Take Five Chords

KeyBbm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays520

Take Five by Dave Brubeck is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bbm. It uses the chords Bbm, Ebm, Bm, Abm7, Bbm7, Ebm7, Db7, Gbmaj7, F7 and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bbm
Text
16
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Bbm                Ebm 
won't you stop and take 
              Bbm      Ebm 
A little time out with me 
Bbm       Ebm 
Just take five 
Bbm       Ebm 
Just take five 
Bbm            Ebm 
Stop your busy day 
                  Bbm    Ebm 
And take the time out to see  
   Bbm  Ebm  Bbm Ebm 
if i'm alive 
  
Bbm              Bm 
Though i'm going out of my way 
Abm7          Bbm7 
Just so i can pass by each day 
Ebm7         Abm7 
Not a single word do we say 
Db7         Gbmaj7 
It's a pantomime and not a play 
Gbmaj7           Bm            
Still i know our eyes often meet 
Abm7           Bbm7 
I feel tingles down to my feet 
Ebm7                  Abm7 
When you smile that's much too discreet 
Db7            F7  
Sends me on my way 

Bb7            Ebm 
Wouldn't it be better 
          Bbm  Ebm 
Not to be so polite 
Bbm       Ebm Bbm   Ebm  
You could of- fer a light 
Bbm            Ebm                 
Start a little conversation now 
Bbm    Ebm   Bbm       Ebm 
It's alright just take five 
Bbm       Ebm 
Just take five 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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