Eagles, Take It Easy (1972)
Key: :[Ab] (w: Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey)
INTRO: [Ab] [Bbm7] [Eb7sus4] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
Well I'm a
[Ab] runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load,
I've got seven women
[Eb] on my
[Db] mind
[Ab] Four that wanna own me,
[Eb] two that wanna stone me,
[Db] One says she's a friend of mine
[Ab]
CHORUS 1:
Take it
[Fm] easy; take it
[Db] ea-
[Ab]-sy
Don't let the
[Bbm] sound of your own
[Db] wheels drive you
[Fm] crazy
Lighten
[Db] up while you still
[Ab] can, don't even
[Db] try to under-
[Ab]-stand
Just find a
[Bbm] place to make your
[Db] stand, and take it
[Ab] easy
VERSE 2:
Well, I'm a
[Ab] standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine
[Eb] sight to
[Db] see
It's a
[Ab] girl my lord in a
[Eb] flat-bed Ford
Slowin'
[Db] down to take a look at
[Ab] me
CHORUS 2:
Come on,
[Fm] baby, don't say
[Db] may-
[Ab]-be
I gotta
[Bbm] know if your sweet
[Db] love, is gonna save
[Fm] me
We may
[Db] lose and we may
[Ab] win, though we may
[Db] never be here
[Ab] again
So open
[Bbm] up I'm climbin'
[Db] in, so take it
[Ab] easy
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + 1st half of CHORUS]
VERSE 3:
Well, I'm a
[Ab] runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble
[Eb] on my
[Db] mind
[Ab] Lookin' for a lover who
[Eb] won't blow my cover,
She's
[Db] so hard to
[Ab] find
CHORUS 3:
Take it
[Fm] easy; take it
[Db] ea-
[Ab]-sy
Don't let the
[Bbm] sound of your own
[Db] wheels make you
[Fm] crazy
Come on
[Db] ba-
[Ab]-by, don't say
[Db] may-
[Ab]-be
I gotta
[Bbm] know of your sweet
[Db] love, is gonna
[Ab open] save me
OUTRO:
[Db] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
[Ab] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Db] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
[Ab] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Db] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
[Ab] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
