Take It Or Leave It chords by The Strokes

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-----------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|
	----------------|----------------|------------|-------------|

	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 majorC       A augmentedA AbAb
	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 augmentedA   AbAb   DmDm      C majorC
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

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

	C majorC      Bb majorBb      DmDm
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1 (main riff 12x):

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

Chorus (main riff 8x):

	      C majorC
	I said just take it...
	  Bb majorBb
	And take it or...
	  DmDm
	And take it or...
	  (DmDm)
	And take it or...
	    C majorC
	Oh just take it...
	  Bb majorBb
	And take it or...
	  DmDm
	Oh take it

Break 1 (main riff 4x):

	C majorC
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Bridge:

	first bridge riff (5x):

	      A augmentedA  AbAb DmDm C majorC
	He's...  let you do--wn
	      A augmentedA  AbAb DmDm C majorC
	He's...  let you do--wn
	      A augmentedA  AbAb DmDm C majorC
	He's...  let you do--wn
	     A augmentedA   AbAb  DmDm     C majorC
	And...  break your back...   chance
	     A augmentedA   AbAb  DmDm       C majorC
	And...  steal your friends...   can

	second bridge riff (1x):

	      A augmentedA  AbAb DmDm
	He's...  win someday (2nd time only: Oh he will)

Break 2 (main riff 4x):

	C majorC      Bb majorBb      DmDm
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

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)


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