14-14-------------|
B|-------15-------17-17-17-------------------------15----------17-17-17----|
G|----------16-16----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
Am D
Oh, the things that you say
G C C/B
Yeah, is it life or just to play
Am D
My worries away?
G C C/B
You're all the things I've got to remember
Am D
You're shying away
Em C
I'll be coming for you anyway
[Chorus]
G D/F# Em C
Take on me (take on me)
G D/F# Em C
Take me on (take on me)
G D/F# Em C
I'll be gone
G D/F# Em C
In a day...
[Outro]
G D/F# Em C
(Take on me) Take on me
G D/F# Em C
(Take me on) Take on me
G D/F# Em C
I'll be gone
G D/F# Em C
In a day...
G D/F# Em Cadd9
*Strum the Cadd9 slowly...*
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42 comments

This tab is 100%, bro.
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Danke sehr!
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Best tab/chords ever. Most helpful!
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