Guitar chord Take It Easy

Take It Easy was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and is famously known as the opening track on the Eagles debut album in 1972. The collaboration between Browne and Frey started when they lived in the same apartment building and Frey heard Browne working on the song but struggling to finish it. Frey suggested the line Its a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowing down to take a look at me, which became a key part of the song. Take It Ea ... See more [+]

Key:  G
Introduction:
G
  
Am7/G
  
D7sus4/G
  x2 
G
  
           
G
 
Well I'm a runnin' down the road try'n to loosen my load
                     
D
     
C
 
I've 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

         
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

             
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

         
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

  
G
             
D
   
C
 
  
G
     
D
     
C
     
G
 
  
Em
    
D
     
C
     
G
 
  
Am
    
C
     
Em
       
D
 

            
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

         
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 of your sweet love is gonna save me

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
Em