Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
Dave Mason
Intro is played on an acoustic 12-string. B-string may be strung with just 1 string rather than with
sympathetic strings
{c:Intro (and between verses)}
{sot}
e|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------5-6--5------5-6--10--|-----3-4--3------3-4--3--|
G|--5-7---------5-7----------|-3-5---------3-5---------| x 2
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------|
{eot}
I
C Bb F
Shouldn't have took more than you gave
C Bb F
Then we wouldn't be in this mess today
C Bb F
I know we've all gone different ways
C Bb F
But the dues we have to pay are still the same
C/sus4 - Bbsus4 - repeat 2X
C-Bb-F 2X short solo
II
C Bb F
It's time to change the script for this old play
C Bb F
You're reading and not feeling what you say
C Bb F
Comin' on too strong for me to stay
C Bb F
Interpret what you see in any way
C/sus4 - Bbsus4 - repeat 2X
Bridge:
F-C repeat 2X
F
It seems the simple things are
C
hardest to explain
F
Wind is going to come too soon
C
and deaden all the pain
F
Footprints in the snow will show
C
Where the things are still the same
Bb F
'Til you get the warmer sun
C
Of someone else to live again
C/sus4 - Bbsus4 - repeat 2X
C-Bb-F 2X solo
Repeat Verse I
C Bb F
Shouldn't have took more than you gave
C Bb F
Then we wouldn't be in this mess today
C Bb F
I know we've all gone different ways
C Bb F
But the dues we have to pay are still the same
C/sus4 - Bbsus4 - repeat 2X
C Bb F
Shouldn't have took more than you gave
C Bb F
Shouldn't have took more than you gave
Repeat with solo guitar