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Take Em Away by Old Crow Medicine Show
Take Em Away
E [-----5-----5-------] intro 1x, also used in rest of song
B [-----3-----3-------]
G [-2-2-2-2-2-2-------]
D [-0-0-0-0-0-0-------]
A [-------------0-2-4-]
E [-------------------]
This is what i do the rest of the song, after you do intro once
do this like 3x then the intro 2x, and the do this 3x again, this
is what i do the whole time in the song.
E [---5-5---5-5---0-0---0-0-] so basically who song is like a D7 I think
B [---3-3---3-3---2-2---2-2-] and a A chord, so whole song is this:
G [-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-] intro - 1x
D [-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-] D7 A - 3x >
A [-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-] intro - 2x >>> do these the rest
E [-------------------------] D7 A - 3x >/ of song
Pretty straight forward, this one- 3 chords, with some subtle picking variations
once you nail it. Be sure to use a Texan accent!
CHORUS:
D G
Take 'em away, take 'em away Lord!
D A
Take away these chains from me!
D G
My heart is broken 'cos my spirit's not free,
D A
Lord, take away these chains from me!
Verse 1:
D G
Some birds' feathers are too bright to be caged
D A
I know I'm not that colourful, but a bird just the same
D G
Open up your gate now, let me put down my load
D A
So I can feel at ease and go back to my home.
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version 2
G C G D
Take em away Take em away Lord, Take away these chains from me.
G C G D
My heart is broken cause my spirits not free, Lord take away these chains
G
from me.
G C G
Some bird feathers are too bright to be caged, I know i'm not that
D
colorful, but a bird just the same.
G C G
Open up your gate now let me put down my load, so i can feel at ease and
D G
go back to my home.
CHORUS
G C G
Sun beatin' down my legs cant seem to stand, theres a boss man at a turnrow
D
with a rifle in his hand.
G C G
I've got nine children, nothin' in the pan. My wife she died hungry while i
D G
was plowin' land.
CHORUS
G C G
Cant see when i go to work, cant see when i get off. How do you expect a man
D
not to get lost.
G C G
Every year i just keep getting deeper in debt, if theres a happy day Lord
D G
I havent seen one yet.
CHORUS
G C G
Land that i love is the land that i'm workin', but its hard to love it all
D
the time when your back is a hurtin'.
G C G D
Gettin' too old now to push this here plow, let me lay down so i can look at
G
the clouds.
CHORUS
G C G
The land that i know is where to rivers collide, the Brazos, the Navaso and
D G
the big blue sky.
G C
Flood plains, freight trains, watermelon vines
G D G
Of any place on God’s green earth, this is where I choose to die
CHORUS
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