Chords for Takes a Little Time
Tempo:
118.8 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Em
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] Sadie's mama [Em] was a tanker, always pulling [F] her down [D] to the ground.
[F] When Sadie [Em] got old enough, [F] she moved in with her mama.
Freedom [Em] was a one-way bus [F] to another town.
[C] She had [Em] a little money, bought a dress, and [F] she put it on.
She worked [F] the days in an [Em] all-night restaurant.
[C] was called [F] Believe or Not, [Dm]
anything you want.
There was a woman [Em] on a graveyard shift that [F]
[F] When Sadie [Em] got old enough, [F] she moved in with her mama.
Freedom [Em] was a one-way bus [F] to another town.
[C] She had [Em] a little money, bought a dress, and [F] she put it on.
She worked [F] the days in an [Em] all-night restaurant.
[C] was called [F] Believe or Not, [Dm]
anything you want.
There was a woman [Em] on a graveyard shift that [F]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Sadie's mama [Em] was a tanker, always pulling [F] her down [D] to the ground.
_ [G] _ _ _
[F] When Sadie [Em] got old enough, [F] she moved in with her mama.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ Freedom [Em] was a one-way bus [F] to another town.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[C] She had [Em] a little money, bought a dress, and [F] she put it on.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
She worked [F] the days in an [Em] all-night restaurant.
[F] _ It [A] _ _
[C] was called [F] Believe or Not, [Dm] _
anything you want.
_ [C] _
There was a woman [Em] on a graveyard shift that [F]
said it like the Lord.
_ _ [G] _ _
She [C] even took the [G] commoner with her just in case they [F] go to hell one of these times.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] She said [Em] anything the graveyard lady wanted, [F] the graveyard lady got. _ _ _ _
[Am] Sadie decided [Em] the difference between them was [F] a shadow line.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
Years would fly [F] before she'd bother [G] to try to [Em] be her own [F] true _ [Am] face. _
Right now, it seemed [F] like _ everything [Dm] was sadly stuck in place.
_ _ [G]
Hot town Toronto, _ 1951, the spring [F] is doing its _ stuff.
_ [G] She sent a letter home to say, I've come [C] undone, and it [F] says [Am] that's tough.
_ _ _ [G]
Another birthday passed her by, she has a dream one night [D] that she can fly.
_ _ _ [E] _ [G] She goes to work that day, and all she [F] does is cry, cry, [C] _ cry. _ _
Sadie finally [Em] meets a man who dances jig, [F] and she follows him down.
[G] _ _ _ [C]
But don't he turn [Em] out to be a little angel [F] of misery?
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
[C] Living quiet [Em] in her private dream, protected [F] by a frozen _ [C] frown.
_ [A] _
And [C] periodically looks [Em] up and says, Sadie, what's [F] the big problem of you and me?
_ _ [A] _ _
It's [F] at these times she [Em] _
holds [F] his [A] hand. _ _
[C] Have wished [F] in all the while that [C] he's holding her [G] instead.
_ _ [C] _
She finally [Em] tells him that [F] and blows his mind.
_ _ [C]
Takes a little time, [Em] takes a little time, takes a [F] little time.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
Takes a [C] little time, [Em] takes a little time, takes a [F] little _ _ time.
[G] _ _ _ [C]
It's so amazing [Em] what you don't [G] find out when [D] you're dancing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Sadie's mama [Em] was a tanker, always pulling [F] her down [D] to the ground.
_ [G] _ _ _
[F] When Sadie [Em] got old enough, [F] she moved in with her mama.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ Freedom [Em] was a one-way bus [F] to another town.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[C] She had [Em] a little money, bought a dress, and [F] she put it on.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
She worked [F] the days in an [Em] all-night restaurant.
[F] _ It [A] _ _
[C] was called [F] Believe or Not, [Dm] _
anything you want.
_ [C] _
There was a woman [Em] on a graveyard shift that [F]
said it like the Lord.
_ _ [G] _ _
She [C] even took the [G] commoner with her just in case they [F] go to hell one of these times.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] She said [Em] anything the graveyard lady wanted, [F] the graveyard lady got. _ _ _ _
[Am] Sadie decided [Em] the difference between them was [F] a shadow line.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
Years would fly [F] before she'd bother [G] to try to [Em] be her own [F] true _ [Am] face. _
Right now, it seemed [F] like _ everything [Dm] was sadly stuck in place.
_ _ [G]
Hot town Toronto, _ 1951, the spring [F] is doing its _ stuff.
_ [G] She sent a letter home to say, I've come [C] undone, and it [F] says [Am] that's tough.
_ _ _ [G]
Another birthday passed her by, she has a dream one night [D] that she can fly.
_ _ _ [E] _ [G] She goes to work that day, and all she [F] does is cry, cry, [C] _ cry. _ _
Sadie finally [Em] meets a man who dances jig, [F] and she follows him down.
[G] _ _ _ [C]
But don't he turn [Em] out to be a little angel [F] of misery?
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
[C] Living quiet [Em] in her private dream, protected [F] by a frozen _ [C] frown.
_ [A] _
And [C] periodically looks [Em] up and says, Sadie, what's [F] the big problem of you and me?
_ _ [A] _ _
It's [F] at these times she [Em] _
holds [F] his [A] hand. _ _
[C] Have wished [F] in all the while that [C] he's holding her [G] instead.
_ _ [C] _
She finally [Em] tells him that [F] and blows his mind.
_ _ [C]
Takes a little time, [Em] takes a little time, takes a [F] little time.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
Takes a [C] little time, [Em] takes a little time, takes a [F] little _ _ time.
[G] _ _ _ [C]
It's so amazing [Em] what you don't [G] find out when [D] you're dancing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _