John Cougar: Can You Take It Chords

Tempo:
129.9 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

D

Bm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Cougar: Can You Take It chords
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[Bm] [E] [Bm]
[E] [D]
[E] [Bm]
[A] [B]
[E]
I was caught [B] in a Southern [E] mess, that daddy was [B] rich and due.
[E] Spooned a [B] car outside her door, she [D] was [E] pretty good [B] looking too.
[E] Called me up, [B] want me to come [E] over when the sun's [B] on me.
[E] She said, daddy [B] owner's not a good man, [D] to stop any [E] ideas [B] in your head.
I said to her, [E] take [B] it all the way, [E] can you really take it all the way down?
Can you really take it [B] all the way [G] down, [A]
[B] down, down, [D] down, [A]
down, [B] down.
[E] So I watch the [B] TV, [E] I drink up the [B] family wine.
[E] She said, put [B] your snake in the grass [D] boy, [Em] pretend that [B] you're [E] mine.
Wait a minute, wait a [B] minute, are [E] you trying to make [B] [E] me say, I've seen men [B] like you before.
I [D] got a [E] long [B] family tree.
She said to me, [E] take it [B] all the way, can you [E] really take it all [Bm] [G#m] the [E]
[B] way [D] [A] down, [B] down, [E] down.
[B] [E]
[Bm] [B] [E]
[B] [Bm] [A]
[B] Now I say to my friend, [F#] even a fool like me, can [B] be the loving kind.
[F#] Even a fool like me,
[G#m] [F#] [C#]
[E] take [B] it all the way, [E] can you really take it [B] all the way down, can you [E] really take it [B] all the way [D] [A] down, [B] down, down.
[E] Take it [Bm] all the way, [E] can you really take it all the way down, can you really take it [B] all [D] the way [A] down, down.
[B] [D] [A]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[B] [E]
[B]
[E] [B]
Key:  
B
12341112
E
2311
D
1321
Bm
13421112
A
1231
B
12341112
E
2311
D
1321
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To start learning John Mellencamp - (Album Version) Can You Take It chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: B, E and B. Set your pace at 64 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 130. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of E Major.

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[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
I was caught [B] in a Southern _ [E] mess, that daddy was [B] rich and due. _ _
[E] _ Spooned a [B] car outside her door, she [D] was [E] pretty good [B] looking too. _ _
[E] _ Called me up, [B] want me to come [E] over when the sun's [B] on me.
[E] She said, daddy [B] owner's not a good man, [D] to stop any [E] ideas [B] in your _ _ head.
I said to her, _ [E] take [B] it all the way, [E] can you really take it all the way down?
Can you really take it _ [B] all the way [G] down, [A]
[B] down, _ down, _ [D] down, [A]
down, [B] _ down. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ So I watch the [B] TV, _ [E] I drink up the [B] family wine.
_ [E] _ She said, put [B] your snake in the grass [D] boy, [Em] pretend that [B] you're [E] mine.
Wait a minute, wait a [B] _ _ _ minute, are [E] you trying to make _ [B] _ _ _ [E] me say, I've seen men [B] like you before.
I [D] got a [E] long [B] family tree. _
She said to me, _ [E] take it [B] all the way, can you [E] really take it all [Bm] _ _ [G#m] the [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ way _ _ [D] [A] down, [B] down, _ _ _ [E] down. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ _ Now I say to my friend, _ [F#] even a fool like me, can [B] be the loving _ _ kind. _
_ [F#] Even a fool like me, _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ take [B] it all the way, [E] can you really take it [B] all the way _ down, can you [E] really take it [B] all the way _ [D] [A] down, [B] down, down.
[E] _ _ Take it [Bm] all the way, [E] can you really take it all the way down, can you really take it [B] all _ _ _ [D] the way [A] down, down.
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
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This song was authored by John Mellencamp.

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