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Chayce Beckham – Ill Take The Bar Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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INTRO:
C    Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7

VERSE:
C
Yeah, I get it, people change
and love fades
Fmaj7
You ain't gotta try to take
the time to explain
C
You were always too good for me
Fmaj7
And it just took you
this long to see
     C
And I’ll admit, it's gon' be
weird when I bump into you
Fmaj7
Kind of wish we could draw
lines, call a truce
         C
There’s gotta be a way
to split up this town
Fmaj7
 It might sound crazy,
 baby, but hear me out

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CHORUS:
 C
I'll take the back roads,
you take Main Street
Fmaj7
You can have the steakhouse,
I'll take the Dairy Queen
 C
You can have that barn where we
                            Fmaj7
parked just to stare at the stars
Am G
 C
And I'll take the high road,
you take the highway
Fmaj7
You can keep my t-shirts,
they look better on you anyway
 Am                         G
Yeah, you take care of yourself,
                             F
I'll take what's left of my heart
                   C
Baby, you take it easy,
                 Fmaj7
And I'll take it home
              F
And you take off,
                   C
And I'll take the bar

POST-CHORUS:
  C
(I’ll take the back roads)
 Fmaj7
(You take Main Street)

VERSE:
 C
I’ll keep my boys, you can take
all of your girlfriends
Fmaj7
And this is only gonna work
                        C
if we both hold up our ends
And as far as them dogs go
Fmaj7
They should stay together,
you can keep 'em both

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CHORUS:
 C
And I'll take the back roads,
you take Main Street
Fmaj7
You can have the steakhouse,
I'll take the Dairy Queen
 C
You can have that barn where we parked
                      F   Am G
just to stare at the stars
 C
And I'll take the high road,
you take the highway
Fmaj7
You can have my t-shirts,
they look better on you anyway
 Am                         G
Yeah, you take care of yourself,
                             F
I'll take what's left of my heart
                   C
Baby, you take it easy,
                 Fmaj7
And I'll take it home,

And you take off,

BREAK:
                  Fmaj7
And I'll take the bar
Where we met and we made
all those memories
 G
I'll take whatever the
bartender pours me
Fmaj7
You take care of yourself
            G
Oh, honey, I'll take a ride through Hell

CHORUS
 C
I'll take the back roads,
you take Main Street
 F
You can have the steakhouse,
I'll take the Dairy Queen
 C
You can take that barn where we parked
                      F      Am   G
just to stare at the stars (Yeah-ahh)
 C
And I'll take the high road,
you take the highway
 F
You can keep my t-shirts,
they look better on you anyway
 Am                         G
Yeah, you take care of yourself,
                              F  Fmaj7 F
I'll take what's left of my heart
 Am                            G
There's probably more to work out,
                          F
but that's a pretty good start

OUTRO:
                   C
Baby, you take it easy,
                  F
and I'll take it home
You take off,
                   C    Fmaj7
and I'll take the bar
You take off,
                   C    F
and I'll take the bar

How to play Ill Take The Bar: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Ill Take The Bar by Chayce Beckham on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Ill Take The Bar by Chayce Beckham keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 5 chords: C, Fmaj7, Am, G and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – Fmaj7 – Am – G (I – IVmaj7 – vi – V in C major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Cmaj7, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Fmaj7 chord on guitar (xx3210) — Fmaj7F A C E

Ill Take The Bar chords: questions

What key is Ill Take The Bar in?

Ill Take The Bar by Chayce Beckham is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Ill Take The Bar?

Ill Take The Bar uses 5 chords: C, Fmaj7, Am, G, F.

What is the chord progression of Ill Take The Bar?

The main progression is C – Fmaj7 – Am – G (I – IVmaj7 – vi – V), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V.

Is Ill Take The Bar easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Cmaj7, Em, D, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

How to play Ill Take The Bar: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Ill Take The Bar chords: questions

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