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It's Going To Take Some Time (Carole King and Toni Stern)
The Carpenter’s version is in C (One whole tone down)
Intro
Dmaj7  D11  3 times
Verse 1
Dmaj7Its gonna take some time this time, to D11get myself in shape 
Dmaj7I really fell out-of-line this time I rD11eally missed the gate. 
ThBm7e birds on the telephone lAine (next time) 
Bm7Are crying out to Ame (next time) 
And I Bm7won't be so blind next tAime 
And I'll Em7find some harA11monyA7. 
Verse 2
But it's going to take some time this time and I can't make demands 
But like the young trees in the wintertime, I'll learn how to bend.
Bridge
Bm7After all the tAears we've spent, how Gcould we make Damends 
So it's Bmone more Bb+round for D/AexperE7/G#ience and I'Em7m on the roaA11d agaA7in
And it's Gmaj7going to take some tA11ime tA7his tiDmaj7me.D11  
Verse 3 (Mainly Instrumental)
I can't make demands 
I'll learn how to bend.
Verse 4
It's going to take some time this time 
No matter what I've planned 
But like the young trees in the wintertime 
I'll learn how to bend. 
Bridge
After all the tears we've spent 
How could we make amends 
So it's one more round for experience 
And I'm on the road again 
And it's going to take some time this time.
Chords Gmaj7 = Bm with G Bass
 Dmaj7=  F#mwith  DBass
  A11=   Em7with  ABass

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Its Going To Take Some Time

by Carole King

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj7

D11

Bm7

Em7

A11

Bb+

D/A

E7/G#

Gmaj7

F#m

It's Going To Take Some Time (Carole King and Toni Stern)

The Carpenter’s version is in C (One whole tone down)

Intro

Dmaj7 D11 3 times

Verse 1

Dmaj7 D11

Its gonna take some time this time, to get myself in shape

Dmaj7 D11

I really fell out-of-line this time I really missed the gate.

Bm7 A

The birds on the telephone line (next time)

Bm7 A

Are crying out to me (next time)

Bm7 A

And I won't be so blind next time

Em7 A11 A7

And I'll find some harmony.

Verse 2

But it's going to take some time this time and I can't make demands

But like the young trees in the wintertime, I'll learn how to bend.

Bridge

Bm7 A G D

After all the tears we've spent, how could we make amends

Bm Bb+ D/A E7/G# Em7 A11 A7

So it's one more round for experience and I'm on the road again

Gmaj7 A11 A7 Dmaj7 D11

And it's going to take some time this time.

Verse 3 (Mainly Instrumental)

I can't make demands

I'll learn how to bend.

Verse 4

It's going to take some time this time

No matter what I've planned

But like the young trees in the wintertime

I'll learn how to bend.

Bridge

After all the tears we've spent

How could we make amends

So it's one more round for experience

And I'm on the road again

And it's going to take some time this time.

Chords Gmaj7 = Bm with G Bass

Dmaj7 F#m D

= with Bass

A11 Em7 A

= with Bass

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