Take it away    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - D# - F - G     +  G ~ ~  

 

G          D     G                 C             G             D             G      - C

    Take it away, wanna hear you play till the lights go down,

G         D     G                     C         G                    D         G       C

    take it away, don’t you wanna stay till there’s no one else around.

G          D     G                 C             G             D             G      - C

    Take it away, wanna hear you play till the lights go down,

G         D     G                     C         G                    D         G       C

    take it away, don’t you wanna stay till there’s no one else around.

 

    Am                       - G                     A    - Dm            F                        C

1.       Lonely driver        out on the road,        with a hundred miles to go,

Am                    - Em                      A    - Dm                F            C

    sole survivor,         carryin’ the load,         switches on his radio.

 

G          D     G                 C             G             D             G      - C

    Take it away, wanna hear you play till the lights go down,

G         D     G                     C         G                    D         G       C

    take it away, don’t you wanna stay till there’s no one else around.

G          D     G                 C             G             D             G      - C

    Take it away, wanna hear you play till the lights go down,

G         D     G                     C         G                    D         G       C

    take it away, don’t you wanna stay till there’s no one else around.

 

Am                          - G                          A   - Dm              F                 C

2. In the audience,       watching the show          with a paper in his hand,

Am                         Em         A  - Dm             F                       C      D

    some important impresario          has a message for the band, oh oh.

 

G          D     G                 C             G             D             G      - C

    Take it away, wanna hear you play till the lights go down,

G         D     G                     C         G                    D         G       C

    take it away, don’t you wanna stay till there’s no one else around.

 

             Em                                Am

+  You never know who may be listening to you

             Em                                 Am

    (you never know who may be listening to you),

             Em                               Am                       - Em - Am

    you never know who may be listening to you.

                     G                   C 

    Take it away, take it away !

 

    Am                   - G                    A   - Dm           F                         C

3.      After hours,       late in the bar,          by a darkened corner seat,

Am                    - Em                      A   - Dm           F                        C

    faded flowers,        wade in the jar,         till the evening is complete.

 

+  instrumental = verse 3 (2x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)   (Paul McCartney)