Take my hand    (sample)

 

     - - - - - - - C              G                   F               Fm      C

1. Take my hand, little girl, and we’ll go through life together,

      Am                D                      G    - G7

    money in the bank I just ain’t got.

                            C                   G                 F          Fm           C

    But we’ve got youth on our side and the love we just can’t hide,

                       Am            D                   G       - G7

    so take my hand, little girl, take my hand.

 

                   C                  G                   F            - Fm         C

2. Well, I know that you come from a  high class         family,

                    Am                   D                      G      - G7

    and your mother doesn’t dig the likes of me.

                       C                     G                      F           Fm        C

    But I don’t care what she says, I’ll make good you, we will see,

                       Am            D                   G          - G7

    so take my hand, little girl, take my hand.

 

    Am - Em - F - Em - D - G - G7

 

                C                 G                           F               Fm    C

3. I work hard for my pay, your mother spends more in a day,

                  Am                   D                        G               - G7

    with her purse buying clothes and fancy jewellery.

                          C                     G         F             Fm         C

    But you can keep all these things, they don’t mean a thing,

                       Am            D                   G         - G7

    so take my hand, little girl, take my hand.

 

                    C            G               F           Fm        C

4. It’s up to you to decide, which life you want to lead,

                    Am                      D                                  G      - G7

    but if you love me, your decision shouldn’t be too hard.

                       C                        G           F                  Fm             C

    I hope you got the sense to see that love means more than money,

                       Am            G                   C         - F - C

    so take my hand, little girl, take my hand.

 

 

    (Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas)