Take Me Away (Acoustic) Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays465

Take Me Away (Acoustic) by Avril Lavigne is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, Am7, C, A, Cmaj7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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  			Em D Am7 C D 
Em D Am7 C D 
 
Em    D        Am7  C      D 
I cannot find a way to describe it 
Em          D     Am7   C   D 
It's there inside, all I do is hide 
Em    D           Am7      C   D 
I wish that it would just go away 
Em                D         Am7                       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 
All the thoughts lead back to you  
                  Em                     C 
Back to what was never said 
                 D                        A 
Back and forth inside my head 
Em   C           D 
I can't handle this confusion 
Em       C   D 
I'm unable, come and take me away 
 
Em D Am7 C D 
 
I feel like I am all alone 
All by myself I need to get around this 
My words are cold, I don't want them to hurt you 
If I show you, I don't think you'd understand 
C 
Cause no one understands 
 
All the pain I thought I knew 
All my thoughts lead back to you  
Back to what was never said 
Back and forth inside my head 
I can't handle this confusion 
I'm unable, come and take me away 
 
Cmaj7 
I'm going no where (on and on and) 
Em 
I'm getting no where (on and on and on) 
Cmaj7 
I'm going no where (on and on and on and on) 
D 
(and off and on and off and on) 
 
All the pain I thought I knew 
All my thoughts lead back to you  
Back to what was never said 
Back and forth inside my head 
I can't handle this confusion 
I'm unable, come and take me away 
  
                 Em C D  
Take me away 
                 Em C D A 
Break me away 
                Em G D Em 
Take me away 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante