Take It With Me Chords

by Tom Waits
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
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3 contributors total, last edit on Mar 5, 2023

Chords

D7sus2
Fmaj7
C
F
Gsus4
G
Am
Am/G
D/F#
G7
G7sus4

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D7sus2 = xx0210
 
[Intro]
Fmaj7
 
[Verse 1]
C                            F
Phone's off the hook, no one knows where we are
                         D7sus2          Gsus4  G
It's a long time since I drank champagne
    Am       G        F              C
The ocean is blue, as blue as your eyes
          C              G         C
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
 
[Verse 2]
C                     F
Old, long since gone; now, way back when
                  D7sus2  Gsus4  G
We lived in Coney Island
Am       G          F    C
Ain't no good thing ever dies
          C               G      C
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
 
[Chorus 1]
          Am  Am/G  Fmaj7                 C
Far, far away,            a train whistle blows
                Am  Am/G     D/F#             Gsus4  G
Wherever you're goin,    wherever you've been
           Am  Am/G  Fmaj7                  C
Waving goodbye            at the end of the day
                     Am  Am/G            D/F#    Gsus4  G7
You're up and you're over     and you're far away
 
[Verse 3]
C                  F
Always for you and forever yours
                      Gsus4 G
It felt just like the old   days
   Am    G        F        C
We fell asleep on Beaula's porch
          C              G         C
I'm gonna take it with me  when I go
 
[Verse 4]
C                      F
All broken down by the side of the road
                  Gsus4    G
I was never more alive or alone
     Am       G         F       C
I've worn the faces off all the cards
          C               G       C
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
 
[Chorus 2]
             Am    Am/G  Fmaj7                    C
Children are playing          at the end of the day
              Am  Am/G  D/F#   G    Gsus4
Strangers are singing   on our lawn
               Am  Am/G  D/F#               C
It's got to be more          than flesh and bone
                Am  Am/G   D/F#    Gsus4  G7sus4  G7
All that you're loved   is all you own
 
[Verse 5]
     C                                F
In a land, there's a town and in that town, there's a house
                             Gsus4  G
And in that house, there's a woman
    Am      G                F       C
And in that woman, there's a heart I love
          C             G         C
I'm gonna take it with me when I go
 
[Outro]
          C              G        C   Fmaj7  C
I'm gonna take it with me  when I go
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Take It With Me – Tom Waits
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2 comments
lcook1227
Nice job. This song rips my heart out too.
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flatwound
Fantastic tab, though a few suggestions, ..C............................F Phones off the hook, No one knows where we are ..........................Am........G It's a long time since I drank champagne Also, the, Am, Am/G Fmaj7 G line, played as Am Fmaj7 Gm? Now just some way to get down to those low notes?? Top tab!
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