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"Take The Hand"
(Todd Rundgren)

Intro:

Amaj9
/ / / /   / / / /

Verse:

Amaj9               Gmaj9Gmaj9 Piano Chord 

There's a hand that reaches
F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
     B7B7 Piano Chord 
    Gmaj9Gmaj9 Piano Chord 

Reaches from a heart
F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
      Gmaj9/E Gmaj9/A
One that isn't    a - ble
Gmaj9Gmaj9 Piano Chord 
 F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
      Gmaj9/E Gmaj9/A
One that doesn't know    just where to
F#/C#F#/C# Piano Chord 
   F#m/C#
Start

Link:

EE Piano Chord 
 D#mD#m Piano Chord 
 C#mC#m Piano Chord 
     BB Piano Chord 

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#F#/C# Piano Chord 
   G#G# Piano Chord 

Say

Chorus:

C#maj7C#maj7 Piano Chord 
 D#m7D#m7 Piano Chord 
 Fm7Fm7 Piano Chord 
  Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 

Take   the hand
F#maj9  Fm7Fm7 Piano Chord 
         D#m7D#m7 Piano Chord 
     D#m7/G#D#m7/G# Piano Chord 

It would mean so much to the heart to touch you
C#m7C#m7 Piano Chord 
 D#m7D#m7 Piano Chord 
 Emaj7Emaj7 Piano Chord 
  D#m7D#m7 Piano Chord 

Play the part,  would you
C#m7C#m7 Piano Chord 
     F#7F#7 Piano Chord 
    Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
      E7E7 Piano Chord 

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#maj7C#maj7 Piano Chord 
   D#m7D#m7 Piano Chord 
  Fm7Fm7 Piano Chord 
   Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
F#maj9 Fm7Fm7 Piano Chord 
    D#m7D#m7 Piano Chord 
 D#m7/G#D#m7/G# Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
C#m7C#m7 Piano Chord 
     D#m7D#m7 Piano Chord 
 Emaj7Emaj7 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

(key changes to Bb)

Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 
     Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
  Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
   F7F7 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 4:

Bbmaj9               Abmaj9
Take the hand that's waiting
Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
  C7C7 Piano Chord 
    Abmaj9
Open it and find
Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
      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
Bbm7Bbm7 Piano Chord 


Coda:

(Bbm7)        Cm7Cm7 Piano Chord 
         Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Piano Chord 
        Fm7Fm7 Piano Chord 
   Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
   Abmaj7Abmaj7 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /
(...inside)

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