| A | E | A | D | A | |
| Take | it aw | ay, won't you h | ear you pl | ay |
| E | A | D | |
| till the l | ights go d | own. |
| A | E | A | D | A | |
| Take | it aw | ay, don't you w | an't to s | tay |
| E | D | |
| till th | ere's no | else around. |
| Take it away,... |
| GMaj7 | A/B | B7 | |
| Lonely driver | out on the | road |
| Em7 | G/A | D | |
| with a | hundred miles to g | o. |
| GMaj7 | A/B | B7 | |
| Sole survivor | carrying the l | oad |
| Em7 | G/A | D | |
| switches | on the r | adio. |
| Take it away,... |
| Take it away,... |
| I the audience watching the show |
| with a paper in his hand (in his hand, in his hand) |
| some important impresario |
| has a message for the band. |
| Take it away,... |
| F#m7 | Bm7 | |
| You | never know who may be | listening to you |
| F#m7 | Bm7 | |
| You | never know who may be | listening to you. |
| A | D | |
| Take it away, | take it away. |
| After hours late in the bar |
| by a darker corner seat |
| faded flowers wait in the jar |
| till the evening is complete. |
| End: with chords of the second part fading out. |