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Takes a little time

Amy Grant

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

E
A×
BDiagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon
D××
F#Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              hide this tab  -> (let ring throughout) 
 
  E    A         B 
-----0---------------- 
-----0------2----4---- 
--1-(ho)-2-------4---- (play twice) 
--2---------2----4---- 
--2---------0----2---- 
--0------------------- 
 
 
 
E                 A     B 
It takes a little time sometimes 
B                                     E  
to get your feet back on the ground 
E                 A     B 
It takes a little time sometimes 
B                                        E 
to get the titanic turned back around 
E                 A     B 
It takes a little time sometimes 
B                            E 
but baby you are not going down 
E                 A     B 
It takes more than you got right now 
B                    (E) 
give it, give it time 
 
(instrumental interlude like intro) 
E                 A     B 
B 
E                 A     B 
B 
 
 
Verse I: 
A                            
What?s this walking through my door 
G#/E 
I know I?ve seen the look before 
A 
Sometimes on faces on the street 
G#/E                     
And sometimes at the mirror looking back at me 
A 
You can?t fix the pain with money 
E 
You cant?t rush a weary soul 
D 
You can?t sweep it under the rug now honey 
B 
But it take not a lot to know 
 
Chorus 
 
Verse II : 
A 
Well it may not be over my morning 
G#/E 
But Rome wasn?t build in a day 
A 
You can name that thing a thousand times 
E 
It won?t make it go away 
A 
Let me put my arms around you 
E 
And hold you while you weep 
D 
We ?ve been talking and you know what, I?m sick of this talk 
B 
And it?s nothing that won?t keep 
 
Chorus: 
Chorus freely again but modulates a whole tone up.  
 
F#              B    C# 
Takes a little time sometime 
C#                      F# 
to get the.... 
 
 
You can?t fix the pain with money 
You cant?t rush a weary soul 
You can?t sweep it under the rug now honey 
But it take not a lot to know 
 
Chorus ad lib 
  
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

E · A · B · G# · D · F# · C#

Practice tip

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