Take Us Back Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays597

Take Us Back by Alela Diane is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: Dm Am G (2x)  

Dm                    Am                     G  
The tops of crags and cliffs, the air is thin  
Dm                       Am                   G  
So we'll find a mountain path on down the hill  
Dm                     Am         G  
Meet me where the snow mount flows  
Dm                    Am                  G  
It is there, my dear, where we will begin again  
Dm  Am   G       Dm   Am  G  
Skipping stones, braiding hair  
Dm         Am   G    Dm   Am  G  
Last year's antlers mark the trail  

Dm                Am  
Take us back, oh, take us back  
G            Dm          Am   G  
Oh, take us, take us back  
  

Dm G Am (3x)  
Oooooh...  

Dm                          Am            G  
I've a friend who lives out by the rivers mouth  
Dm                   Am                G  
He knows the fiddles cry is an old sound  
Dm                    Am                G  
A lonesome creeks and moans of empty houses  
Dm                Am        G  
Are songs of like fallen rain  
Dm Am G             Dm Am      G  
Windblown buildings, muddy ground  
Dm       Am    G     Dm   Am    G  
The strength of water can sink a man  

Dm                Am  
Take us back, oh, take us back  
G            Dm   Am   G  
Oh, take us, take us back  
x2  

Dm G Am (3x) 
Oooooh...  

Dm              Am                G  
When the higher hills have turned blue  
Dm                        Am              G  
And the waves are lapping where the children grew  
Dm               Am               G  
All that we have know will be an echo  
Dm               Am         G  
Of days when love was true  
Dm Am G    Dm Am  G  
Muted voices just beyond  
Dm   Am     G       Dm    Am   G  
The silent surface of what has gone  

Dm G Am (3x)  
Oooooh...  

    	

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100 BPM Andante