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Take it Away – Paul McCartney
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Paul McCartney
Take it Away (1982)
(McCartney)
From: "Tug of War"
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capo: 2nd fret
play: G
key: A
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VERSE
Fmaj9 G/A A7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|1---------------|----------------|3---------------|2---------------|
G|0---------------|----------------|4---------------|0---------------|
D|2---------------|----------------|5---------------|2---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
E|1---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dm7 Dm7/G C Bb/C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1---------------|1---------------|0---------------|----------1-----|
B|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|----------3-----|
G|2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------3-----|
D|0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------3-----|
E|----------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bb/C x-3-x-3-3-1
Fmaj9 1-x-2-0-1-0
G/A x-0-5-4-3-x
A7 x-0-2-0-2-x
Dm7/G 3-x-0-2-1-1
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INTRO
| drums only | % | % | % | % |
| G D | G C | G D | G C |
(+ bass and keyboard)
CHORUS
G D G C G
Take it away, wanna hear you play
D G C
'Til the lights go down
G D G C G
Take it away, don't you wanna stay
D C
'Til there's no one else around
CHORUS (full band)
G D G C G
Take it away, wanna hear you play
D G C
'Til the lights go down
G D G C G
Take it away, don't you wanna stay
D | C | C Bb/C |
'Til there's no one else around
VERSE
Fmaj9 G/A A7
Lonely driver out on the road
Dm7 Dm7/G | C | C Bb/C |
With a hundred miles to go
Fmaj9 G/A A7
Sole survivor, carryin' the load
Dm7 Dm7/G | C |
Switches on his radio
CHORUS
G D G C G
Take it away, wanna hear you play
D G C [ G ]
'Til the lights go down (Down, down)
G D G C G
Take it away, don't you wanna stay
D | C | C |
'Til there's no one else around
G D G C G
Take it away, wanna hear you play
D G C [ G ]
'Til the lights go down (Down, down)
G D G C G
Take it away, don't you wanna stay
D | C | C Bb/C |
'Til there's no one else around
VERSE
Fmaj9 G/A A7
In the audience, watching the show
Dm7 Dm7/G C C Bb/C |
With a paper in his hand (In his hand, in his hand)
Fmaj9 G/A A7
Some important impresario
Dm7 Dm7/G | C | D |
Has a message for the band, oh, oh
CHORUS
G D G C G
Take it away, wanna hear you play
D G C [ G ]
'Til the lights go down (Down, down)
G D G C G
Take it away, don't you wanna stay
D | C | C | C7 |
'Til there's no one else around
MIDDLE 8
Em7 Am7
You never know who may be listening to you
Em7 Am7
(You never know who may be listening to you)
Em7 Am7 Em7 Am7
You never know who may be listening to ya – a – a - aaaaah
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G G
Take it away
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C Bb/C
Take it away
VERSE
Fmaj9 G/A A7
After hours, late in the bar
Dm7 Dm7/G | C | C Bb/C |
By a darkened corner seat
Fmaj9 G/A A7
Faded flowers wait in the jar
Dm7 Dm7/G C Bb/C
'Til the evening is complete
is complete, complete, complete ...)
OUTRO (verse)
| Fmaj9 | % | G/A | A7 |
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | C | C Bb/C |
| Fmaj9 | % | G/A | A7 |
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | C | C Bb/C |
(repeat and fade)
