I'm Gonna Take What He's Got chords by Etta James

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Intro 1

Verse 1

He beat on me

He cheat on me

He's mean to me

Ooh, but he could be so sweet to me

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Verse 2
C 
 (C major) My friends say I should give him up
F 
But oh,  (F major) I need him, I need him a lot
C 
That's why I'm gonna  (C major) take
F 
it (take it, take  (F major) it)
C 
G 
C 
Take what  (C major) he's got  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
He disowns me  (F major) 
C 
He's going to sleep  (C major) 
F 
But when we're alone  (F major) 
C 
He tells me "I'm his very own"  (C major) 

Verse 3
C 
Yes, he's got what I  (C major) need
F 
But oh,  (F major) I need what he's got
C 
That's why I'm gonna  (C major) take
F 
it (take it, take  (F major) it)
C 
Take what  (C major) he's got

Verse 4
F 
Oh,  (F major) my friends say he's no good
He's not worth the time of day
C 
 (C major) For he could be an ice man, trash man,
a junk man any kind of man
G 
 (G major) But nothing can drive me away, oh!

Verse 5
C 
F 
He  (C major) cause me pain,  (F major) 
You make me wait sometimes
G 
C 
out in the rain  (G major)  (C major) 
You can make me feel ashamed
F 
C 
 (F major) But I never dress the same  (C major) 

Verse 6
C 
F 
And I love him so  (C major) much  (F major) 
Nothing can make me stop
C 
That's why I'm gonna  (C major) take
F 
Bb 
 (F major) it (take it take  (B flat major) it)
F 
C 
F 
Take  (F major) what he's  (C major) got  (F major) 

Verse 7

That's why I'm gonna

take it (take it take it)

Take what he's got

Verse 8
F 
Oh,  (F major) give it up, give it up, right now
C 
F 
 (C major) I'm gonna take it,  (F major) baby
(Take it take it)
C 
Take what he's  (C major) got
F 
 (F major) 