Can You Take It chords by 
John Mellencamp 
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Key: B major•
Intro 1
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I was courting a southern
Verse 1
belle
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Her Daddy was a rich 'un , too
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Sports car out side her door
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She was pretty good lookin', too
Verse 2
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You call me up, want me to come over
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When the servants are all in bed
And she said,
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"Daddy's on a flight tonight
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Does that put any ideas in your head?"
Verse 3
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I say to her:
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Take it all the way
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Can you really take it all the way down
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Can you really take it all
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the way down
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Down down
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Down down down
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Verse 4
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So we watch a little TV
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I drink up the family wine
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She said, "You're such a
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snake in the grass, boy
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But tonight you're mine"
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But
Verse 5
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wait a minute, wait a minute baby
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Are you try in' to make
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a fool out of me
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She said, "I've seen men like you,
before
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I've got a long family tree"
Verse 6
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And she said to me:
Verse 7
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Take it all the way
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Can you really take it all the way down
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Can you really take it all
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the way down
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Down down
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Down down down
Verse 8
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And I say to myself,
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"Even a fool like me can be the lov ing kind"
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Even a fool like me can be the
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lov ing kind
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Verse 9
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Take it all the way
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Can you really take it all the way down
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Can you really take it all the way down
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Down down
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Down down down
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E Bm D A...
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F#
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Capo: 4
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