************* THE TAKER *************
written by Kris Kristofferson & Shel Shilverstein
performed by Kris Kristofferson.
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
A
He`s a giver,he`ll give her
E7
The kind of attention that she`s never known
He`s a helper,he`ll help her
A
To open the doors that she can`t on her own
He`s a lover,he`ll love her
D
In ways that she never has been loved before
E7
And he`s a getter,he`ll get her
A
By gettin` her into the world she`s been hungerin` for
Verse 2:
A
He`s a charmer,and he`ll charm her
E7
With money and manners that i never learned
He`s a leader,and he`ll lead her
A
Across pretty bridges he`s planning to burn
He`s a talker,he`ll talk her
D
Right of her feet,but he won`t talk for long
E7
Cause he`s a doer,and he`ll do her
The way that i never
A
And damned if he won`t do her wrong
Chorus:
D
And he`s s taker,he`ll take her
E7
To places and make her fly higher than she`s ever dared to
He`ll take this time before takin` advantage
A
Takin` her easy and slow
D
And after he`s taken her body and soul
E7
That she gives him,he`ll take her for granted
Then he`ll take off and leave her
A
Takin` all of her pride as he goes
Chorus.
Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir.
From: Jan Ekeland
Some time ago a fellow somewhere in eastern Europe (I think) asked
for the lyrics to `The Taker` by Kris Kristofferson, and in my online
written reply to him there were two or three minor faults. It didn`t
occur to me at that time that he would copy it onto Nevada...:-)
Here is the corrected version... I guess you can delete these words
and repace the former version of the taker with this one. Thanks...!
Jan.
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THE TAKER.
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by Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein.
He`s a giver, he`ll give her
the kind of attention that she`s never known
He`s a helper, he`ll help her
to open the doors that she can`t on her own
He`s a lover, he`ll love her
in ways that she never has been loved before
And he`s a getter, he`ll get her
by gettin her into the world she`s been hungerin` for
And he`s a taker, he`ll take her
to places and make her fly higher than she`s ever dared to
He`ll take his time before takin` advantage
takin` her easy and slow
And after he`s taken her body and soul
that she gives him, he`ll take her for granted
Then he`ll take off and leave her
takin` all of her pride as he goes
He`s a charmer, and he`ll charm her
with money and manners that I never learned
He`s a leader, and he`ll lead her
across pretty bridges he`s planning to burn
He`s a talker, he`ll talk her
right of of her feet, but he won`t talk for long
Cause he`s a doer, and he`ll do her
the way that I never
And damned if he won`t do her wrong
---
Jan.
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* Jan Ekeland, | jekeland@bbb.no | ... and lovin` her was *
* Boelum, | J_EKELAND@BBB1.BBB.NO | easier than anything *
* 3073 Galleberg, | jane@winix.no | I`ll ever do again... *
* Norway. | jan@amanda.bbb.no | __Kris Kristofferson__ *
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