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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:41 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./n/nazz/take_the_hand.crd

                            "Take The Hand"
                            (Todd Rundgren)

Intro:

	Amaj9
	 / / / /   / / / /

Verse:

	Amaj9               Gmaj9
	There's a hand that reaches
	F#m7     B7    Gmaj9
	Reaches from a heart
	    F#m7      Gmaj9/E Gmaj9/A
	One that isn't    a - ble
	Gmaj9 F#m7      Gmaj9/E Gmaj9/A
	One that doesn't know    just where to
        F#/C#   F#m/C#
	Start

Link:

	E D#m C#m     B
	So it starts with

Verse 2:

	A hand so unsure it trembles
	Gives itself away
	Strains to find a gesture
	Something that the heart can easily
	F#/C#   G#
	Say

Chorus:

	C#maj7 D#m7 Fm7  Bb7
	Take   the hand
	         F#maj9  Fm7         D#m7     D#m7/G#
	It would mean so much to the heart to touch you
	C#m7 D#m7 Emaj7  D#m7
	Play the part,  would you
	C#m7     F#7    Bm7      E7
	Hold the hand, warm the heart, and

Verse 3 (chords same as verse 1):

	Take the hand that's waiting
	Open it and find
	There's a heart that's reaching
	There's a heart that's reaching from
	Inside

Instrumental break (based on chorus chords):

	C#maj7   D#m7  Fm7   Bb7
	  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
	F#maj9 Fm7    D#m7 D#m7/G#
	  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
	C#m7     D#m7 Emaj7
	  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

	(key changes to Bb)

	 Dm7     Em7  Fmaj7   F7
	  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 4:

	Bbmaj9               Abmaj9
	Take the hand that's waiting
	Gm7  C7    Abmaj9
	Open it and find
	           Gm7      Abmaj9/F Abmaj9/Bb
	There's a heart that's reaching
	Abmaj9     Gm7      Abmaj9/F Abmaj9/Bb [hold extra bar]
	There's a heart that's reaching
	      Bbm7
	From inside

Coda:

	(Bbm7)        Cm7         Ebmaj7        Fm7   Gm7   Abmaj7
	  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /
	(...inside)


-- another ace 60's (OK, it wasn't released until '71) tab from Andrew Rogers