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Take On Me
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00:00 Song Demo
01:04 Lesson Intro
01:20 Chords
04:18 Strumming Pattern(s)
04:57 If you want just 1 strumming pattern...
06:12 Intro (Strum 1)
09:53 Verse/Bridge (Strum 2)
11:34 Chorus (Strum 3)
12:43 Bonus: Main riff w/tab
13:26 Lesson Outro

CAPO 2

 

[Verse 1]

       Am          D

We're talking away

G               C       C/B

I don't know what I'm to say

      Am           D

I'll say it anyway

   G              C     C/B

Today is another day to find you

Am          D

Shyin' away

  Em                         C     

Oh, I'll be comin' for your love, okay

 

[Chorus]

G   D   Em  C

Take on me (Take on me)

 G    D Em  C

Take me on (Take on me)

G     D  Em  C

I'll be gone

              G D  C  D

In a day or two

 

[Verse]

    Am             D

So needless to say

    G            C        C/B

I'm odds and ends but I'll be

  Am           D

Stumblin' away

  G                   C     C/B

Slowly learnin' that life is okay

 Am           D

Say after me

Em                     C   

  It's no better to be safe than sorry

 

[Chorus]

G   D   Em  C

Take on me (Take on me)

 G    D Em  C

Take me on (Take on me)

G     D  Em  C

I'll be gone

              G D  C  D

In a day or two

 

[Bridge]

|Bm       |%       |F        |%        |

|Bm       |%       |F        |%        |

|Am       |%       |D        |%        |

 

|Am       |D       |Am       |D        |

|Am       |D       |G        |C    C/B |

|Am       |D       |G        |C    C/B |

|Am       |D       |Am       |D       |

 

[Verse]

          Am                D

All the things that you say, yeah

 

G           C         C/B

Is it life or just to play my 

 Am          D 

Worries away, you're 

G                   C       C/B

All the things I've got to remember

Am                  D

  You're shyin' away

Em                       C

  I'll be comin' for you anyway

 

[Chorus]

G   D   Em  C

Take on me (Take on me)

 G    D Em  C

Take me on (Take on me)

G     D  Em  C

I'll be gone

    G D  Em C

In a day

G     D  Em  C

I'll be gone

    G D  Em C

In a day

 G   D  Em  C

Take on me (Take on me)

 G    D Em  C

Take me on (Take on me)

 

[Intro/Interlude]

|--0--0------------------|-------------2--2--3/5----|--3--3---------------0--|-----0----0--------0-----|

|--------1------------3--|-----3----3---------------|--------3--0----0-------|-------------3--3-----3--|

|-----------2----2-------|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

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|--0--0------------------|-------------2--2--3/5----|--0--0---------------0--|-----0----0--------------|

|--------1------------3--|-----3----3---------------|--------1---------------|-------------3--3--3-----|

|-----------2----2-------|--------------------------|-----------2----2-------|-------------------------|

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(These are the main parts of the melody. Just listen to the song to know how to fit them in!)