Take Shelter Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays753

Take Shelter by Years And Years is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, Em, G, F#, A, F#m and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			
VERSE I 

Bm                   Em 
I'll wait until you have to go, 
G                    F#            Bm 
I'll make it so you never ever know 
     Em       G           F#            
How much I have messed it up 
Bm                        Em 
We're running ?round like we don't care, 
G                     F#       
It's gonna leave its marks somewhere, 
    Bm      Em    G            F#  
Do you want to show me something new? 
Bm              Em       G        F# 
You go now, reached my top anyway 
Bm           Em         G        F# 
You go now, reached my top anyway 

Pre-Chorus 

Bm 
Just tell me what I have to do, 
A 
To keep myself apart from you 
F#m               Em 
All your colors start to burn 
Bm 
I know I wanted far too much, 
A 
Then I thought that wouldn't be enough 
F#m                Em  
All this talk is bruising you. 

 

    Bm        D      Em     A 
Take shelter, 
       Bm      D     Em     
Take the pressure, 
A             Bm           D            
Do what you want tonight, it's alright, 
Em           A           Bm 
If you want to get used, 
   D          Em     A 
You get used 
     Bm      D     Em      A 
Take shelter, 
      Bm         D     Em 
Take the pressure, 
A            Bm          D 
Do what you want tonight, it's alright, 
Em         A           Bm 
If you want to get used, 
D          Em     A 
Then get used 

VERSE II 

Bm                   Em 
I don't really wanna stop myself 
G                  F#            Bm 
Nobody's gonna tell me I need help, 
    Em     G         F# 
Are you coming over soon? 
Bm                  Em        
I need you at the darkest time 
G                  F#                Bm  
You hold me, and I have to shut my eyes 
      Em     G               F# 
I'm shy, cannot be what you like. 
Bm          Em            G        F# 
You go down, reached my top anyway 
Bm          Em            G        F# 
You go down, reached my top anyway 

Pre-Chorus 

Bm 
Just tell me what I have to do, 
A 
To keep myself apart from you 
F#m               Em 
All your colors start to burn 

 

     Bm        D      Em     A 
Take shelter, 
       Bm      D     Em     
Take the pressure, 
A             Bm           D            
Do what you want tonight, it's alright, 
Em           A           Bm 
If you want to get used, 
   D          Em     A 
You get used 
     Bm      D     Em      A 
Take shelter, 
      Bm         D     Em 
Take the pressure, 
A            Bm          D 
Do what you want tonight, it's alright, 
Em         A           Bm 
If you want to get used, 
D          Em     A 
Then get used 


BRIDGE 

Bm 
I don't really need this pressure to go 
        Em 
If you wanna find love, 
                              G 
If you wanna find something more 
                   D           A 
I?ll be the one to run for you. 
Bm       
I don't really need this pressure to go 
        Em 
If you wanna find love, 
                               G 
If you wanna find something more 
                  D              A 
I'll be the one to run for you! 

FINALE 

        Bm        D      Em     A 
Take shelter, 
          Bm      D     Em     
Take the pressure, 
A             Bm           D            
Do what you want tonight, it's alright, 
Em        A           Bm 
If you want to get used, 
   D          Em     A 
You get used 
     Bm      D     Em      A 
Take shelter, 
            Bm         D     Em 
Take the pressure, 
A            Bm          D 
Do what you want tonight, it's alright, 
Em         A           Bm 
If you want to get used, 
D          Em     A 
    	

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.

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