Lynyrd Skynyrd - Take Your Time: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Take Your Time" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Take Your Time Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Lynyrd Skynyrd

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Take Your Time" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     E         A    B     A
My poor broke mama told me
When I was twelve years old
You eat and talk much too fast
        E          A           B
There's one thing you should know

           A    D        E  D A
Take your time my sweet baby
 D         E        D        E A B A
Take your time my blue eyed son
              B
Well you may never have his money
A                                 E
But you won't miss no rich man's fun

I can never give you money honey
I can never buy you clothes
But the way them women been looking at you
Someday you should have both

If you take your time my sweet baby
Take your time and love them slow
And if you play your cards right
You won't never wait no more

Well the ladies like their diamonds
They like their brand new clothes
But I was blessed with plenty of other
things they love the most
I take my time with the ladies

I take my time and I love them slow
And since I turned thirteen
Lord, I ain't never wait no more

I can never give you money honey
I can never buy you clothes
But the way them schoolgirls look at you
Someday you should have both

If you take your time my sweet baby
Take your time and be my son
Well you might never have his money
But you won't miss his fun


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Take Your Time" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Take Your Time" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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