Take It Easy Chords & Tabs

by Eagles

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Intro:
BPM: 139
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [202, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 103, 202, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 103]
Verse / Chorus:
BPM: 139
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [2, 202, 1, 101, 1, 101, 1, 101]
For the intro strumming pattern, begin with an upstroke off the beat (= the & of 4), then continue
into the pattern, holding the last strum over the bar line as you go back to the beginning to repeat.
Chords:
Am7/G     302013
D7sus4/G  3x0213

[Intro]
G       Am7/G  D7sus4/G  x2
G

[Verse 1]
            G                                             
Well, I'm a-runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
                  D     C   
I got seven women on my mind
G                       D                      
Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me
C                              G
One says she's a friend of mine

[Chorus]
         Em            C G
Take it easy, take it easy
              Am                C                 Em  
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
         C                 G  
Lighten up while you still can
           C             G  
Don't even try to understand
            Am                  C                  G  
Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy

[Verse 2]
             G                                      
Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
            D        C  
Such a fine sight to see
       G                   D            
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford
        C                       G
Slowin' down to take a look at me

[Chorus]
         Em D             C  G 
Come on, ba-by, don't say maybe
        Am                 C              Em    
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
       C               G                  C             G    
We may lose and we may win, though we may never be here again
        Am               C               G  
So open up, I'm climbin' in, so take it easy

[Solo]
| G   | G   | G D | C   |
| G   | D   | C   | G   |
| Em  | D   | C   | G   |
| Am  | C   | Em  | Em D

[Verse 3]
            G                                             
Well, I'm a-runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
                       D     Am  
Got a world of trouble on my mind
G                       D                          C           G  
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover, she's so hard to find

[Chorus]
         Em            C G
Take it easy, take it easy
              Am                C                Em  
Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy
        C G             C  G 
Come on baby, don't say maybe
        Am                 C             G      
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me

[Outro]
C                       
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
G                       
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
C                       
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
G                       
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
C                       
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
              G   G7   C 
Oh, we got it e - e - asy
                  G   G7   C 
We oughta take it e - e - asy

[Ending]
Em