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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1472784,"song":"Take It Back","artist":"Ed Sheeran","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1472784-take-it-back-chords-by-ed-sheeran/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1472784?type=chord","rating":4.67018,"votes":104,"content":"Just after every C chord, he plucks the G bass note, as sort of a transition.\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]   x133xx\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   I'm not a rapper, I'm a singer with a flow, I've got a habit of spitting quicker lyrics you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYou found me ripping the writtens out of the pages they sit in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never want to get bitten because plagiarism is hidden[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWatch how I sit on the rhythm, prisoner with a vision, signed to a label, but didn't listen to any criticism[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThought you knew but you didn't so perk your ears up and listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStudio is a system and you could say that I'm driven[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now it's...  on to the next saga, we drink the best lager, I never tried to win you over [/tab]\r\nlike your stepfather\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   I do my own thing now, and get respect after[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n   And I'm avoiding the 'caine like it was Get Carter[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   For four years I never had a place to stay but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAt 16 years old, yeah, I moved out of my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI went from sleeping at a subway station, to sleeping with a movie star and adding to the population[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNot my imagination, I don't want to relax[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould it hurt your reputation, if I put it on wax? So take it back now...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMmmm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCome on and take it back, love[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome on and take it back for us   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nDont you fade into the back, love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI take it back with the rhythm and blues, with my rap pack I'll be singing the news,[/tab]\r\ntrying to act like Jack Black when I bring it to school \r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   I'll make a beat with my feet by just hitting the loop,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   I give you the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthey try to take aim like beckham when he goes to shoot,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut then again that's what they're supposed to do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand I'm supposed to be calm, I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything [/tab]\r\nthat happens is from now on,\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'll be ready to start again at the end of the song,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand still they're claiming that I handle it wrong,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nbut then I've never had an enemy, except for NME, but I'll be selling twice as many copies [/tab]\r\nas their magazines will ever be,\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]    \r\n   with only spectacles ahead of me, and festival fees, are healthier than a Dalmatian on pedigree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                                                                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   singing for the masses, rubber dinghy rapids, I keep this rapping a habit and keep on fashioning magic,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm battling for respect, and I don't know if I'll have it, this song's from the heart, cover the planet[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'll take it back now\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMmmm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCome on and take it back, love[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome on and take it back for us   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nDont you fade into the back, love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nI take it back, now\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n    Now, I don't ever want to be perfect, 'cause I'm a singer that you never want to see shirtless[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I accept the fact that someone's got to win worst-dressed,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTaking my first steps into the scene, giving me focus[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPutting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton, considering a name change, thinking it was hopeless[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nRhyming over recordings, avoiding tradition[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause every day some lyrics and a melody could be written[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow absence can make your heart ache, but drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly,[/tab]\r\nneed to let my liver be\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   And I'll say it again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLiving life on the edge, with a closed hand full of friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs good advice from a man who took his life on the road with me[/tab]\r\nAnd I hope to see him blowing up globally\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCause that's how it's supposed to be, I'm screaming out vocally[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nit might seem totally impossible achieving life's dreams, but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   But I just write schemes, I'm never having a stylist giving me tight jeans[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMadison Square Garden is where I might be, but more likely,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou'll find me in the back room of a dive bar with my mates[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHaving a pint with McDaid, discussing records we made, and every single second knowing[/tab]\r\nthat we'll never betray\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe way we were raised, remembering our backgrounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSat down, that's how we plan it out, it's time to take it back now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook] (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMmmm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCome on and take it back, love[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome on and take it back for us   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nDont you fade into the back, love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo                                   (studio version:  Dm)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4 (Live)]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy dreams keep me awake at night, written in rhymes, and I deliver the hype[/tab]\r\nAm I just living the lie?\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWith this you must know that the number's just sold, woah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill keep me going through the tough times, dream with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe forget 90 percent of it when we wake, but the other 10 percent, it never fades[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nDreaming dreams and day to day goals, stay awake loads, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTry to make the cut like the paper or razor blade, oh, never give up[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd just remember just to hold out more, a couple years ago I couldn't just control [/tab]\r\nthat thought\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYou'd find me buskin' on the street when it was cold outdoors[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm sweating on the stage of a sold out tour[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWriting love songs for the sake of it, never to make a hit, [/tab]\r\nyou can't fake talent and work ethic just to make it quick\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   I'm not a rapper I'm a singer, I just take the piss and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMost of these other guys are kids that pose, his little sister has to [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nbabysit, that's just a way it is, dreams are your own, just set your goals and have the utmost faith in it[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTread your own path You'll never make it as a follower, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou'll never know where you will go or you will be tomorrow[/tab]","plain_text":"Just after every C chord, he plucks the G bass note, as sort of a transition.\n\nBb   x133xx\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlike your stepfather\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\ntrying to act like Jack Black when I bring it to school \n\n\n\n\n\n\nthat happens is from now on,\n\n\n\nas their magazines will ever be,\n\n\n\n\nI'll take it back now\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI take it back, now\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nneed to let my liver be\n\n\n\nAnd I hope to see him blowing up globally\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthat we'll never betray\n\n\n\n\n[Hook] (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4 (Live)]\n\n\nAm I just living the lie?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthat thought\n\n\n\nyou can't fake talent and work ethic just to make it quick","chords":["C","G","Bb","Dm","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]}}}