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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

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

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!)