Take Me Away Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays551

Take Me Away by Avril Lavigne is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, D9, Am, C, D and Em. 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: Em7  D9  Am  C (2X) 
 
(dedilhado) 
Em7       D9       Am         C 
I cannot find a way to describe it  
Em7       D9        Am         C 
It's there inside, all I do is hide  
  
Em7         D9       Am         C 
I wish that it would just go away  
Em7         D9       Am          C 
What would you do, you do, if you knew  
        D 
 What would you do  
  Em               C  
All the pain I thought I knew  
   D             Am 
All my thoughts lead back to you   
  Em               C 
Back to what was never said  
   D             Am 
Back and forth inside my head  
  Em       C       D        Am 
I can't handle this confusion  
  Em       C       D          Am 
I'm unable, come and take me away  
Intro (2x) 
 
 (dedilhado) 
Em7       D9       Am         C 
I feel like I am all alone  
Em7       D9       Am         C 
All by myself I need to get around it  
Em7       D9       Am         C 
My words are cold, I don't want them to hurt you  
Em7       D9       Am         C 
If I show you, I don't think you'll understand  
D  
Cause no one understands  
 
Refrão  
  
C  
I'm going no where {on and on and}  
Em  
I'm getting nowhere {on and on and on}(Take me away)  
C  
I'm going no where {on and on and on and on}  
D  
{and off and on and off and on}  
  Em               C  
All the pain I thought I knew  
   D             Am 
All my thoughts lead back to you   
  Em               C 
Back to what was never said  
   D             Am 
Back and forth inside my head  
  Em       C       D        Am 
I can't handle this confusion  
  Em       C       D          Am 
I'm unable, come and take me away    
 Em       C       D        Am 
Take me away  
  Em       C       D        Am 
Break me away  
  Em       C       D        Am 
Take me away  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante