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Take Em As They Come

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Jimmy Eat World is an alternative rock band formed in Mesa, Arizona, United States, in 1993. The band is composed of lead guitarist/lead vocalist Jim Adkins, drummer Zach Lind, rhythm guitarist/vocalist Tom Linton, and bassist Rick Burch. Jimmy Eat World has released ten studio albums, the last nine featuring the current lineup.

The four-piece's commercial breakthrough came with the successful release of several singles from the album Bleed American (2001).

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"Take 'Em As They Come"
Jimmy Eat World

Transcribbed by ViviEatWorld

Tuning: D#

E -> D#
B -> A#
G -> F#
D -> C#
A -> G#
E -> D#

Dsus2: x00230
Dsus4: x00233

Verse 1:
D
Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands,
D G
Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck.
G
(I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands)
Dsus2 G
And down the highway another stranger comes,
D
You gotta take 'em, baby, when they come.

Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2

Verse 2:
D
Little girl, put on your best dress
D G
'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight,
G
(Better bring along your switchblade)
Bm G
'Cause for sure some fool's gonna wanna fight,
D
You've got to take 'em, baby, as they come.

Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2

Chorus:
D G
You gotta take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.

Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2

Verse 3:
D
God save the rider in the black night,
D G
Save the man who taught that it was right
G
(Just to do what they have done),
Bm G
To become what we have become,
D
You gotta take 'em, baby, when they come.

Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2

Verse 4:
D
Little girl, gone are the days,
D G
Faded away into a clear blue night,
G
(And all the vows that we made)
Bm G
Lie shattered and broken in the morning light,
D
You gotta take 'em, baby, when they come.

Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2

Chorus:
D G
You gotta take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.

Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D x 2

Bridge:
G
I know your heart is breaking,
Em
I can feel it too,
G
Though my finger on the trigger's shakin',
A
Here I swear to you:

Verse 5:
D
If I could take all your sorrow
G
So that you'd never cry, girl, or be blue,
G
(Come tomorrow),
Bm G
That's what I'd do for you, pretty one,
D
I swear I'll take 'em, baby, when they come.

Chorus:
D G
Take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.
G
Take 'em, take 'em as they come, girl,
Bm
Take 'em as they come, girl,
G
Take 'em as they come, girl,
D
Take 'em, baby, as they come.

Outro:
D G Bm G D
Mmm, take 'em, baby, as they come.
G Bm G D
You gotta take 'em, take 'em, woah...
G Bm G D
Woah... Take 'em, baby, as they come...
G Bm G D
Woah... Take 'em, baby, as they come.

Easy!
ViviEatWorld