Misc Musicals – Kinky Boots - Take What You Got (Guitar)

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[Intro] B5 Bmaj7 B5 Bmaj7 E2 F#/E E2 F#/E [Harry]
B5   Bmaj7             B5       Bmaj7
  Remember the pub where our fathers went

E2           F#/E        E2  F#/E
  To spend the end of the day?
[Charlie]
B5   Bmaj7           B5    Bmaj7
  Remember the yard behind the pub

E2          F#/E         E2  F#/E
  Where we would run and play?
[Harry]
        G#m7               E2
Yeah well, now the pub is a laundromat
[Charlie]
B5                 F#sus
  Now, the yard is a high-rise flat
[Harry]
     B5 Bmaj7 B5
You can't go back

Bmaj7              E5  F#/E
You can't make it last

E2              G#m7             E2
   You've gotta take what you've got

B5                        F#sus
Even when your life is in knots

         G#m7            E2
You take aim, take your shot

     B5                              F#sus
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot

G#m7                             B5
  You've got to take what you've got
[Charlie]
      Bmaj7               B5       Bmaj7
You'd always say that one of these days

            E2       F#/E       E2  F#/E
You'd get out of Northampton town
[Harry]
B5         Bmaj7           B5        Bmaj7
  You'd always say that you wouldn't stay

    E2       F#/E          E2  F#/E
No, you wouldn't stick around
[Charlie]
G#m7                 E2
  Never knew what I wanted before

B5             F#sus
  Now I'm even more unsure
[Harry]
     B5 Bmaj7  B5    Bmaj7                E5  F#/E
You can't move on if you're still in the past

E2              G#m7             E2
   You've gotta take what you've got

B5                        F#sus
Even when your life is in knots

         G#m7            E2
You take aim, take your shot

     B5                              F#sus
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot

G#m7                              A
  You've got to take what you've got
[Charlie]
F#5            G#m7       E2
  Everybody's telling me what I need to be

       F#sus                   G#m7
Change with the times, move to London town

    E2
Or live out a legacy

  F#sus                    G#m7
Well, maybe this time, I'll take a chance

E2
  Leap into the vast expanse

F#sus                G#m7            C#m7
  Maybe this time, I'll seize my destiny

B/D#       E2    F#sus
   My destiny!
[Harry/Charie Backing]
                         G#m7             E2
Two! Three! You've gotta take what you've got

B5                        F#sus
Even when your life is in knots

         G#m7            E2
You take aim, take your shot

      B5                              F#sus
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
[Charlie]
G#m7                            A
You've got to take what you've got
[Harry]
A                        B5 Bmaj7     B5 Bmaj7
You've got to take what you got
[Closing Instrumental] E2 F#/E E2 F#/E B5 Bmaj7 B5 Bmaj7 E2 F#/E E2