You Take My Breath Away
Words and music by Freddie Mercury
Transcribed by Shane McDonald :
(shanemcd@shanemcdonald.org)
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Intro : Song starts with Ooohs, loosely based around the chord of Cm7.
Piano comes in after the 3rd phrase of the intro , "Yooouuu, Take my Breath Away".
Notes :
* If you see the ^ symbol after a note or chord it means use the higher octave note/chord.
* Cm7RIFF this is the Cm movement used at the start of the song and repeated through-out.
The Notes... : C Eb G Ab D F C^ G C Eb G Ab D F C^ G Eb Eb^ D Bb C^ G
* Cm7-RiffB is same but starts from this C----^
Piano Intro : Cm7 Cm7 Cm7RIFF Cm7RIFF
Cm Dm Dm7-5 Cm
Look into my eyes and you'll see
Fm7 Cm-RiffB
I'm the only one
Bdim Cm
You've captured my love
Bdim Cm
Stolen my heart
Bb Eb
Changed my life
Fm7 Bb7
Everytime you make a move
Eb/G
You destroy my mind
Gbdim7
And the way you touch
Fm7 Fm
I lose control and shiver deep inside
NC Cm Cm7RIFF
You take my breath away.
Cm Dm Dm7-5 Cm
You can reduce me to tears
Fm7 Cm-RiffB
With a single sigh
Bdim Cm
Every breath that you take -
Bdim Cm
Any sound that you make
Bb Eb
Is a whisper in my ear
Fm7 Bb7
I could give up all my life
Eb/G
for just one kiss
Gbdim7
I would surely die
Fm7 Fm
If you dismiss me from your love
NC Cm Cm7RIFF
You take my breath away.
Bb Ab/Bb
So please don't go
Bb Ab/Bb Bb
Don't leave me here all by myself
Eb
I get ever so lonely from time to time
Ab
I will find you
C Fm Fm/G
Anywhere you go, I'll be right behind you
Abdim Eb
Right until the ends of the earth
Eb/G Gbdim Fm7
I'll get no sleep till I find you to tell you
Fm Cm
That you just take my breath away.
Instrumental : ; indicates 1 bar
Cm Dm Dm7-5 ; Cm Dm ; Cm Dm Dm7-5 ; Cm Dm ; Bb Ab/Bb ; Bb Ab/Bb ; Bb Ab/Bb ; Bb Eb ; Eb
Ab
I will find you
C Fm Fm/G
Anywhere you go, Oooooooohhhh____
Abdim Eb
Right until the ends of the earth
Eb/G Gbdim Fm7
I'll get no sleep till I find you, to tell you when I found you,
NC Cm7RIFF
I Love You. -> Keep Sustain pedal on last 8 or so notes on the riff and leave piano Fade...
Fades in afterwards - On Vocal Loop "Take My Breath" x 22 times (approx) looped from zero volume.
