Take It Easy

	 
For the intro strumming pattern, begin with an upstroke off the beat (= the & of 4), then  
continue into the pattern, holding the last strum over the bar line as you go back to the beginning to repeat.

Chords: 
Am7/G 302013 
D7sus4/G 3x0213
[Intro]
G Am7/G D7sus4/G x2
[Strophe]
           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
[Refrain]
         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
[Strophe]
             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
[Solo]
G D C 
G D C G 
Em D C G 
Am C Em D
[Strophe]
            G 
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
                       D     C 
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
[Refrain]
         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
[Outro]
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