Chords for Mavis Staples - I'll Take You There (Oxford, MS 4-23-22)
Tempo:
103.15 bpm
Chords used:
B
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Abm
A
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[E]
[B]
[E] I [B] know a place,
[E] [B] ain't
[E] [B] nobody worried,
[E] ain't no [B] smiling faces,
[E] lying [B] to the races.
[E] [B] Help me,
[B]
[E] I [B] know a place,
[E] [B] ain't
[E] [B] nobody worried,
[E] ain't no [B] smiling faces,
[E] lying [B] to the races.
[E] [B] Help me,
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E
Abm
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Abm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I [B] _ know a place, _ _
[E] _ _ [B] ain't _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] nobody worried, _
[E] _ _ ain't no [B] smiling faces, _
_ [E] _ lying [B] to the races. _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] Help me, _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ somebody help me. _
[E] I see you.
_ [B] Help me Lord. _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] Help me now.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] Let me take you there.
I'll [E] take you there.
[B] _ Let me take you there.
I'll [Gb] take you there.
_ [B] Let me take you there.
[E] I'll take you there.
_ [B] Let me take you there.
I'll take you [E] there.
_ [B] Let me _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Ab] _ [B] take you there. _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ Let _
[E] me [Abm] take you there.
[B] _ _ _
[E] Let me take you there.
[B] Let me take you there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there. _
[E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Let _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] me take _ [E] you there.
Let [B] _ _ _ me take [E] you there.
[Eb] Let [B] me _ take you there.
_ _ _ Let me take [E] you there.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ Let me [B] take you there.
[E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] Let me take you there.
Let me [E] take you there.
Let me take you [E] there.
Let _ _ [Db] _
me take you there.
Let me [G] take you there.
Let me take you [N] there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there. _ _ _
[F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] Let me _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ take you [A] there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there.
[B] Let me take you there.
Let me take you there. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ I _ _ [E] told you.
_ _ [Abm] _ I told you we don't have a good [E] time.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] Yeah, _ all [B] right.
_ We [E] ain't done yet.
_ _ [B] _ Now I'm going to tell you a story. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ My [E] family, _ [B] the Staples Singers.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Yeah. _ _
[E] We've been taking y'all [B] there for _ 74 years. _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ And _ _
_ [E] I'm not tired [B] yet. _ _ _
_ [E] No, ain't nobody tired.
[B] _ _ _
[E] Nah.
[B] _ _ But what I want, [E] I _ _ [Abm] need you to do me a little [B] favor. _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [B] Can I hear you say yes? _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Y'all [B] sure sound good. _
[E] Yeah.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All right.
I'll [E] _ _ [B] _ _ take you to that.
_ [E] _ You see, [B] we want [E] you to take us there.
_ [B] All right. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] That was not everybody.
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ I like that shirt.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] That wasn't everybody.
Y'all [E] can't fool me.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Lord, we've been taking y'all there [B] for 74 years.
Y [E]'all can take us for one [B] minute! _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ All right.
[E] I'm going to give you [Ab] one more chance.
[B] Grit.
See if you can get [E] them.
Oh, [B] Mavis, I think they might have had too much barbecue. _
[E] _ _ Come [B] on, Oxford.
Make it feel good [E] again.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] Take a stab.
Take [E] a stab.
Come on now, y [B]'all.
Take a stab.
Take [E] a stab.
Take a stab.
It's been loud.
Take a stab.
I said, take a stab.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
[E] I'll take you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] _ Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
Everybody.
[B] _ Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
_ Everybody.
[B] Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
I'll _ [B] _ _ _ [E] take you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
_ [B] _ _ _ Take [E] a nap.
I'll take you there. _
_ [B] Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
[B] Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] Take a nap.
_ [B] _
_ _ I'll take [E] you there. _ _
[B] _ Take [E] a nap.
_ _ [B]
I'll take you there.
Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] Take a nap.
I'll take you there.
Take a [Db] [B] nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
[E] I'll take you there.
_ _ [B] _
Take a nap.
I'll take you there.
_ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
I'll [E] take you there.
_ _ [B] I'll take [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] you there.
_ [B] I'll take you there.
I'll _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
take you there.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I [B] _ know a place, _ _
[E] _ _ [B] ain't _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] nobody worried, _
[E] _ _ ain't no [B] smiling faces, _
_ [E] _ lying [B] to the races. _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] Help me, _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ somebody help me. _
[E] I see you.
_ [B] Help me Lord. _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] Help me now.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] Let me take you there.
I'll [E] take you there.
[B] _ Let me take you there.
I'll [Gb] take you there.
_ [B] Let me take you there.
[E] I'll take you there.
_ [B] Let me take you there.
I'll take you [E] there.
_ [B] Let me _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Ab] _ [B] take you there. _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ Let _
[E] me [Abm] take you there.
[B] _ _ _
[E] Let me take you there.
[B] Let me take you there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there. _
[E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Let _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] me take _ [E] you there.
Let [B] _ _ _ me take [E] you there.
[Eb] Let [B] me _ take you there.
_ _ _ Let me take [E] you there.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ Let me [B] take you there.
[E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] Let me take you there.
Let me [E] take you there.
Let me take you [E] there.
Let _ _ [Db] _
me take you there.
Let me [G] take you there.
Let me take you [N] there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there. _ _ _
[F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] Let me _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ take you [A] there.
Let me take you there.
Let me take you there.
[B] Let me take you there.
Let me take you there. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ I _ _ [E] told you.
_ _ [Abm] _ I told you we don't have a good [E] time.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] Yeah, _ all [B] right.
_ We [E] ain't done yet.
_ _ [B] _ Now I'm going to tell you a story. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ My [E] family, _ [B] the Staples Singers.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Yeah. _ _
[E] We've been taking y'all [B] there for _ 74 years. _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ And _ _
_ [E] I'm not tired [B] yet. _ _ _
_ [E] No, ain't nobody tired.
[B] _ _ _
[E] Nah.
[B] _ _ But what I want, [E] I _ _ [Abm] need you to do me a little [B] favor. _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [B] Can I hear you say yes? _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Y'all [B] sure sound good. _
[E] Yeah.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All right.
I'll [E] _ _ [B] _ _ take you to that.
_ [E] _ You see, [B] we want [E] you to take us there.
_ [B] All right. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] That was not everybody.
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ I like that shirt.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] That wasn't everybody.
Y'all [E] can't fool me.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Lord, we've been taking y'all there [B] for 74 years.
Y [E]'all can take us for one [B] minute! _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ All right.
[E] I'm going to give you [Ab] one more chance.
[B] Grit.
See if you can get [E] them.
Oh, [B] Mavis, I think they might have had too much barbecue. _
[E] _ _ Come [B] on, Oxford.
Make it feel good [E] again.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] Take a stab.
Take [E] a stab.
Come on now, y [B]'all.
Take a stab.
Take [E] a stab.
Take a stab.
It's been loud.
Take a stab.
I said, take a stab.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
[E] I'll take you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] _ Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
Everybody.
[B] _ Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
_ Everybody.
[B] Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
I'll _ [B] _ _ _ [E] take you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
_ [B] _ _ _ Take [E] a nap.
I'll take you there. _
_ [B] Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
[B] Take a nap.
I'll take [E] you there. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] Take a nap.
_ [B] _
_ _ I'll take [E] you there. _ _
[B] _ Take [E] a nap.
_ _ [B]
I'll take you there.
Take a nap.
I'll [E] take you there.
_ [B] Take a nap.
I'll take you there.
Take a [Db] [B] nap.
I'll take [E] you there.
_ _ [B] Take a nap.
[E] I'll take you there.
_ _ [B] _
Take a nap.
I'll take you there.
_ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
I'll [E] take you there.
_ _ [B] I'll take [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] you there.
_ [B] I'll take you there.
I'll _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
take you there.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _