{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":949293,"song":"Take A Minute","artist":"K'naan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11616262-take-a-minute-chords-by-k-naan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/949293?type=chord","rating":4.6346,"votes":7,"content":"Hi. This is my first tab. :)\r\n\r\nSTICK A CAPO ON THE FIRST FRET.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n--------------|\r\n------1-------|\r\n------2-------|\r\n------2-------|\r\n--------------|\r\n--------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n------3-------|\r\n--------------|\r\n--------------|\r\n--------------|\r\n------2-------|\r\n------3-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n--------------|\r\n------1-------|\r\n--------------|\r\n------2-------|\r\n------3-------|\r\n--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd any man who knows a thing knows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe knows not a damn, damn thing at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every time I felt the hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow did Mandela get the will to surpass the everyday[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen injustice had him caged and trapped in every way?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDidn't do it to gain power or money if I recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's to give,       I guess, I'll pass it on[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMother thinks it'll lift the stress of Babylon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMother knows,       my mother she suffered blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't know how we survived such violent episodes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was so worried,  and hurt to see you bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut as soon as you came out the hospital you gave me sweets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah,     they try to take you from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you still only gave 'em some prayers and sympathy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDear mama,       you helped me write this[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy showing me to give is priceless[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd any man who knows a thing knows[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe knows not a damn, damn thing at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every time I felt the hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll I can say is the worst is over now[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe can serve the hard times, divorce, it's over now[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey try to keep us out    but they doors is open now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy nigga, Akon is gettin' awards and covers now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is K'naan     and still reppin' the S[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nComin' out of Mogadishu and still draped in the mess[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd no matter how we strong, homie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt ain't easy comin' out of where we from, homie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the reason why, I could never play for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTell 'em the truth is what my dead homies told me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOoh yeah, I take inspiration from the most heinous of situations[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCreating medication out my own tribulations[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDear Africa,     you helped me write this[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy showing me to give is priceless[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS (same chord pattern throughout)\r\n\r\nAnd any man who knows a thing knows\r\nHe knows not a damn, damn thing at all\r\nAnd every time I felt the hurt\r\nAnd I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall\r\n\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\r\n\r\nNothing is perfect man, that's what the world is\r\nAll I know is I'm enjoying today\r\nYou know 'cause it isn't every day that you get to give\r\n\r\nAnd any man who knows a thing knows\r\nHe knows not a damn, damn thing at all\r\nAnd every time I felt the hurt\r\nAnd I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall\r\n\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\r\n\r\nI got nothin' to complain about\r\nYou know where I'm from\r\nYou know where I'ma last, so\r\nYou know I was flyin' high\r\n\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\r\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze","plain_text":"Hi. This is my first tab. :)\n\nSTICK A CAPO ON THE FIRST FRET.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS (same chord pattern throughout)\n\nAnd any man who knows a thing knows\nHe knows not a damn, damn thing at all\nAnd every time I felt the hurt\nAnd I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall\n\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\n\nNothing is perfect man, that's what the world is\nAll I know is I'm enjoying today\nYou know 'cause it isn't every day that you get to give\n\nAnd any man who knows a thing knows\nHe knows not a damn, damn thing at all\nAnd every time I felt the hurt\nAnd I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall\n\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\n\nI got nothin' to complain about\nYou know where I'm from\nYou know where I'ma last, so\nYou know I was flyin' high\n\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride\nI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze","chords":["A","Am","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}