Reach Out Chords
by Cheap Trick
Reach Out by Cheap Trick is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, E, Esus, C#, D, A, B, Bsus, F, D#, C and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
x8
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------7-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7----9--7-----7--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Riff #1)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------7---------------------7-------------------------------------|
G|---7----9--7-----7-------7----9--7-----7----------------------------------|
D|-7---7----------------7----7----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 E
No one’s going to give it away
Esus E
They make it hard for the people today
C# D
To get what you want, you’ve got to do it yourself (Riff #1)
E5 E
Don’t be afraid to drive the nail in the wood
Esus E C#
Or drink the water that tastes so good
D
You’ll go the distance, you never thought that you could (Riff #1)
A B Bsus
Reach out and take it
A E C# A
Reach out and t-t-take it
B Bsus
Reach out and take it
A E C# A
Reach out and ta-ta-ta take it
A B
Reach out and take it, oh yeah
(Riff #1)
E5 E
Cough up the cash when you go over and over
Esus E
Before the old one’s gone, you’ve got a new owner
C# D
You need assistance when your head’s in the clouds (Riff #1)
E5 E
You could live easy if life stood still
Esus E C#
You could be faking and breaking and taking it all
D
But then you know you’re gonna fall (Riff#1)
A B Bsus
Reach out and take it
A E C# A
Reach out and t-t-take it
B Bsus
Reach out and take it
A E C# A
Reach out and ta-ta-ta take it
A B
Reach out and take it, oh yeah
B A B
Don’t have to take make so hard
A B
Don’t have to make it so, so hard
B A B
Don’t have to make it so hard
D
Don’t have to make it so hard
A B Bsus
Reach out and take it
A E C# A
Reach out and t-t-take it
B Bsus
Reach out and take it
A E C# A
Reach out and ta-ta-ta take it, oh baby
A B
Reach out and take it, oh yeah
F D# C Bb
Reach out
F D# C Bb
Reach out
F D# C
Take what you want
Bb
Reach out
F D# C
Take what you want
Bb
Reach out
F D# C Bb