Atomic Tom - Take Me Out Chords & Tabs

 

Take Me Out Chords & Tabs

Atomic Tom Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Chords

Take Me Out Chords

   
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                             TAKE ME OUT - Atomic Tom
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Tabbed by: Michael Barnett
Email:rockthemike@aol.com

Tuning: Standard

Intro/Riff: 
e|---------------------------|   
B| --2-2-2---6-6-6---7-------|
G|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0--------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Acoustic versions have the riff coming back down the scale at some points in the song:
e|  -------------------------------|   
B|  --2-2-2---6-6-6---7---2--0-----|
G| --0-0-0---0-0-0---0---0--0---4--|
D| --------------------------------|
A| --------------------------------|
E| --------------------------------|


Verse:
D                     F#m
If I was bold enough
Bm                           G
I would follow you forever but
D                             A     (intro riff)        
Darling, please, rescue me, take me out


D                     F#m
Some may say it's my fate
Bm                           G
Am I just in time or am I late?
D                             A     
If you can, understand, then



Chorus:
Bm   D   G  (Quick transition from Bm on 2nd fret to D on 5th fret, charging 
chords with the lyrics)
Take me out
G                  D                F#m
I don't start, I don't end, I don't change on my own
Bm   D   G
Take me out
G                  D                F#m
I don't lose, I don't win, I don't do well alone (alone, alone, alone)
Bm        A               D/F#            G
Love is what you make it, take my heart and break it
Bm   D   G
Take me out, I dont want to stay home 

(Intro/Riff)

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/atomic_tom/take_me_out_crd_ver_3.html ]
Verse:
D                                F#m
You make me dread, you make me sweat
Bm                            G
But can you make love mean something instead
D                     A         
Something real, make me feel, then



Chorus:
Bm   D   G  (Quick transition from Bm on 2nd fret to D on 5th fret, charging 
chords with the lyrics)
Take me out
G                  D                F#m
I don't start, I don't end, I don't change on my own
Bm   D   G
Take me out
G                  D                F#m
I don't lose, I don't win, I don't do well alone (alone, alone, alone)
Bm        A               D/F#            G
Love is what you make it, take my heart and break it
Bm   D   G                      Bm
Take me out, I dont want to stay home


Bridge:  (carry the Bm from the end of the chorus into the bridge)
(Bm)          A
I don't want to stay here
D/F#                                       G
I don't want to live half my life and disappear
Bm                                           A
So if you want to take chances, take a chance on me


Bm   D   G    D    F#m
Take me out
Bm   D   G    D    F#m
Take me out



Chorus:
Bm   D   G  (Quick transition from Bm on 2nd fret to D on 5th fret, charging 
chords with the lyrics)
Take me out
G                  D                F#m
I don't start, I don't end, I don't change on my own
Bm   D   G
Take me out
G                  D                F#m
I don't lose, I don't win, I don't do well alone (alone, alone, alone)
Bm        A               D/F#            G
Love is what you make it, take my heart and break it
Bm   D   G
Take me out, I dont want to stay home 

(Intro/Riff) Play this over the "I don't want to stay home"chanting

Outro:
Bm, A, D/F#, G
Oooooh ohhhhhh ohhhhh