It Takes Time Chords

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It Takes Time by Fleetwood Mac is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro: G C - (4x)

Verse: 
G                     C               G   C 
Baby, I've just been holding out too long 
G  C                  G          C   G 
  Maybe I couldn't admit I was wrong 
     C                    G   C        G  C 
And maybe I've just been lying  to myself 
            G   C  D 
And no one else 



 G             C 
Slow it down, baby 
D   G          C 
  Cross that line 
D         G       C 
  If you want to save me 
D     G    C 
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm 
          G   C  G  C 
It takes time 
          G   C  G  C 
It takes time 


Verse: 
 G                 C                 G   C  G 
Maybe I've wasted all this precious time 
     C                   G             C   G 
I'm trying to prove what is and isn't mine 
  C             G   C         G   C 
Wondering to myself   if you knew 
                G  C  D 
It was all for you 



 G             C 
Slow it down, baby 
D   G          C 
  Cross that line 
D         G       C 
  If you want to save me 
D     G    C 
Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm 
          G   C  G  C 
It takes time 
          G   C  G  C 
It takes time 
          G   C  G  C 
It takes time 
          G   C  G  C  G C G C G 
It takes time 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante