Take My Number Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays360

Take My Number by Melissa Etheridge is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, Bm, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: A 

Verse: 

A                                 F#m 
Do you mind if I sit down next to you  
                          Bm 
Well I remember you from school  
     D                   A 
You seem to have a good heart  


Verse: 

 A                                   F#m 
Way back then you were gonna make it big  
                  Bm 
Well it's divorce now, with a couple kids  
 D                             A 
That brings you back to these parts  


Pre-Chorus 

 F#m                      D 
Everybody stumbles, everybody hits the ground  
Bm                                 F#m 
No use running scared when those changes come around  
     D                             E                 D   D 
And you don't know what might be waiting for you tonight  


 
      A 
You really shouldn't drive, you've had too much to drink 
     F#m     
You shouldn't be alone where all you want to do is think  
    D                                 A 
So take my number, or I can take you home  

 A 
We'll find a cup of coffee, we can sit all night and talk  
           F#m  
There's a diner always open just around the block  
    D                                 A 
So take my number, or I can take you home  


BREAK: 

A                                   E 
Oh those dreams that were going to set us free  
F#m                        Bm             
What did we ever know at twenty three  
D                      A 
 About what we really want  


Pre-Chorus 

      F#m                      D 
Everybody's got a fire that's always going to burn  
   Bm                        F#m 
No way to put it out, all we ever do is learn  
D                                  E                D 
And you don't know what might be waiting for you tonight  



      A 
You really shouldn't drive, you've had too much to drink 
     Bm                                             F#m 
You shouldn't be alone where all you want to do is think  
    D                                 A 
So take my number, or I can take you home  

 A 
We'll find a cup of coffee, we can sit all night and talk  
           F#m  
There's a diner always open just around the block  
    D                                 A 
So take my number, or I can take you home  


REFRAIN: 
          D             F#m 
Take you home, take you home  
          D                    A 
Take you home, I can take you home  


Verse: 
A                                 F#m 
Do you mind if I sit down next to you  
                           D 
Well I remember you from school  
                              A 
You seem to have a real good heart  

    
  
 A                                              
You really shouldn't drive, you've had too much to drink  
      F#m 
You shouldn't be alone when all you want to do is think  
    D                                 A 
So take my number, or I can take you home  

A 
We can find a cup of coffee, we can sit all night and talk  
           F#m 
There's a diner always open just around the block  
 D                                 A 
Take my number, or I can take you home  
 D                                 A 
Take my number, or I can take you home 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante