Chords for Old Crow Medicine Show - Take 'Em Away
Tempo:
70.775 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [F#m] [D] Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is broken [G] cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away [A] these [D] chains from me.
Some birds [G] feathers are too bright to be caged, I [D] know I'm not that [A] colorful but a bird just the same.
[D] Open up your gate now [G] let me put down my load, [D] so I can feel at ease and go back to my home.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take [A] away these [D] chains from me.
Sun beating down my legs [G] can't seem to stand, there's [D] a false man at a turn roll [A] with a rifle in his hand.
[D] I got nine [G] children, nothing in the pan, but [D] my wife she died hungry [A] while I was [D] plowing land.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these [D] chains from me.
[G] [Em] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [Em] [D] [D]
Can't see when [G] I go to work, can't see when I get off, [D] how to [A] expect a man not to get [D] lost.
Every year I just keep [G] getting deeper and then, [D] if there's a happy day Lord I haven't seen one yet.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
[A] [D] Land that I love is [G] the land that I'm working, [D] but it's hard to love it all the time [A] when your back is a hurt.
[D] Getting too old [G] now to push this here [D] plow, please let me lay down so I can look at the cloud.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take [A] away these chains from [D] me.
My heart [G] is broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these chains from me.
[G] [D] [F#m] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [D]
Land that [G] I know is where two rivers collide, the [D] Brazos, the Navajo [A] and the big blue sky.
[D] Flood plains, freight [G] trains, watermelon vines, if [Bm] any place on [D] God's green earth this is where I choose to die.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
[G] [Em] [D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
[C#] [D] [N]
[D] My heart is broken [G] cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away [A] these [D] chains from me.
Some birds [G] feathers are too bright to be caged, I [D] know I'm not that [A] colorful but a bird just the same.
[D] Open up your gate now [G] let me put down my load, [D] so I can feel at ease and go back to my home.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take [A] away these [D] chains from me.
Sun beating down my legs [G] can't seem to stand, there's [D] a false man at a turn roll [A] with a rifle in his hand.
[D] I got nine [G] children, nothing in the pan, but [D] my wife she died hungry [A] while I was [D] plowing land.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these [D] chains from me.
[G] [Em] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [Em] [D] [D]
Can't see when [G] I go to work, can't see when I get off, [D] how to [A] expect a man not to get [D] lost.
Every year I just keep [G] getting deeper and then, [D] if there's a happy day Lord I haven't seen one yet.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
[A] [D] Land that I love is [G] the land that I'm working, [D] but it's hard to love it all the time [A] when your back is a hurt.
[D] Getting too old [G] now to push this here [D] plow, please let me lay down so I can look at the cloud.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take [A] away these chains from [D] me.
My heart [G] is broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these chains from me.
[G] [D] [F#m] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [D]
Land that [G] I know is where two rivers collide, the [D] Brazos, the Navajo [A] and the big blue sky.
[D] Flood plains, freight [G] trains, watermelon vines, if [Bm] any place on [D] God's green earth this is where I choose to die.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
[G] [Em] [D] [A] [D] [G] [D]
[C#] [D] [N]
Key:
D
G
A
Em
F#m
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] [D] Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is broken [G] cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away [A] these [D] chains from me. _
_ Some birds [G] feathers are too bright to be caged, I [D] know I'm not that [A] colorful but a bird just the same.
[D] Open up your gate now [G] let me put down my load, [D] so I can feel at ease and go back to my home.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take [A] away these [D] chains from me.
_ _ Sun beating down my legs [G] can't seem to stand, there's [D] a false man at a turn roll [A] with a rifle in his hand.
[D] I got nine [G] children, nothing in the pan, but [D] my wife she died hungry [A] while I was [D] plowing land.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these [D] chains from me. _
[G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Can't see when [G] I go to work, can't see when I get off, [D] how to [A] expect a man not to get [D] lost.
Every year I just keep [G] getting deeper and then, [D] if there's a happy day Lord I haven't seen one yet.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
_ _ [A] [D] Land that I love is [G] the land that I'm working, [D] but it's hard to love it all the time [A] when your back is a hurt.
[D] Getting too old [G] now to push this here [D] plow, please let me lay down so I can look at the cloud.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take [A] away these chains from [D] me.
My heart [G] is broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these chains from me. _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Land that [G] I know is where two rivers collide, the [D] Brazos, the Navajo [A] and the big blue sky.
[D] Flood plains, freight [G] trains, watermelon vines, if [Bm] any place on [D] God's green earth this is where I choose to die.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
_ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[D] My heart is broken [G] cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away [A] these [D] chains from me. _
_ Some birds [G] feathers are too bright to be caged, I [D] know I'm not that [A] colorful but a bird just the same.
[D] Open up your gate now [G] let me put down my load, [D] so I can feel at ease and go back to my home.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take [A] away these [D] chains from me.
_ _ Sun beating down my legs [G] can't seem to stand, there's [D] a false man at a turn roll [A] with a rifle in his hand.
[D] I got nine [G] children, nothing in the pan, but [D] my wife she died hungry [A] while I was [D] plowing land.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these [D] chains from me. _
[G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Can't see when [G] I go to work, can't see when I get off, [D] how to [A] expect a man not to get [D] lost.
Every year I just keep [G] getting deeper and then, [D] if there's a happy day Lord I haven't seen one yet.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
_ _ [A] [D] Land that I love is [G] the land that I'm working, [D] but it's hard to love it all the time [A] when your back is a hurt.
[D] Getting too old [G] now to push this here [D] plow, please let me lay down so I can look at the cloud.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take [A] away these chains from [D] me.
My heart [G] is broken cause my spirit's [D] not free, Lord take away these chains from me. _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Land that [G] I know is where two rivers collide, the [D] Brazos, the Navajo [A] and the big blue sky.
[D] Flood plains, freight [G] trains, watermelon vines, if [Bm] any place on [D] God's green earth this is where I choose to die.
Take them away, [G] take them away [D] Lord, take away [A] these chains from me.
[D] My heart is [G] broken cause my spirit's not [D] free, Lord take away these chains from me.
_ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _