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
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...But HOW you strum it!
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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]
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|--------1------------3--|-----3----3---------------|--------3--0----0-------|-------------3--3-----3--|
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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!)