Take It With Me
Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Transcribed by Reuben Gann (reubengann@usa.net)
Amended for key of D by P.J. Murphy
For educational use only
Key of D
Intro: Bm A G
D
Phone's off the hook
G
No one knows where we are
E9 A
It's a long time since I drank champagne
Bm A
The ocean is blue
G D
As blue as your eyes
D A
I'm gonna take it with me
D
When I go
Old long since gone
Now way back when
We lived in Coney Island
Ain't no good thing
Ever dies
I'm gonna take it with me
When I go
Bm Bm/A Bm/G
Far far away
D
A train whistle blows
Bm
Wherever you're goin
D A
Wherever you've been
Waving good bye at the end
Of the day
You're up and you're over
And you're far away
Always for you, and
Forever yours
It felt just like the old days
We fell asleep on Beaula's porch
I'm gonna take it with me
When I go
All broken down by
The side of the road
I was never more alive or
Alone
I've worn the faces off
All the cards
I'm gonna take it with me
When I go
Children are playing
At the end of the day
Strangers are singing
On our lawn
It's got to be more
Than flesh and bone
All that you're loved
Is all you own
In a land there's a town
And in that town there's
A house
And in that house
There's a woman
And in that woman
There's a heart I love
I'm gonna take it
With me when I go
I'm gonna take it
With me when I go
Chords:
D G E9 A Bm Bm/A Bm/G
e |-2--|-3--|-2---|-0--|--2--|---2----|---2-----|
B |-3--|-0--|-0---|-2--|--3--|---3----|---3-----|
G |-2--|-0--|-1---|-2--|--4--|---4----|---4-----|
D |-0--|-0--|-0---|-2--|--4--|---4----|---4-----|
A |----|-2--|-2---|-0--|--2--|---0----|---x-----|
E |----|-3--|-0---|----|--2--|--------|---3-----|
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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