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Take Flight

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Standard tuning, capo 6
The picking pattern is relative to the capo but the chord names are not, to make it easier to play on other 
instruments, since the studio version is played on piano. If you want the chord names to be relative to 
the capo, transpose +6 or -6 steps
[Chords]
C#add9|-------5-----|     Fm/C|-------2-----|     
|-----3---3---|     |-----3---3---|     
|---4-------4-|     |---4-------4-|     
|-5-----------|     |-4-----------|     
|-------------|     |-------------|     
|-------------|     |-------------|     
G#m9/B|-------3-----|     A#m6|-------3-----|     
|-----3---3---|     |-----2---2---|     
|---2-------2-|     |---0-------0-|     
|-3-----------|     |-2-----------|     
|-------------|     |-------------|     
|-------------|     |-------------|     
F#add9|-------------|     D#7sus4|-------------|
|-------3-----|     |-------3-----|
|-----0---0---|     |-----0---0---|
|---2-------2-|     |---2-------2-|
|-3-----------|     |-0-----------|
|-------------|     |-------------|
A#m|-------------|     A#m6add9|-------------|
|-------------|     |-------------|
|-------0-----|     |-------0-----|
|-----2---2---|     |-----4---4---|
|---2-------2-|     |---4-------4-|
|-0-----------|     |-0-----------|
       A#m022000
  A#m6add9044000
      A#m7055000
[Intro]
C#add9  Fm/C  Gm9/B  A#m6
[Verse]
C#add9I treated you Fm/Cbad my dear
I’ll Gm9/Bblame it on fear 
To A#m6help my own ears
And C#add9I put myself Fm/Cfirst my love
I Gm9/Bpushed and I pushed
And I A#m6shoved and I shoved
[Chorus]
F#add9Sometimes D7sus4I can’t     A#mbreathe 
And I F#add9push you D7sus4out to     A#msea
And leave you A#m6add9drowning 
A#m6add9Drowning
[Verse]
And C#add9you, you shook my Fm/Csoul my friend
You Gm9/Bknow that I know 
That A#m6this ain’t the end
And C#add9you opened my Fm/Cheart again
But Gm9/Bthings they have changed now 
And   A#m6we can’t pretend
[Chorus]
But C#add9we’ve got D7sus4mountains     A#mto climb
And C#add9sure I’m D7sus4happy     Emwhen you’re mine
But we’re A#m6add9drowning 
A#m6add9Drowning
[Outro] 
strum
 A#mAnd I’ll A#m6add9fend for myself just fineA#m7  A#m6add9  
 A#mShould I A#m6add9send for my heart this timA#m7eA#m6add9  
 A#mAnd I’ll A#m6add9fend for myself just fineA#m7  A#m6add9  
 A#mShould I A#m6add9send for my heart this timA#m7eA#m6add9  
 There’s a A#mship and it’s floating A#m6add9far out to sea
 A#m7I see it there
 It’s floating aA#m6add9way from me
 I’ve been A#mblowing those sails
 A#m6add9This way and that
 We’ve got A#m7storm clouds chained tight
 A#m6add9It’s time to take flighA#mtA#m6add9  A#m7  A#m6add9  
 It’s time to A#mtake fliA#m6add9ght ﻿A#m7  A#m6add9  
It's time to A#mtake flight
It's time to take A#m6add9flight
It's time to take flight
A#m7It's time to take flight
It's A#m6add9time to take flight
It's time A#mto take flight
It's time to A#m6add9take flight
It's time to take A#m7flighA#m6add9t

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Take Flight

by Alice Phoebe Lou

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 6 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C#add9

Fm/C

G#m9/B

A#m6

F#add9

D#7sus4

A#m

A#m6add9

A#m7

Gm9/B

D7sus4

Standard tuning, capo 6

The picking pattern is relative to the capo but the chord names are not, to make it easier to play on other

instruments, since the studio version is played on piano. If you want the chord names to be relative to

the capo, transpose +6 or -6 steps

[Chords]

C#add9 Fm/C

|-------5-----| |-------2-----|

|-----3---3---| |-----3---3---|

|---4-------4-| |---4-------4-|

|-5-----------| |-4-----------|

|-------------| |-------------|

G#m9/B A#m6

|-------3-----| |-------3-----|

|-----3---3---| |-----2---2---|

|---2-------2-| |---0-------0-|

|-3-----------| |-2-----------|

|-------------| |-------------|

F#add9 D#7sus4

|-------------| |-------------|

|-------3-----| |-------3-----|

|-----0---0---| |-----0---0---|

|---2-------2-| |---2-------2-|

|-3-----------| |-0-----------|

|-------------| |-------------|

A#m A#m6add9

|-------------| |-------------|

|-------0-----| |-------0-----|

|-----2---2---| |-----4---4---|

|---2-------2-| |---4-------4-|

|-0-----------| |-0-----------|

A#m

022000

A#m6add9

044000

A#m7

055000

[Intro]

C#add9 Fm/C Gm9/B A#m6

[Verse]

C#add9 Fm/C

I treated you bad my dear

Gm9/B

I’ll blame it on fear

A#m6

To help my own ears

C#add9 Fm/C

And I put myself first my love

Gm9/B

I pushed and I pushed

A#m6

And I shoved and I shoved

[Chorus]

F#add9 D7sus4 A#m

Sometimes I can’t breathe

F#add9 D7sus4 A#m

And I push you out to sea

A#m6add9

And leave you drowning

A#m6add9

Drowning

[Verse]

C#add9 Fm/C

And you, you shook my soul my friend

Gm9/B

You know that I know

A#m6

That this ain’t the end

C#add9 Fm/C

And you opened my heart again

Gm9/B

But things they have changed now

A#m6

And we can’t pretend

[Chorus]

C#add9 D7sus4 A#m

But we’ve got mountains to climb

C#add9 D7sus4 Em

And sure I’m happy when you’re mine

A#m6add9

But we’re drowning

A#m6add9

Drowning

[Outro]

strum

A#m A#m6add9 A#m7 A#m6add9

And I’ll fend for myself just fine

A#m A#m6add9 A#m7 A#m6add9

Should I send for my heart this time

A#m A#m6add9 A#m7 A#m6add9

And I’ll fend for myself just fine

A#m A#m6add9 A#m7 A#m6add9

Should I send for my heart this time

A#m A#m6add9

There’s a ship and it’s floating far out to sea

A#m7

I see it there

A#m6add9

It’s floating away from me

A#m

I’ve been blowing those sails

A#m6add9

This way and that

A#m7

We’ve got storm clouds chained tight

A#m6add9 A#m A#m6add9 A#m7 A#m6add9

It’s time to take flight

A#m A#m6add9 A#m7 A#m6add9

It’s time to take flight

A#m

It's time to take flight

A#m6add9

It's time to take flight

A#m7

It's time to take flight

A#m6add9

It's time to take flight

A#m

It's time to take flight

A#m6add9

It's time to take flight

A#m7 A#m6add9

It's time to take flight

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