Cheap Trick - Take Me To The Top Chords & Tabs

Title: Take Me to the Top
Artist: Cheap Trick
Music and Words by: R. Nielsen and R. Zander
Album: The Doctor
Year: 1986


During the intro/interludes, play the E major barre chord at the 7th fret on the A 
string for a more accurate sound. During the verses and choruses play the standard open E 
major chord.

The chords in brackets are not essential to play the song.


Intro/Interlude

E  A  E  B  E x2


Verse

      E      (B)      F#
We go back a long long way
(B)    E         (B)    F#   (B)
And it seems like yesterdaay
A                        (E)
When the words are spoken
   B
Or whispered in your ear


Intro/Interlude

E  A  E  B  E x1
(Take Me to the Top)


Verse
            E            (B)       F#
Things have changed since we first met
(B)  E                 (B)   F#
You alone are more than I expect
(B)     A
But the good outweighs the bad
(E) B
By 110 per cent

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cheap_trick/take_me_to_the_top_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus
                   A
You take me to the top
                       E
You're everything I've got
                    B
You catch me if I'm falling
   D       A
Oh all the way
                   E
You take me to the top
                    B       D
You catch me if I'm falling oh


Verse
     E     (B)    F#
Some things go in circles
(B)   E    (B)      F#
Something's in the air
(B) A        (E)       B       (E)
You know just what I'm feeling
A
You can make the difference
(E) B
You know I really care


Chorus
                   A
You take me to the top
                       E
You're everything I've got
                    B
You catch me if I'm falling
   D       A
Oh all the way
                   E
You take me to the top
                    B       D
You catch me if I'm falling oh
A
Oh ah ah oh


Bridge
   E
If I could dream a dream
F#
With a happy end
G#m
You'd be in it every night
 A
Again and again
B
Right here by my side
      C#m           B
You'd never go away

But when I'm awake

I sing I say


Chorus
                   A
You take me to the top
                       E
You're everything I've got
                    B
You catch me if I'm falling
   D       A
Oh all the way
                   E
You take me to the top
                    B       D
You catch me if I'm falling oh
A
Oh ah ah oh


The ending cycles the chorus over and over