Take On Me - a-ha
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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Notes:
- You really need two guitars, one for the chords and one for the various riffs, but if
you're singing then you can leave the riffs out and concentrate on the chords.
- All the riffs have been tabbed out for a non-capoed guitar - this makes it clearer and
easier to understand - I've put a note above each riff just to remind readers.
- For those of you without a capo and/or limited upper-fret access (if you're using a
traditional acoustic, for example), there is a separate tab catering for this at the bottom
(the capo'ed version sounds so much better though).
- I've tabbed out the riffs the way I play them - obviously you can change them by playing
the same notes on different strings etc, but they're probably easiest to play in the form
I've put them in.
Capo on 2nd fret
0 2 3
0 0 2
#
0 2 1
3
1 3 3 1 1 3 0 3 1 3
2 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0
2 0 0 2 2 0 2 4 3 2
0 x 2 3 2 x 2 2 3 3
x x 3 x x 2 0 x 1 x
[Intro chords]
(played over the riff below)
x2
[Intro riff]
(synth, tabbed
*NOT RELATIVE
e|-14-14------
B|-------15---
G|----------16
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
out for guita
TO THE CAPO*
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r)
6-16-17-19-17-
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17-17-------14
------17-15---
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-14-14-------1
-------17-17--
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4----|
--17-|
-----| x2
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e|-14-14------
B|-------15---
G|----------16
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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----17-17-17--
-16-----------
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6-16-17-19-17-
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17-17-14----14
---------15---
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-14-14--------
-------17-17-1
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7----|
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[Verse 1]
We're talking
away
Well i dont kn
ow what im to
say
Ill say it any
way
Today's anothe
r day to find
you
Shying away
Ill be coming
for your love,
ok?
[Chorus]
Take on me
(take on me)
Take me on
(take on me)
Ill be go
ne
In a day or tw
o...
[Verse 2]
So needless to
say
Im odds and en
ds, but ill be
Stumbling away
Slowly learnin
g that life is
ok
Say after me
Its no better
to be safe tha
n sorry
[Chorus]
Take on me
(take on me)
Take me on
(take on me)
Ill be go
ne
In a day or tw
o...
[Bridge]
Theres an arpeggio played on the synth over the second Bm. Its quite tricky so if you cant
play it, just play the chords. Here it is in tab:
*NOT RELATIVE TO THE CAPO*
e|-16---------
B|----17------
G|-------18---
D|----------18
A|------------
E|------------
-------------1
----------17--
-------18-----
----18--------
-16-----------
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6-------------
--17----------
-----18-------
--------18----
-----------16-
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---------16---
------17----17
---18---------
18------------
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-18----------1
----18----18--
-------16-----
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--17-|
8----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
Repeat, and fade out over the second F. Then fade back in over the D, and stop just before
the pre-verse.
[Pre-Verse chords]
x2
[Pre-Verse rif
*NOT RELATIVE
e|-14-14------
B|-------15---
G|----------16
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
f]
TO THE CAPO*
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----17-17-17--
-16-----------
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6-16-17-19----
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19----------17
---19-16-16---
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-------16-16-1
-17-17--------
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7-19-|
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e|-14-14------
B|-------15---
G|----------16
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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----17-17-17--
-16-----------
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6-16-17-19-17-
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17-17-------14
------17-15---
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-14-14-------1
-------17-17--
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4----|
--17-|
-----| x2
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e|-14-14------
B|-------15---
G|----------16
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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6-16-17-19-17-
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17-17-14----14
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-14-14--------
-------17-17-1
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7----|
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[Verse 3]
Oh, the things
that you say
Yeah, is it li
fe or just to
play
My worries awa
y?
You're all the
things ive go
t to remember
You're shying
away
Ill be coming
for you anyway
[Chorus]
Take on me
(take on me)
Take me on
(take on me)
I'll be go
ne
In a day...
[Outro]
(Take on m
e) Take on me
(Take me o
n) Take on me
Ill be g
one
In a day...
#
*Strum the Cadd9 slowly...*