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************* THE TAKER *************
written by Kris Kristofferson & Shel Shilverstein
performed by Kris Kristofferson.
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
	He's a giveAr,he'll give her
	The kind of attention that she's never knownE7  
	He's a helper,he'll help her
	To open the doors that she can't on her ownA  
	He's a lover,he'll love her
	In ways that she never has been loved beforeD  
	And he's a E7getter,he'll get her
	By gettin' her into the world she's been hungerin' forA  
Verse 2:
	He's a charAmer,and he'll charm her
	With money and manners that i never learnedE7  
	He's a leader,and he'll lead her
	Across pretty bridges he's planning to burnA  
	He's a talker,he'll talk her
	Right of her feet,but he won't talk for longD  
	Cause he's E7a doer,and he'll do her
	The way that i never
	And damned if he won't do her wrongA  
Chorus:
	And he's s Dtaker,he'll take her
	To places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared toE7  
	He'll take this time before takin' advantage
	Takin' her easy and slowA  
	And after hDe's taken her body and soul
	That she gives him,he'll take her for grantedE7  
	Then he'll take off and leave her
	Takin' all of her pride as he goesA  
Chorus.
Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir.
Some time ago a fellow somewhere in eastern Europe (I think) asked
for the lyrics to 'The Taker' by Kris Kristofferson, and in my online
written reply to him there were two or three minor faults. It didn't
occur to me at that time that he would copy it onto Nevada...:-)
Here is the corrected version... I guess you can delete these words
and repace the former version of the taker with this one. Thanks...!
Jan.
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THE TAKER.
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by Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein.
He's a giver, he'll give her
the kind of attention that she's never known
He's a helper, he'll help her
to open the doors that she can't on her own
He's a lover, he'll love her
in ways that she never has been loved before
And he's a getter, he'll get her
by gettin her into the world she's been hungerin' for
And he's a taker, he'll take her
to places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared to
He'll take his time before takin' advantage
takin' her easy and slow
And after he's taken her body and soul
that she gives him, he'll take her for granted
Then he'll take off and leave her
takin' all of her pride as he goes
He's a charmer, and he'll charm her
with money and manners that I never learned
He's a leader, and he'll lead her
across pretty bridges he's planning to burn
He's a talker, he'll talk her
right of of her feet, but he won't talk for long
Cause he's a doer, and he'll do her
the way that I never
And damned if he won't do her wrong
---
Jan.
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The Taker

by Kris Kristofferson

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

************* THE TAKER *************

written by Kris Kristofferson & Shel Shilverstein

performed by Kris Kristofferson.

Capo on the 1st fret.

Verse 1:

He's a giver,he'll give her

The kind of attention that she's never known

He's a helper,he'll help her

To open the doors that she can't on her own

He's a lover,he'll love her

In ways that she never has been loved before

And he's a getter,he'll get her

By gettin' her into the world she's been hungerin' for

Verse 2:

He's a charmer,and he'll charm her

With money and manners that i never learned

He's a leader,and he'll lead her

Across pretty bridges he's planning to burn

He's a talker,he'll talk her

Right of her feet,but he won't talk for long

Cause he's a doer,and he'll do her

The way that i never

And damned if he won't do her wrong

Chorus:

And he's s taker,he'll take her

To places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared to

He'll take this time before takin' advantage

Takin' her easy and slow

And after he's taken her body and soul

That she gives him,he'll take her for granted

Then he'll take off and leave her

Takin' all of her pride as he goes

Chorus.

Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.

Perret Charles-Amir.

Some time ago a fellow somewhere in eastern Europe (I think) asked

for the lyrics to 'The Taker' by Kris Kristofferson, and in my online

written reply to him there were two or three minor faults. It didn't

occur to me at that time that he would copy it onto Nevada...:-)

Here is the corrected version... I guess you can delete these words

and repace the former version of the taker with this one. Thanks...!

Jan.

**********************************************************************

THE TAKER.

----------

by Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein.

He's a giver, he'll give her

the kind of attention that she's never known

He's a helper, he'll help her

to open the doors that she can't on her own

He's a lover, he'll love her

in ways that she never has been loved before

And he's a getter, he'll get her

by gettin her into the world she's been hungerin' for

And he's a taker, he'll take her

to places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared to

He'll take his time before takin' advantage

takin' her easy and slow

And after he's taken her body and soul

that she gives him, he'll take her for granted

Then he'll take off and leave her

takin' all of her pride as he goes

He's a charmer, and he'll charm her

with money and manners that I never learned

He's a leader, and he'll lead her

across pretty bridges he's planning to burn

He's a talker, he'll talk her

right of of her feet, but he won't talk for long

Cause he's a doer, and he'll do her

the way that I never

And damned if he won't do her wrong

---

Jan.

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