Take It Easy chords by Stan Walker (Official Version)

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Intro 1
B 
F# 
A#m 
B 
F# 
D#m 
Brra
C# 
You ready?
B 
F# 
Yeah!

Verse 1
F# 
A#m 
Stronger days,
B 
F# 
bitter nights
D#m 
C# 
Cold hands,
B 
F# 
warm heart
F# 
A#m 
Walking round
B 
F# 
But you're staring at the ground
D#m 
C# 
Take hold,
B 
F# 
fall apart

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Pre-chorus 1

G#m

Little by little

Someone blows the whistle

It don't matter in the end

D#m

So just slow it all down,

slow it all down

Chorus 1
F# 
A#m 
You gotta take it easy, easy
B 
F# 
Live your life
D#m 
Take on any kind of weather,
C# 
you and me together
B 
F# 
We'll be fine
F# 
A#m 
You gotta take it easy, easy
B 
F# 
Take your time
D#m 
It's just you and me together,
C# 
any kind of weather
B 
F# 
We'll be fine

Verse 2
F# 
A#m 
Open road,
B 
F# 
broken down
D#m 
C# 
Bright lights,
B 
F# 
dark town
F# 
A#m 
Stand up
B 
F# 
then you fall again
D#m 
C# 
You will find
B 
F# 
a way in the end

Chorus 2
F# 
A#m 
You gotta take it easy, easy
B 
F# 
Live your life
D#m 
Take on any kind of weather,
C# 
you and me together
B 
F# 
We'll be fine
F# 
A#m 
You gotta take it easy, easy
B 
F# 
Take your time
D#m 
It's just you and me together,
C# 
any kind of weather
B 
F# 
We'll be fine

Pre-chorus 2
G#m 
Little by little
Someone blows the whistle
B 
It don't matter in the end
D#m 
So just slow it all down,
C# 
slow it all down
G#m 
tle by little
Someone blows the whistle
B 
It don't matter in the end
D#m 
So just slow it all down,
C# 
slow it all down, yeah

Solo 1

A#m

D#m

Chorus 3
F# 
A#m 
You gotta take it easy, easy
B 
F# 
Live your life
D#m 
Take on any kind of weather,
C# 
you and me together
B 
F# 
We'll be fine
F# 
A#m 
You gotta take it easy, easy
B 
F# 
Take your time
D#m 
It's just you and me together,
C# 
any kind of weather
B 
F# 
We'll be fine
F# 
A#m 
Easy, easy
B 
F# 
Live your life
D#m 
It's just you and me together,
C# 
any kind of weather
B 
F# 
We'll be fine
F# 
A#m 
Easy, easy
B 
F# 
Take your time
D#m 
It's just you and me together,
C# 
any kind of weather
B 
F# 
We'll be fine

Interlude 1

A#m

D#m

Take it easy, easy

We'll be fine

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F# majorBPM: 90

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

B: x-2-4-4-4-x
F#: 2-4-4-3-2-2
A#m: x-1-3-3-2-x
D#m: x-6-8-8-7-x
C#: x-4-6-6-6-x
G#m: 4-6-6-4-4-4

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This is the definitive original version of Take It Easy by Stan Walker, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F# major. It suits players who want to learn Take It Easy the way Stan Walker intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.