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Take Me Back

By: Maverick City Music, Kirk Franklin

Transpose:
Chorus 1
E               A         E               C#m7  B
When the storm’s out on the ocean
              A        E                  C#m7  B
And the violent wind gets to blowing
                    A       E
Oh take me back, back
C#m7           B
All the way back
                    A                       E
Oh take me back to my first love

Chorus 2
E               A         E               C#m7 B
When the storm’s out on the ocean
              A        E                  C#m7 B
And the violent wind gets to blowing
                    A       E
Oh take me back, back
C#m7          B
All the way back
                    A        E/G#
Oh take me back
C#m7          B
All the way back 
                    A        E/G#
Oh take me back
C#m7          B
All the way back 
                    A               B           E
Oh take me back to my first love

Bridge
              C#m7
You are real to me
A2                                  E           B
   I’ve known it from the start
                  C#m7          A           
There’s no in-between
                                      E          B
   The Heavens and my heart
             C#m7
You are near to me
A2                              E          B
   I’ve never been too far
          C#m7          A
In the in-between
                                            E          B
   You brought Heaven to my heart

Chorus 2
E               A         E               C#m  B
When the storm’s out on the ocean
              A        E                  C#m  B
And the violent wind gets to blowing
                    A       E/G#
Oh take me back, back
C#m7          B
All the way back
                    A        E/G#
Oh take me back
C#m7          B
All the way back 
                    A        E/G#
Oh take me back
C#m7           B
All the way back 
                    A               B           E
Oh take me back to my first love

Tag 1
  A2
Where I first saw the light
              E
Take me back
 A2
Where I first gained my sight
              E
Take me back 
  			     A/E 
At the cross, At the cross 
				     E
Where Jesus died, take me back
  			    
At the cross, At the cross 
           A/E
Where I first saw the light 
              E
Take me back 

To the cross, to the cross 
	      A/E
Where my Jesus died
 
		E
Take me back

Tag 2
E	        E/G#	        A          E
There to my heart was the blood applied
E/B        B    E     E7
Glory to His name
A                 E
Glory to His name
E/B              B7 
Glory to His name
E	        E/G#               A          E/G#
There to my heart was the blood applied
E/B        B    E      
Glory to His name

Vamp
E       A

Tag 3
E           E7      A
This is not the end
E           E7      A
This is not the end

Tag 4
E
Glory, glory

Hallelujah
A/E
Glory, glory

Hallelujah

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Songwriters: Adaeze Noelle Azubuike, Dante Bowe, Emily Hearn Harrison

CCLI#: 7139075

Recommended Key: E

Tempo/BPM: 72