E -> D#B -> A#G -> F#D -> C#A -> G#E -> D#
Dsus2: x00230
Dsus4: x00233
Verse 1:
D
Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands,
DG
Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck.
G
(I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands)
Dsus2G
And down the highway another stranger comes,
D
You gotta take 'em, baby, when they come.
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2
Verse 2:
D
Little girl, put on your best dress
DG
'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight,
G
(Better bring along your switchblade)
BmG
'Cause for sure some fool's gonna wanna fight,
D
You've got to take 'em, baby, as they come.
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2
Chorus:
DG
You gotta take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2
Verse 3:
D
God save the rider in the black night,
DG
Save the man who taught that it was right
G
(Just to do what they have done),
BmG
To become what we have become,
D
You gotta take 'em, baby, when they come.
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2
Verse 4:
D
Little girl, gone are the days,
DG
Faded away into a clear blue night,
G
(And all the vows that we made)
BmG
Lie shattered and broken in the morning light,
D
You gotta take 'em, baby, when they come.
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2
Chorus:
DG
You gotta take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2
Bridge:
G
I know your heart is breaking,
Em
I can feel it too,
G
Though my finger on the trigger's shakin',
A
Here I swear to you:
Verse 5:
D
If I could take all your sorrow
G
So that you'd never cry, girl, or be blue,
G
(Come tomorrow),
BmG
That's what I'd do for you, pretty one,
D
I swear I'll take 'em, baby, when they come.
Chorus:
DG
Take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.
G
Take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.
Outro:
DGBmGD
Mmm, take 'em, baby, as they come.
GBmGD
You gotta take 'em, take 'em, woah...
GBmGD
Woah... Take 'em, baby, as they come...
GBmGD
Woah... Take 'em, baby, as they come.