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The Taker

Kris Kristofferson
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
  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
  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 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
  And he's  s taker,he'll take her
  To places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared  to
  He'll take this 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
 Chorus.
 Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.
 Perret Charles-Amir.
 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.
 THE TAKER.
 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

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Readable chord sheet for The Taker by Kris Kristofferson

He's[A] a giver,he'll give her
        The kind of attention that she's never k[E7]nown

        He's a helper,he'll help her
        To open the doors that she can't on her[A] own

        He's a lover,he'll love her
        In ways that she never has been loved b[D]efore
        And [E7]he's a getter,he'll get her
        By gettin' her into the world she's been hungerin[A]' for

        He's[A] a charmer,and he'll charm her
        With money and manners that i never le[E7]arned

        He's a leader,and he'll lead her
        Across pretty bridges he's planning to b[A]urn

        He's a talker,he'll talk her
        Right of her feet,but he won't talk for l[D]ong
        Caus[E7]e he's a doer,and he'll do her

        The way that i never
        And damned if he won't do her [A]wrong

        And [D]he's s taker,he'll take her
        To places and make her fly higher than she's ever dar[E7]ed to

        He'll take this time before takin' advantage
        Takin' her easy and s[A]low
        And [D]after he's taken her body and soul
        That she gives him,he'll take her for gr[E7]anted

        Then he'll take off and leave her
        Takin' all of her pride as he g[A]oes

Chorus.

Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir.

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.

THE TAKER.

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

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