This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"TAKE ON ME" by a-ha
From the 1985 album Hunting High and Low
Written by Pal Waaktaar, Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Capo 2
INTRO:
Am,add9 % . Gno5 % .
Am . % . Am,add9 %
LEAD-IN:
Am . D . G . C G/B
Am . D . G . C G/B
Am . D . Am . D .
Am D7
We're talking away
G C G/B
I don't know what I'm to say
Am D7
I'll say it anyway
G C G/B
Today's another day to find you
Am D7
Shying away
Em C
I'll be coming for your love, OK?
CHORUS:
G D/F# Em C
Take on me
G D/F# Em C
Take me on
G D/F# Em C
I'll be gone
G D/F# C D
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
I'll be stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Bm . % . F . % .
Bm . % . F . % .
Am . % . D . % .
(Am) . (D) . (Am) . (D) .
REPEAT LEAD-IN
Oh the things that you say
Is it life or just to play
My worries away
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway
CHORUS OUTRO:
G D/F# Em C
Transcribed 2021-01-09 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
xx7557 Am,add9 (or xx7500)
xxx00x Gno5
x02210 Am
xx0232 D
320003 G
x32010 C
x20030 G6/B
xx0212 D7
022000 Em
200232 D/F#
x24432 Bm
133211 F
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