Take Me If You Must (acoustic) Chords

KeyC Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays380

Take Me If You Must (acoustic) by Jon Bryant is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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verse 1 
C                   F 
You wont take this heart of stone  
        Am          G           C 
no you wont no you wont no you won't 
C                  F 
I dont think its worth the sacrifice  
      Am         F        C 
no I don't no I don't no I don't  

Bridge 
F                               Am 
but something in you pulled my out of the flames  
G                        Am 
I've lost all this doubt, perfected my aim  
C                       F 
this rivers gon take me gone take me away  
            Am   G     C 
and I dont mind leavin today  

C  G    F    G     C 
I have lived good life  
    C   G  F  G   C 
so take me if you like  
G 
keep on this narrow path  
Am 
cut every lie in half  
F                             C 
love lest my heart turns to dust  
    G              Am 
and if you decide still I'll be satisfied  
  F  Am G  F   C 
take me if you must  

verse 2 
C                          F 
When that white horse come swing down low  
        Am           G            C 
I'm gon ride, I'm gon ride, I'm gon ride  
C                    F 
onward through that blazing eye  
        Am         G          C 
I wont die I wont die I wont die  

Bridge 2 
F                   Am 
Cuz I'm on a highway strainin to end  
G                           Am 
like the wars of my father, their homes to defend  
C                           F 
the hammer builds on as the sword reprimands  
           Am   G      C 
no I don't mind leavin today.  

C  G    F    G     C 
I have lived good life  
    C   G  F  G   C 
so take me if you like  
G 
keep on this narrow path  
Am 
cut every lie in half  
F                             C 
love lest my heart turns to dust  
    G              Am 
and if you decide still I'll be satisfied  
  F  Am G  F   C 
take me if you must  

Outro  
Am              C 
I don't want to fuss  
    G              Am 
So take me if you must 

Final Line 
Am             C 
I don't want to fuss 
  F  Am G  F   C 
take me if you must 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante