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Take On Me (Alternative!) / Reel Big Fish

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Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of A)



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Take On Me

* Play notes in brackets {} one octave lower if you own
  a 16 hole or orchestra tuned chromatic


-6* -6* -5 -4  -4  6  6  6 7* 7* -7 -8

-7 -7 -7 6  5* -6* -6* -6* 6 6 -6* 6

-6* -6* -5 -4  -4  6  6  6 7* 7* -7 -8

-7 -7 -7 6  5* -6* -6* -6* 6 6 -6* 6


Talking away    I don't know what I'm  to say
-5 -5  5* -4    4* 4*    4*   -3  -6*  6 -6*6

I'll say it anyway    Today's another day to find you
 -5  -5 -5 -5 5*-4    -4 4*  4* 4*-4 -3-4 4*  -4  -3

Shying away   I'll be coming for your love, OK?
-5 -5 -5 -5    -3  -3  -3 -3 -3   -3   -3  3*-2* 


Take on me   (take on me)  Take me on  (take on me)
{-3  7* -7}    6  -6*  6    -3  6  -6*   6  -6*  6

I'll be gone   In a day or two
 5*  7*  -7    -8 8*-8  -7  10


So needless to say   Of odds and ends  but I'll be
-5  -5 -5   5* -4     4* 4*   4*  -3   -6*  6 -6* 6

Stumbling away   Slowly learning that life is OK
-5 -5    5*-4    -4 4*   4* 4*    -4  -3-4 4* -4-3

Say after me, "It's no better to be safe than sorry"
-5  -5 -5 -5   -3  -3  -3 -3  -3 -3  -3   3*  3*-2* 


Take on me   (take on me)  Take me on  (take on me)
{-3  7* -7}    6  -6*  6    -3  6  -6*   6  -6*  6

I'll be gone   In a day or two
 5*  7*  -7    -8 8*-8  -7  10


-6* -6* -5 -4  -4  6  6  6 7* 7* -7 -8

-6* -6* -5 -4  -4  6  6  6 7* 7* -7 -8

-6* -6* -5 -4  -4  6  6  6 7* 7* -7 -8

-7 -7 -7 6  5* -6* -6* -6* 6 6 -6* 6

-6* -6* -5 -4  -4  6  6  6 7* 7* -7 -8

-7 -7 -7 6  5* -6* -6* -6* 6 6 -6* 6


Oh, things that you say. Yeah.
Is it life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away   I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me (take on me)  Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone  In a day or two


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