Eagles – Take It Easy (Guitar)

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Chords

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
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

G
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

G
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

C
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

              G   G7   C
Oh, we got it e - e - asy

                  G   G7   C
We oughta take it e - e - asy
[Ending] Em