Taking Chances Chords

KeyEm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays373

Taking Chances by Sharon Van Etten is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Em, Am, Bm, C 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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Em
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Intro 
Em, Am, Bm, Em 
Em, Am, Bm, Em 


Verse 
Em         Am 
   Turn on the charm 
Bm            C 
   Call to response now 
Em                Am 
   Sitting on the porch 
                   Bm 
   Looking for a way out 
Em               Am 
   You touched on the deep 
Bm                C 
   That's why I'm still here 
Em           Am               Bm 
   Why do we think that we no plight? 


Chorus 
Em Am    
E--ven  
  Bm          C 
I've taken my chances 

Em Am    
E--ven  
  Bm          C 
I've taken my chances (on you and I know) 


Verse 
Em    Am 
   In the dark 
Bm        C 
   On the way out 
        Em          Am 
   It's even in old songs 
            Bm            C 
   It's the combination that takes  
   Em Am 
   Emotions 
                Bm 
   Why don't we go now? 
Em         Am              Bm            C 
   No need to think on our own now about it 


Chorus 
Em Am    
E--ven  
  Bm          C 
I've taken my chances 

Em Am    
E--ven  
  Bm          C 
I've taken my chances 

On you 


Break 
Em, Am, Bm, C 
Em, Am, Bm, C 


   Em       Am           Em 
   When you love, all of you 
        Am 
   They know, all of you 
C               Bm 
   Be alone and take,  
           G               C                
   And you break for whose sake 
Am          Bm 
   About to leave 
C           Bm 
   About to leave 


Outro/Chorus 
Em Am    
E--ven  
  Bm          C 
I've taken my chances 

Em Am    
E--ven  
  Bm          C 
I've taken my chances 

On you 
    	

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