I Like To Take My Time Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays515

I Like To Take My Time by Fred Rogers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
e|---------0------------------------------------|| 
B|-3-0-1-3--3-1-0--------0-1-0------------------|| 
G|-----------------2-0-2-------2------0-2/4-2-0-|| 
D|--------------------------------0h2-----------||x2 
A|----------------------------------------------|| 
E|----------------------------------------------|| 

e|--0--0-----------------3--3-2--2-3-2-0---------|| 
B|------3--3-1-1H3-3-0--0----------------3-1-0---|| 
G|-0-------------------------------------------2-|| 
D|-----------------------------------------------|| 
A|-----------------------------------------------|| 
E|-----------------------------------------------|| 

G                 D 
I like to take my time 
            Em              G 
I mean that when I want to do a thing 
  C               D              G 
I like to take my time and do it right. 

G                   D 
I mean I might just make mistakes 
   Em               G 
If I should have to hurry up 
       C         D        G 
and so I like to take my time 

          C 
To tie my shoes 
   G 
To eat 
       D 
To get dressed 
         G 
To go to sleep at night 
          Em       G 
To sing a song for you 
      C          D 
and everything   I do 

G                 D 
I like to take my time 
            Em             G 
I mean that when I want to do a thing 
  C               D              G 
I like to take my time and do it right. 

G                   D 
I mean I might just make mistakes 
   Em               G 
If I should have to hurry up 
    C            D        G 
and so I like to take my time 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante