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Take the Hand

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:41 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./n/nazz/take_the_hand.crd
"Take The Hand"
(Todd Rundgren)
Intro:
/ / / / / / / /
Verse:
There's a hand that reaches
Reaches from a heart
F#m7 Gmaj9/E Gmaj9/A
One that isn't a - ble
Gmaj9 F#m7 Gmaj9/E Gmaj9/A
One that doesn't know just where to
F#/C# F#m/C#
Start
Link:
So it starts with
Verse 2:
A hand so unsure it trembles
Gives itself away
Strains to find a gesture
Something that the heart can easily
F#/C# G#
Say
Chorus:
Take the hand 
F#maj9 Fm7 D#m7 D#m7/G#
It would mean so much to the heart to touch you
Play the part, would you
Hold the hand, warm the heart, and
Verse 3 (chords same as verse 1):
Take the hand that's waiting
Open it and find
There's a heart that's reaching
There's a heart that's reaching from
Inside
Instrumental break (based on chorus chords):
/ / / / / / / /
F#maj9 Fm7 D#m7 D#m7/G#
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / / / / / /
(key changes to Bb)
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 4:
Take the hand that's waiting
Open it and find
Gm7 Abmaj9/F Abmaj9/Bb
There's a heart that's reaching
Abmaj9 Gm7 Abmaj9/F Abmaj9/Bb [hold extra bar]
There's a heart that's reaching
From inside
Coda:
(Bbm7) Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fm7 Gm7 Abmaj7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
(...inside)
-- another ace 60's (OK, it wasn't released until '71) tab from Andrew Rogers

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These need nothing beyond Amaj9, Gmaj9, F#m7, B7, E, A, F#, C#, F#m, D#m, C#m, B, G#, C#maj7, D#m7, Fm7, Bb7, F#maj9, C#m7, Emaj7, F#7, Bm7, E7, Bb, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, F7, Bbmaj9, Abmaj9, Gm7, C7, F, Bbm7, Cm7, Ebmaj7, Abmaj7.

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