Take It Or Leave It Chords by The Strokes

Take It Or Leave It chords by The Strokes

Guitar chords with lyrics

"Take It Or Leave It"
                            (Julian Casablancas)
                                The Strokes
                             Is This It,  2001

    Intro riff:

	lead guitar:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-----------5-|
	9-------8-------|7---------------|5-----------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|

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	bass:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
	----------------|7---------------|5-----------|-------------|
	7-------6-------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|

    Main riff (lead guitar):

	v   v   v   v
	----------------|
	8-8---5-6-6---5-|
	----------------|
	----------------|
	----------------|
	----------------|

    First bridge riff:

	lead guitar:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

	bass:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
	7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    Second bridge riff:

	lead guitar:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|

	bass:

	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
	7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|

    Solo riff (rhythm guitar):

	C              A  Ab
	v     v     v     v
	8--8--8--8--8--5--4-----|
	8--8--8--8--8--5--4-----|
	9--9--9--9--9--6--5-----|
	10-10-10-10-10-7--6-----|
	10-10-10-10-10-7--6-----|
	8--8--8--8--8--5--4-----|


Intro:

	rhythm guitar strum once per chord:

	A     Ab     Dm           C
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	drums enter, 2x (main riff 4x per repeat):

	C            Bb           Dm
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1 (main riff 12x):

	C
	Leave me...
	Bb
	I'm in...
	Dm
	I'm in...
	    C
	And girls act...
	    Bb
	And boys act...
	 Dm
	Enough is...
	      C               Bb          Dm
	Well, on the...       other...    know she...

Chorus (main riff 8x):

	            C
	I said just take it...
	    Bb
	And take it or...
	    Dm
	And take it or...
	    (Dm)
	And take it or...
	        C
	Oh just take it...
	    Bb
	And take it or...
	   Dm
	Oh take it

Break 1 (main riff 4x):

	C
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Bridge:

	first bridge riff (5x):

	           A   Ab  Dm  C
	He's...    let you do--wn
	           A   Ab  Dm  C
	He's...    let you do--wn
	           A   Ab  Dm  C
	He's...    let you do--wn
	          A     Ab   Dm          C
	And...    break your back...     chance
	          A     Ab   Dm             C
	And...    steal your friends...     can

	second bridge riff (1x):

	           A   Ab  Dm
	He's...    win someday (2nd time only: Oh he will)

Break 2 (main riff 4x):

	C            Bb           Dm
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 2:

	I fell off...
	Now I can't...
	I'm not...
	Boys act...
	Girls act...
	Enough is...
	Well, on the minds...

[Repeat chorus]

Break 3 (solo riff 4x)

Solo (solo riff 20x)

[Repeat bridge]

Outro (solo riff 2x)


Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ springalo430@hotmail.com

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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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