Take ’em Away Chords

Capo: 7th fret

[Intro]
G
 
[Chorus]
G              C
 Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
G                D
 Take away these chains from me
G                           C
 My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's 
not free
G                      D           G
 Lord, take away these chains from me
 
[Verse 1]
G                          C
Some bird feathers are too bright 
to be caged
  G                                D
I know I'm not that colorful but a bird 
just the same
G                            C
Open up your gate now let me put down 
my load
   G                         D          G
So I can feel at ease and go back to my home
 
[Chorus]
G              C
 Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
G                D
 Take away these chains from me
G                           C
 My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's 
not free
G                      D           G
 Lord, take away these chains from me
 
[Verse 2]
G                        
Sun beatin' down my legs 
 C
can't seem to stand
          G                     
There's a boss man at a turnrow 
       D
with a rifle in his hand
G                        
 I've got nine children, 
C
nothin' in the pan
   G                    
My wife she died hungry 
      D             G
while I was plowin' land
 
[Chorus]
G              C
 Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
G                D
 Take away these chains from me
G                           C
 My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's 
not free
G                      D           G
 Lord, take away these chains from me
 
[Instrumental]
C  G  D  G  C  G  D  G
 
[Verse 3]
G                            
Can't see when I go to work, 
      C
can't see when I get off
G                        D
 How do you expect a man not to get lost
G                              
Every year I just keep getting 
C
deeper in debt
   G                    
If there's a happy day, 
        D                G
Lord, I haven't seen one yet
 
[Chorus]
G              C
 Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
G                D
 Take away these chains from me
G                           C
 My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's 
not free
G                      D           G
 Lord, take away these chains from me
 
[Verse 4]
G                       C
Land that I love is the land that I'm workin'
        G                             
But it's hard to love it all the time 
          D
when your back is a-hurtin'
G                       C
 Gettin' too old now to push this here plow
G                          
 Please let me lay down so 
    D             G
I can look at the clouds
 
[Chorus]
G              C
 Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
G                D
 Take away these chains from me
G                           C
 My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's 
not free
G                      D           G
 Lord, take away these chains from me
 
[Instrumental]
C  G  D  G  C  G  D  G
 
[Verse 5]
G                             
The land that I know is where 
    C
two rivers collide
    G                  
The Brazos, the Navaso 
        D
and the big blue sky
G                             
Flood plains, freight trains, 
C
watermelon vines 
       G                           
Of any place on God’s green earth, 
        D                 G
this is where I choose to die 
 
[Chorus]
G              C
 Take 'em away, take 'em away, Lord
G                D
 Take away these chains from me
G                           C
 My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's 
not free
G                      D           G
 Lord, take away these chains from me
 
[Outro]
C  G  D  G  C  G  D  G