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Art Garfunkel – If Love Takes You Away Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsC/G F Dm Am7 Dm7 G Gsus Em7 Am Bb D7

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[Intro]
C/G    F  (x4)

[Verses 1]
C/G
Time's on your hands,
on your hands
But you never had
   F
so much to do
C/G
She's got your heart,
 got your heart
She'll never give
    F
it back to you
         Dm         Am7
You know love takes time
         Dm7            G
But it's well worth the wait
F
Tell her today, boy,
                    Gsus
tomorrow's way too late
  G

[Chorus]
                 C/G
If love takes you away
Em7      Am7
  It can take you where
     G
you want to go
                   C/G
If love takes you away
Em7      Am7
  Let it take you
              F
where you'll never go

[Verse 2]
C/G
Wait for tonight,
for tonight
                  F
Tonight is always on
its way
C/G
Talk with a beat,
 with a beat
                 F
You never had so much
 to say
         Dm
Put your heart
           Am7
 down as a bet
Dm7           G
Winner gets a kiss
          F
If you're playing
 the first time
          Gsus    G
You can't miss

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[Chorus]
                   C/G
If love takes you away
Em7      Am7
  It can take you where
     G
you want to go
                   C/G
If love takes you away
 Am             F
(Love takes you away, away)

[Bridge]
F
It's all in the way,
  F
 all in the way
           Bb*
All in the way you show
       Am*           D7*
You're not afraid to climb
          F
'Cause it may be the
            G
 first time
        F
Yes, it may be the last time
                 Gsus  G
You never really know

[Outro]
                   C/G
If love takes you away
Em7      Am7
  It can take you
           G
 where you want to go
                C/G    Am
Love takes you away...
 F
(Love'll take you,
                 C/G
 it'll take you)
 F
(Love'll take you,
                 C/G    F
 it'll take you)
                   C/G
If love takes you away
                     F
(Oh, love takes you away, away)
                   C/G
If love takes you away
                     F
(Oh, love takes you away..)
                   C/G
If love takes you away
F    C/G
F    C/G
F    C/G

Watch: If Love Takes You Away

From Art Garfunkel - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play If Love Takes You Away: key, chords and progression

These are If Love Takes You Away chords by Art Garfunkel on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

If Love Takes You Away by Art Garfunkel is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 11 chords in all: C/G, F, Dm, Am7, Dm7, G, Gsus, Em7, Am, Bb and D7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – C/G – Em7 – Am7 (V – I – iii7 – vi7 in C major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – mi – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.