You Don't Have To Take This From Me

Words and music by Pam Tillis and Ashley Cleveland.
Tabs courtesy of Ashley Cleveland.
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From the 204 Records album, You Are There.
Listen to a RealAudio clip of "You Don't Have To Take This From Me."

Tuning: Standard. Key of G. I tune each string down 1/2 step and play it in F#.

Chords:

F(add9): x33011 (3rd finger on A string and 4th finger on D string. Barre B and E strings.)
Walk down to G[1] from F(add9): 002000 (press down 2nd finger), 000000 (open D string -- lift 2nd finger), 010000 (press down 3rd finger).
G [1]: 320033
C: x30013
Em: 022200
D: x00232
G [2]: xx0311
D7: xx0535

Intro: F(add9) walk down to G[1]

Verse:           Fadd9              C           G[1]
       I get the feeling that I've lost your attention. 


                   C             Em        G[1]
       I get the message when I meet your eye.

               Fadd9    C           G[1]
       Darlin' I'm not built for indifference.

                  D         G[2]        D7  G[2]    Fadd9  
       Don't you press your luck with a lie.    You tell me that you're

       C           G[1]                 C              Em    G[1]
       takin' your time and you've been takin' in some therapy.

                    Fadd9  C    G[1]         Fadd9             C
       While you're on the take bear in mind you don't have to take this

            G[1]
       from me.

CHORUS      Fadd9             C              G[1]
       Baby you don't have to take this from me.

                Fadd9       C      G[1]             Fadd9           C
       Faithful love like a river, long and deep is not what you're looking

                  G[1]                      Fadd9             C
       for, don't struggle with it anymore, You don't have to take this,

       Fadd9             C          Fadd9             C              G[1]
       You don't have to take this, You don't have to take this from me.

Bridge:           Fadd9          C           Fadd9      C
        You don't have to take a love that's strong and stable

                  G[1]
        You don't have to take a woman with her cards on the table.

                  Fadd       C               Fadd9      C 
        You don't have to be real, you don't have to be true and there

        D
        won't be anyone for you to answer to.