Take it back - Ed Sheeran
This is based on the album version of this song.
He plays two bass notes before most chords and you could easily figure out the strumming pattern
by simply listening to the song.
Note: He plays only the bass notes of the chords in the first half of the third verse.
Dm7 e|---8-----| Bb e|---1-----| C e|---3-----| C#dim e|---0-----|
B|---6-----| B|---3-----| B|---5-----| B|---5-----|
G|---5-----| G|---3-----| G|---5-----| G|---6-----|
D|---7-----| D|---3-----| D|---5-----| D|---5-----|
A|---5-----| A|---1-----| A|---3-----| A|---4-----|
E|---------| E|---------| E|---------| E|---------|
D5 e|---------| Bb5 e|---------| C5 e|---------| C#dim e|---------|
B|---------| B|---------| B|---------| B|---------|
G|---------| G|---------| G|---------| G|---------|
D|---7-----| D|---3-----| D|---5-----| D|---5-----|
A|---5-----| A|---1-----| A|---3-----| A|---4-----|
E|---------| E|---------| E|---------| E|---------|
Verse 1:
Dm7
I'm not a rapper; I'm a singer with the flow. I've got a habit for spitting quicker lyrics, you know.
Bb C
You found me ripping the writtens out of the pages they sit in. I never want to get bitten
C#dim
'Cause plagiarism is hidden.
Dm7
Watch how I sit on the rhythm. Prisoner with a vision.
Bb
Signs of a label, but didn't listen to any criticism. Thought you knew but you didn't
C C#dim
So perk your ears up and listen. Studio is a system, and you could say that I'm driven
Dm7
And now it's on to the next saga, we drink the best lager, i never tried to win you over
Bb
Like your stepfather. I do my own thing now, and get respect after
C C#dim
And I'm avoiding the 'caine like it was Get Carter
Dm7
For four years I never had a place to stay, but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight
Bb C C#dim
At 16 years old, yeah I moved out of my home. I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked
D5
I went from sleeping at the subway station to sleeping with a Movie star and adding to the population
Bb5 C5 C#dim
Not my imagination, I don't wanna relax. Would it hurt your reputation if I put it on wax?
I'll take it back now...
Chorus:
Dm7 Bb
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
C C#dim Dm7
C'mon and take it back for us
Bb
Don't you fade into the back love.
C
Noooh
Verse 2:
C#dim Dm7
I take it back with the rhythm and blues. With my rap pack I'll be singing the news,
Bb
Trying to act like Jack Black when I bring 'em to school I'll make a beat with my feet by just hitting a loop
C C#dim
Bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes,
Dm7
I give you the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit,
Bb C C#dim
They try to take aim like Beckham when he goes to shoot, but then again that's what they're supposed to do,
Dm7
And I'm supposed to be calm, I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm,
Whispering everything that happens is from now on.
Bb C C#dim
I'll be ready to start again by the end of the song, Still they're claiming that I handled it wrong,
D5
But then I never had an enemy, except the NME,
But I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be,
Bb5 C5 C#5
With only spectacles ahead of me and festival fees, are healthier than a Dalmatian on Pedigree,
D5
Singing for the masses, Rubber dinghy rapids, I keep this rapping a habit, And keep on fashioning magic,
Bb5 C C#dim
I'm battling for respect, I don't know if I'll have it, This songs from the heart, Cover the planet
I'll take it back now
Chorus:
Dm7 Bb
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
C C#dim Dm7
C'mon and take it back for us
Bb
Don't you fade into the back love.
C C#dim
Noooh I take it back now
Verse 3:
Dm7
Now I don't ever want to be perfect, cause I'm a singer that you never want to see shirtless.
Bb C C#
And I accept the fact that someone's gotta win worst-dressed, taking my first steps into the scene,
Giving me focus.
Dm7
Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton. Considering a name change, thinking it was hopeless.
Bb C C#dim
Rhyming over recordings. Avoiding tradition. Cause every day some lyrics and a melody can be written
Dm7
Now absence can make your heart ache. But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly,
Bb C C#dim
I need to let my liver be. And I say it again, living life on the edge, With a closed hand full of friends
Dm7
Is good advice from a man who took his life on the road with me. And I hope to see him blowing up globally
Bb
Cause that's how it's supposed to be. I'm screaming out vocally
C
It might seem totally impossible achieving life's dreams but,
Dm7
but I just write schemes. I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans.
Bb
Madison Square Garden is where I might be
C C#dim
But more likely, You'll find me in the back room of a dive bar with my mates
Dm7
Having a pint with McDaid. Discussing records we made And every single second knowing that we'll never betray
Bb C
The way we were raised. Remembering our background. Sat down.
C#dim
That's how we plan it out; It's time to take it back now
Chorus:
Dm7 Bb
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
C C#dim Dm7
C'mon and take it back for us
Bb
Don't you fade into the back love.
C C#dim
Noooo
Dm7 Bb
Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,
C C#dim Dm7
C'mon and take it back for us
Bb
Don't you fade into the back love.
C C#dim Dm7
Noooo