Take You Out Tonight
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Intro
G C D G
G C
High as a kite on your purple haze
D B7 Em
I want the morning to last forever
C F
I don't want nobody else
C F C G F
I'm free, I'm free, I'm free
G
Make the records I wanna make
Fuck off and tell 'em anything
C
Have one conversation with my people
D
Just wanna tell you where I've been
C
Fuck the world, fuck the gallery
Bm
Fuck anyone who hasn't been here
Am
You're welcome in
G
But fuck anyone who hasn't been here
[Refrão]
G
God, I love it inside
D
To hold you in that safe light
Em C
But looking in your eyes, I can feel all the edges tonight
G
'Cause it's brutal to be baptized
D
In cold stares and harsh lights
Em G C Am D
But I gotta take you out and show you off tonight
[Pós-Refrão]
G C Am D
Hey, hey
[Verso 1]
G C Am D
I'm made of one-way tickets and I'm not selling 'em cheap
G C Am D
So let 'em write shit about us that they didn't even see
G C Am D
But let 'em think that they understand our bits when they don't
G C Am D
I just want one conversation with my people and my home
G C Am D
I just want one conversation with my people and my past
G C Am D
I'm taking this so far now, I gotta keep cool, make it last
[Refrão]
G
But, damn, I'm on the edge tonight
D
Praying for a real life
Em C
Well, look me in the eyes and ask me again if I can fight
G
'Cause it's brutal to be uptight
D
In the edge of such a beautiful life
Em G C Am
Well, I gotta take you out and show you off tonight
[Pós-Refrão]
D G C Am
Hey, hey, I feel a way
D G C Am D
Hey, hey, I feel a way
[Verso 2]
G C Am D
'Cause I went down to see the man and the man asked me for a picture
G C Am D
I asked a friend how we was doing, he showed me his monthly listeners
G C Am D
Oh, don't get cheap, don't get caught, don't get lost in these kisses
G C Am D
I just want you all night, don't wanna get lost in these kisses
G C Am D
Don't take the money and run, just be honest about your faith
G C Am D
Don't make the kids pay for your loan and what you think you're made of, babe
G C Am D
I'm made of east coast music, I'm made of ghosts from the past
G C Am D
And I've been gone since I was fifteen, earning my soul to crash
[Refrão]
G
But it's cool, keep it inside
D
Gonna love her in that easy light
Em C
(She don't need to heart this shit right now anyway)
G
Yeah, it's brutal to be baptized
D
In cold stares and harsh lights
Em G C Am
But I gotta take you out and show you off tonight
[Pós-Refrão]
D G C Am D
Hey, hey, I feel a way
G C Am D
Woo
{Instrumental}
G C Am D
G C Am D
G C Am D
G C Am D
[Ponte]
G
I could try to leave my house, I'd end up right back on my stoop
Am
I could try to leave this hell, I'd fucking die on this hill
Bm
I could try to leave the road, I'd end up right back in the van
C
I could try to take your hand, you know I'll never take your hand
D N.C. G C Am
I gotta face everything that I ever believed, oh
Outro
D G C Am
Hey, hey, I feel a way
D G C Am
Hey, hey, I feel a way
D G C Am
Well, hey, I feel a way
Am D G C Am D
So come on, Bleachers, take it away
G C Am D
G C Am D G C Am D
G C Am D G C Am D
G C Am D G C Am D
G C Am D G C
Am D
(One, two, three, four)
How to play Take You Out Tonight
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.