Eagles, Take It Easy (1972)
Key: :[Eb] (w: Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey)
INTRO: [Eb] [Fm7] [Bb7sus4] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
Well I'm a
[Eb] runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load,
I've got seven women
[Bb] on my
[Ab] mind
[Eb] Four that wanna own me,
[Bb] two that wanna stone me,
[Ab] One says she's a friend of mine
[Eb]
CHORUS 1:
Take it
[Cm] easy; take it
[Ab] ea-
[Eb]-sy
Don't let the
[Fm] sound of your own
[Ab] wheels drive you
[Cm] crazy
Lighten
[Ab] up while you still
[Eb] can, don't even
[Ab] try to under-
[Eb]-stand
Just find a
[Fm] place to make your
[Ab] stand, and take it
[Eb] easy
VERSE 2:
Well, I'm a
[Eb] standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine
[Bb] sight to
[Ab] see
It's a
[Eb] girl my lord in a
[Bb] flat-bed Ford
Slowin'
[Ab] down to take a look at
[Eb] me
CHORUS 2:
Come on,
[Cm] baby, don't say
[Ab] may-
[Eb]-be
I gotta
[Fm] know if your sweet
[Ab] love, is gonna save
[Cm] me
We may
[Ab] lose and we may
[Eb] win, though we may
[Ab] never be here
[Eb] again
So open
[Fm] up I'm climbin'
[Ab] in, so take it
[Eb] easy
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE + 1st half of CHORUS]
VERSE 3:
Well, I'm a
[Eb] runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble
[Bb] on my
[Ab] mind
[Eb] Lookin' for a lover who
[Bb] won't blow my cover,
She's
[Ab] so hard to
[Eb] find
CHORUS 3:
Take it
[Cm] easy; take it
[Ab] ea-
[Eb]-sy
Don't let the
[Fm] sound of your own
[Ab] wheels make you
[Cm] crazy
Come on
[Ab] ba-
[Eb]-by, don't say
[Ab] may-
[Eb]-be
I gotta
[Fm] know of your sweet
[Ab] love, is gonna
[Eb open] save me
OUTRO:
[Ab] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
[Eb] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Ab] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
[Eb] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Ab] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
[Eb] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh