TAKE IT BACK by Ed Sheeran
Key: DmDm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1
Dm
I'm not a rapper; I'm a singer with a flow I've got a habit of spitting quicker 
     lyrics you know
                  Bb
You found me ripping the writtens out of the pages they sit in
     C
and I never want to get bitten because plagiarism is hidden
         Dm
Watch how I sit on the rhythm, prisoner with a vision Signs of LA, but didn't 
     listen to any criticism
Bb
Thought you knew but you didn't so perk your ears up and listen
C
Studio with a system and you could say that I'm driven
Dm
And now it's on to the next saga we drink the best lager, I never tried to 
     win you over like your stepfather
Bb
I do my own thing now, and get respect after
C
And I'm avoiding cocaine like it was Get Carter
Dm
For four years I never had a place to stay but it's safe to say that it 
     kept me grounded like a paperweight
Bb
At 16 years old I moved out of my home
C
I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked
Dm
And we've been sleeping at the subway station, sleeping with a movie star and 
     adding to the population
Bb
Not my imagination, I don't want to relax
C
But would it hurt your reputation,if I put it on wax? So take it back now...
[Hook]
Dm                         Bb
Come on and take it back now
C
Come on and take it back now
Dm                                Bb  C
Dont you fade into the back now
Verse 2
Dm
Take it back with the rhythm and blues and my back pack I'll be singing the news,
     trying to act like Jack Black when I bring them to school 
Bb
I'll make a beat with my feet by just singing a loop,
C
bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes,
Dm
and keeping the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an 
     opal fruit,
Bb
they try and take aim like beckham when he goes to shoot,
C
but then again that's what they're supposed to do,
    Dm
and I'm supposed to be calm,I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything 
that happens is from now on,
Bb
I'll be willing to start again at the end of the sonG 
C
still they think I handled it wronG 
Dm
but then I never had an enemy, except for NME, but I'll be selling twice as many copies 
     as the magazines will ever be,
Bb
and got me spectacles ahead of me and festival fees,
C
to help me with a Dalmatian, no pedigree
Dm
singing for the masses, rubber dinghy rapids,keep this rapping a habit and keep on
passioning magic,
Bb
I'm battling for the respect,
C
I don't know if I'll have it, this songs from the heart, grabbing the plaque I'll 
     take it back now
[Hook]
Dm                         Bb
Mmm, come on and take it back, love
C
Come on and take it back for us
Dm                         Bb  C
Don't you fade into the back, love
Same chord progression continues
Verse 3
Dm
I don't ever want to be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you never want to see shirtless
Bb
I accept the fact that someone has to win the worst-dressed,
C
Taking my first steps into the scene, giving me focus
Dm
Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton,considering a name change,thinking it 
     was hopeless
Bb
Rhyming over recordings Avoiding tradition
C
Cause every day some lyrics and a melody can be written
Dm
Now absence can make your heart ache But drinking absinthe can change your 
     mind-state, vividly, I need to let my liver be
Bb
And I say it again,
C
Living life on the edge,with a closed hand full of friends
Dm
Is good advice from a manwho took his life on the road with me
And I hope to see him blowing up globally
Bb
Cause that's how it's supposed to be screaming out vocally
C
Might seem totally impossible achieving life's dreams
Dm
But, but I just write schemesI'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans
Bb
Madison Square Garden is where I might be, But more likely,
C
You'll find me in the back room of a dive bar with my mates
Dm
Having a pint with McDaid, Discussing records we made And every single second knowing
that we'll never betray
Bb
The way we were raised Remembering our background
C
Sat down That's how we put it out; it's time to take it back now
[Hook] (x2)
Dm                         Bb
Come on and take it back now
C
Come on and take it back now
Dm                                Bb  C
Don't you fade into the back now
Verse 4
Dm
My dreams keep me awake at night, Written in rhymes, and lies, deliver the hype
Am I just living the lie
Bb
With this you must know that the number's just sold woah
C
Will keep me going through the tough times, dream with me
Dm
We forget 90 per cent of it when we wake But the other 10 per cent it never fades
Bb
Dreaming dreams, day to day goals Stay awake loads, 
          C
try to make the cut like the paper or razor blade, 
           Dm
never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't 
   just control that thought
               Bb
You'd find me buskin' on the street when it was cold outdoors
              C
And now I'm sweating on the stage With the sold out tours
         Dm
Writing love songs for the sake of it Never to make a hit, You can't fake 
     talent and work ethic just to make it quick
Bb
I'm not a rapper I'm a singer, I just take the piss and
C
Most of these other guys are guys that pose His little sister has to 
Dm
babysit, that's just a way it is Dreams you own,just set your goals
     And have the utmost faith in it
               Bb
tread your own path You'll never make it as a follower, 
C                                                                        Dm
you'll never know where you will go or where you will be tomorrow