I’ll take you
there
C - F
- C + Oh ! + C - F - C
C - F C - F
1. I know a place, ain't nobody cryin',
C
- F
ain't nobody worried.
C - F
Ain't no smilin'
faces, mm, no no,
C - F
lyin' to the races.
C - F
Help me, come on, come on,
C F
somebody,
help me now (I'll take you there).
C F
Help me, y'all (I'll take you
there),
C F
Help me now (I'll take you there).
- C F
Oh (I'll take you there),
- C
F
oh,
oh, mercy (I'll take you there),
C
F
oh,
let me take you there (I'll take you there)
C
F
oh,
oh, let me take you there (I'll take you there) !
C F C F
2. Play, play, play, play your piano now, all right,
C F - C F
ah,
do it, do it, come on now, play on
it, play on it !
C - F - C - F - C - F
Make daddy now, daddy, daddy, daddy.
C
- F
Ooh, Lord, all right now,
C - F
Baby, little lady, easy now,
C - F - C - F - C
now,
come on, little lady, all right.
F C F
Hey, sock it, sock it, ah, oh,
oh !
C
F
I know a place, y'all (I'll
take you there),
C F
ain't nobody cryin' (I'll
take you there),
C F
ain't nobody worried (I'll take you there) !
C F
No smilin'
faces (I'll take you there) uh, uh,
C F
(lyin' to the races) (I'll take you there) oh, no !
C F
Oh (I'll take you there),
C F
oh,
oh, oh (I'll take you there) !
C F
Mercy now (I'll take you
there)
C F
I'm callin',
callin', callin' for mercy (I'll
take you there) !
- C F
Mercy, mercy (I'll take you there),
C F
let
me (I'll take you there) !
- C F
Oh, oh, I'll take you there (I'll take you there),
-
C
F
oh, I wanna take
you there (I'll take you there) !
C F
Just take me by the hand, let
me (I'll take you there),
C F
let
me, let me, let me lead the way, oh (I'll take you there) !
C F
Let me take you there (I'll
take you there) !
C F
Let me take you there (I'll
take you there) ....
(The Staple Singers)