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Take On Me (ver. Luau)

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RockAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
D××
G
C×
C9Diagram coming soon
Em
Bm×
F
A9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
  
 
 
Intro: Am9 Am9(no5)  
 
Riff: Am D G C (4x)  
 
 
Am      D  
Talking away   
G               C9   
I don't know what I'm to say   
 Am         D   
I'll say it anyway   
 G               C9   
today's another day to find you   
 Am    D   
Shining away   
 Em                    C   
I'll be coming for you love ok?   
 
   
G   D   Em C   
Take on me (Take on me)   
G   D  Em  C   
Take me on (Take on me)   
G   D   Em  
I'll be gone   
C              (G  D  Em C)   
in a day or two   
 
       Am       D       G   
So needless to say at odds and ends   
 C9           Am        D   
But I'll be, stumbling away   
  G                   C9   
Slowly learning that life is ok?   
Am          D   
Say after me   
 Em                      C   
It's so much better to be safe than sorry.   
 
    
G    D    Em  C    
Take on me (Take on me)   
G   D    Em C   
Take me on (Take on me)   
G   D   Em   
I'll be gone   
C               (G D Em C)     
in a day or two   
 
Ponte: Bm F (2x) A9 Am G  D   
 
Riff: Am D (3x) G  C Am  D  G  C   
 
 
 
     Am             D   
Oh things that you say   
      G           C9   
Yeah, Is It life or just a play   
     Am    D   
My worries away   
        G                   C9   
You're all the things I've got to remember   
Am           D   
You're shining away   
Em                C   
I'll be coming for you anyway so   
 
 
G    D    Em C   
Take on me (Take on me)   
G   D Em C   
Take me on (Take on me)   
G   D  Em   
I'll be gone   
C               (G D Em C)     
in a day or two  
 
Final: G D Em C9 (4x)  
 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · D · G · C · C9 · Em · Bm · F · A9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.