Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:41 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./n/nazz/take_the_hand.crd
«Take The Hand»
(Todd Rundgren)
Intro:
Amaj9
/ / / / / / / /
Verse:
Amaj9 Gmaj9
There’s a hand that reaches
F#m7 B7 Gmaj9
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:
E D#m C#m B
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:
C#maj7 D#m7 Fm7 Bb7
Take the hand
F#maj9 Fm7 D#m7 D#m7/G#
It would mean so much to the heart to touch you
C#m7 D#m7 Emaj7 D#m7
Play the part, would you
C#m7 F#7 Bm7 E7
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):
C#maj7 D#m7 Fm7 Bb7
/ / / / / / / /
F#maj9 Fm7 D#m7 D#m7/G#
/ / / / / / / /
C#m7 D#m7 Emaj7
/ / / / / / / /
(key changes to Bb)
Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 F7
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 4:
Bbmaj9 Abmaj9
Take the hand that’s waiting
Gm7 C7 Abmaj9
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
Bbm7
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
