Take On Me Piano Notes and Chords (a-ha)

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Piano Notes for Take On Me

This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Take On Me by a-ha.

Key Information for the Song Take On Me by a-ha

Key Signature: Three sharps (F#, C#, G#)
Scale: A Major Scale (three black keys)
A Major Scale Notes: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#

The relative minor of A major is F# minor (same notes but arranged in a different order).
F# minor Scale Notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E

Tempo: 80 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Intermediate, Advanced

How to Play Take On Me

Piano Keys Layout

Symbols Used in the Song

Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Brackets: (): Play quickly or fast (16th note of sheet music).
Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes (quarter note, half note, or a whole note of sheet music).
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
Chords: Bold red text inside square brackets [chord]. Play the chords for the song Take On Me at this point in the song.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.

Take On Me Piano Notes and Chords

Intro Music

F# F# D B
B E E E
(G# G# A B A A A) E D
F# F# F#
(E E F# E)

F# F# D B B E E E
(G# G# A B A A A) E D
F# F# F#
(E E F# E)

F# F# D B B E E E
(G# G# A B A A A) E D
F# F# F# E~

Verse 1

We’re talking away
No, I don’t know what I’m to say
I’ll say it anyway
Today is another day to find you
Shyin’ away
I’ll be comin’ for your love, okay?

| [Bm] D*~ (D*)~ (C#*) B~ | [E] ~~
| We’re talking away |

| [A] (C#*) C#* C#*~ A~
|    I      don’t  know what

| [D] F#* (F#*) F#*
|    I’m to say

E* | [Bm] D*~  (D* D*) C#* B~ | [E] ~~
I’ll | say it anyway |

(B) | [A] C#* (D*) C#* B
To | day      is another

| [D] A  B (C#*) B A~ | [Bm] ~
| day   to find you

D* D* (D*) D*~ | [E] ~~
Shyin’ away

| [F#m]  (A A A A A A) | [D] (A) G#~ (G#) F#~
|       I’ll be comin’ for your | love, okay?

Chorus

Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I’ll be gone
In a day or two

| [A] A~~ | [G#] G#*~~ | [F#m] A*~~
| Take | on | me

| [D] E*~ (F#*)~ E*
| (Take on me)

| [A] A~~ | [G#] E*~~ | [F#m] F#*~~
| Take | me | on

| [D] E*~ (F#*)~ E*
| (Take on me)

| [A] C#*~~ | [G#] G#*~~ | [F#m] A*~~~
| I’ll | be | gone

| [D] C#**~ (B*) A*~ | [A] E**~~
In a day or two

Verse 2

So, needless to say
I’m odds and ends
But I’ll be stumblin’ away
Slowly learnin’ that life is okay
Say after me
“It’s no better to be safe than sorry”

E*~ | [Bm] D*~ D*~  (C#*) B~ | [E] ~~
So, | needless to say

(B) | [A] C#* (D*) C#* ~~
I’m | odds and ends

| [D] (F#*) F#* F#* E* | [Bm] D*~ (D*) C#* B~ | [E] ~~
|    But     I’ll be stumblin’ away

| [A] C#* (D*) C#*~ B A~
| Slowly learnin’ that

| [D] B (C#*) B A~
| life is okay

| [Bm]  D* D* (D*) D*~ | [E] ~~~
|     Say after | me

| [F#m] (A A A A A A)
“It’s no better to be

| [D] A (G#) G#~  F#~ | [A] A~~
| safe than sorry”

Chorus

Take on me (Take on me)
Take me on (Take on me)
I’ll be gone
In a day or two

| [A] A~~ | [G#] G#*~~ | [F#m] A*~~
| Take | on | me

| [D] E*~ (F#*)~ E*
| (Take on me)

| [A] A~~ | [G#] E*~~ | [F#m] F#*~~
| Take | me | on

| [D] E*~ (F#*)~ E*
| (Take on me)

| [A] C#*~~ | [G#] G#*~~ | [F#m] A*~~~
| I’ll | be | gone

| [D] C#**~ (B*) A*~ | [A] E**~~
In a day or two

Verse 3

Oh, things that you say
Yeah, is it life or just to play
My worries away?
You’re all the things I’ve got to remember
You’re shyin’ away
I’ll be comin’ for you anyway

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