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Take It On The Run chords by REO Speedwagon (Official Version)

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G
Cadd9
D
Dsus4
D/F#
Em
C
Am
Bm

Verse 1
G 
Heard it from a friend who
Cadd9 
Heard it from a friend who
D 
Heard it from another
Cadd9 
G 
Dsus4 
D 
you been messin'  around
G 
They say you got a boy friend
Cadd9 
You're up late every weekend
D 
They're talkin' about you
G 
and it's bringin' me down
G 
But I know the neighborhood
Cadd9 
And talk is cheap when the story is good
D 
G 
And the tales grow taller on down the line
G 
But I'm telling you, babe
Cadd9 
That I don't think it's true, babe
D 
G 
D/F# 
And even if it is keep this in mind

Chorus 1
Em 
You take it on the run baby
C 
If that's the way you want it baby
D 
G 
D/F# 
Then I don't want you around
Em 
I don't believe it,
C 
not for a minute
Am 
You're under the gun
D 
Dsus4 
D 
so you take it on the run

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Verse 2

G

You're thinking up your white lies

Cadd9

You're putting on your bedroom eyes

D

You say you're coming home

G

but you won't say when

G

But I can feel it coming

Cadd9

If you leave tonight keep running

D

And you need never look

G

D/F#

back again

Chorus 2
Em 
You take it on the run baby
C 
If that's the way you want it baby
D 
G 
D/F# 
Then I don't want you around
Em 
I don't believe it,
C 
not for a minute
Am 
You're under the gun
D 
Dsus4 
D 
so you take it on the run

Interlude 1

Em

C

Am

C

Bm

D

Em

C

Am

C

Bm

D

Solo 1

Em

C

Am

C

Bm

D

Em

C

Am

C

Bm

D

Chorus 3
Em 
Take it on the run baby
C 
If that's the way you want it baby
D 
G 
D/F# 
Then I don't want you around
Em 
I don't believe it,
C 
not for a minute
Am 
You're under the gun
D 
so you take it on the run

Chorus 4
Em 
Take it on the run baby
C 
If that's the way you want it baby
D 
G 
D/F# 
Then I don't want you around
Em 
I don't believe it,
C 
not for a minute
Am 
You're under the gun
D 
Dsus4 
D 
so you take it on the run

Outro 1

G

Heard it from a friend who

Cadd9

Heard it from a friend who

D

Heard it from another

Cadd9

G

you been messin' around

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G
Cadd9
D
Dsus4
D/F#
Em
C
Am
Bm

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: G majorBPM: 79

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

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Cadd9: x-3-2-0-3-3
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
Dsus4: x-x-0-2-3-3
D/F#: 2-x-0-2-3-x
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x

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This is the definitive original version of Take It On The Run by REO Speedwagon, 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 G major. It suits players who want to learn Take It On The Run the way REO Speedwagon intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Take It On The Run

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