Chords for Mary J. Blige-Enough Cryin'/Take Me As I Am (live on 2006 Billboard Music Award)
Tempo:
81.5 bpm
Chords used:
F#
D
Am
A
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C#m] [B] [D#m]
What's [N] up y'all?
This next performer, the combination of modern R&B, edgy rap sound,
this next performer is one of the most powerful [G] singers on the planet.
[F#] She's already won five, no I'm sorry, nine Billboard Awards tonight.
The talented, the beautiful, my homegirl, Mary J.
Block!
[D] [Am] [A#]
[E] [Am] Sex was good, you had my mind, [F#] I bet you [Am] come back every time
Violating across the line, knew that I would be [Dm] the type to
[C] Always so [E] patiently, [G] you was coming home to me
[E] Damn, I never heard [Em] the keys or felt your taps in [A] our keys
I'm [Am] falling so down, I'm fixing to close it
I got to be on my mind, yeah
[Dm] I've done enough crying, [F] it's time to say
[E]
[A] No more, no more, no [Am] more, no more
I'm tired of you [A] plaguing me, don't be claiming me No more
[Em]
[F] [Am] You turned your [G#] back and back, I came running
But the simple fact is that you ain't want me
Done [B] enough lying and crying to [A] myself
Nothing left to do but move, [D] we don't stand, move or [F] leave
I believe that you would marry [F] me, but you would gotta freeze up
We're [A] LT when you come to your senses
But then it's too late, it's always [Am] happy
Catch me with the bees on the wheels
Just up before the hills, should've walked
Check your P.V.,. bag me when you have me Next, do the gladly, pick up where you left off Ice me, place me, you ain't [Dm] gonna have me [D] It's time to say [Am] I [Em] [Am] don't wanna play house no more To think that you wouldn't marry me I'm a woman [Dm] [D] [F] But [Am] I'm [B] a woman [C] Down and out, wrote about, [Bm] talked about constantly [F#] Up and down, pushed around, but then held her down And why see, [E] she has [B] no regrets, she accepts the past All these things they help make she She's [F#m] been lost and found and she's still around There's a reason for everything I've been holding on, trying to make a way but I still stay strong But my life gone up in [C#m] the east wind So you can [F#m] get the real tea Or have sex with your girl [C#m] Or have love [F#] [D] [F#]
[C#m] [F#] [F#m] Listen, this is [A] me [F#] This is [C#m] me This [F#m] [D] is me [F#] [Bm] [A] This is me [F#m] [D] This is me [F#] [F#m]
[D] [Bm]
[F#m]
Take me [F#] Take [C#m] me Take [F#m] me Take me Take [F#] me Take me Oh Up [A] and out [D] Thank you [D] Thank
What's [N] up y'all?
This next performer, the combination of modern R&B, edgy rap sound,
this next performer is one of the most powerful [G] singers on the planet.
[F#] She's already won five, no I'm sorry, nine Billboard Awards tonight.
The talented, the beautiful, my homegirl, Mary J.
Block!
[D] [Am] [A#]
[E] [Am] Sex was good, you had my mind, [F#] I bet you [Am] come back every time
Violating across the line, knew that I would be [Dm] the type to
[C] Always so [E] patiently, [G] you was coming home to me
[E] Damn, I never heard [Em] the keys or felt your taps in [A] our keys
I'm [Am] falling so down, I'm fixing to close it
I got to be on my mind, yeah
[Dm] I've done enough crying, [F] it's time to say
[E]
[A] No more, no more, no [Am] more, no more
I'm tired of you [A] plaguing me, don't be claiming me No more
[Em]
[F] [Am] You turned your [G#] back and back, I came running
But the simple fact is that you ain't want me
Done [B] enough lying and crying to [A] myself
Nothing left to do but move, [D] we don't stand, move or [F] leave
I believe that you would marry [F] me, but you would gotta freeze up
We're [A] LT when you come to your senses
But then it's too late, it's always [Am] happy
Catch me with the bees on the wheels
Just up before the hills, should've walked
Check your P.V.,. bag me when you have me Next, do the gladly, pick up where you left off Ice me, place me, you ain't [Dm] gonna have me [D] It's time to say [Am] I [Em] [Am] don't wanna play house no more To think that you wouldn't marry me I'm a woman [Dm] [D] [F] But [Am] I'm [B] a woman [C] Down and out, wrote about, [Bm] talked about constantly [F#] Up and down, pushed around, but then held her down And why see, [E] she has [B] no regrets, she accepts the past All these things they help make she She's [F#m] been lost and found and she's still around There's a reason for everything I've been holding on, trying to make a way but I still stay strong But my life gone up in [C#m] the east wind So you can [F#m] get the real tea Or have sex with your girl [C#m] Or have love [F#] [D] [F#]
[C#m] [F#] [F#m] Listen, this is [A] me [F#] This is [C#m] me This [F#m] [D] is me [F#] [Bm] [A] This is me [F#m] [D] This is me [F#] [F#m]
[D] [Bm]
[F#m]
Take me [F#] Take [C#m] me Take [F#m] me Take me Take [F#] me Take me Oh Up [A] and out [D] Thank you [D] Thank
Key:
F#
D
Am
A
F#m
F#
D
Am
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ What's [N] up y'all?
This next performer, the combination of modern R&B, edgy rap sound,
this next performer is one of the most powerful [G] singers on the planet.
[F#] She's already won five, no I'm sorry, nine Billboard Awards tonight.
The talented, the beautiful, my homegirl, Mary J.
Block! _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] Sex was good, you had my mind, [F#] I bet you [Am] come back every time
Violating across the line, knew that I would be [Dm] the type to
[C] Always so [E] patiently, [G] you was coming home to me
[E] Damn, I never heard [Em] the keys or felt your taps in [A] our keys
I'm [Am] falling so down, I'm fixing to close it
I got to be on my mind, yeah
_ [Dm] I've done enough crying, _ _ _ [F] it's time to say
[E] _ _ _ _
[A] No more, no more, no [Am] more, no more
I'm tired of you [A] plaguing me, don't _ _ be claiming me No more
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] You turned your [G#] back and back, I came running
But the simple fact is that you ain't want me
Done [B] enough lying and crying to [A] myself
Nothing left to do but move, [D] we don't stand, move or [F] leave
I believe that you would marry [F] me, but you would gotta freeze up
We're [A] LT when you come to your senses
But then it's too late, it's always [Am] happy
Catch me with the bees on the wheels
Just up before the hills, should've walked
Check your P.V.,. bag me when you have me Next, do the gladly, pick up where you left off Ice me, place me, you ain't [Dm] gonna have me _ [D] _ _ _ It's time to say [Am] I _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] don't wanna play house no more To think that you wouldn't marry me I'm a woman [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] But [Am] I'm [B] a woman _ _ _ _ [C] _ Down and out, wrote about, [Bm] talked about constantly [F#] Up and down, pushed around, but then held her down And why see, [E] she has [B] no regrets, she accepts the past All these things they help make she She's [F#m] been lost and found and she's still around There's a reason for everything _ I've been holding on, trying to make a way but I still stay strong But my life gone up in [C#m] the east wind So you can [F#m] get the real tea _ _ Or have sex with your girl [C#m] Or have love _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] Listen, this is [A] me _ _ _ [F#] This is [C#m] me This [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] is me [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] This is me _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] This is me _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Take me _ _ [F#] Take _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ me Take _ [F#m] me Take me Take [F#] me Take me Oh _ _ _ Up [A] and _ _ out _ _ _ [D] Thank _ you [D] Thank
_ _ _ _ What's [N] up y'all?
This next performer, the combination of modern R&B, edgy rap sound,
this next performer is one of the most powerful [G] singers on the planet.
[F#] She's already won five, no I'm sorry, nine Billboard Awards tonight.
The talented, the beautiful, my homegirl, Mary J.
Block! _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] Sex was good, you had my mind, [F#] I bet you [Am] come back every time
Violating across the line, knew that I would be [Dm] the type to
[C] Always so [E] patiently, [G] you was coming home to me
[E] Damn, I never heard [Em] the keys or felt your taps in [A] our keys
I'm [Am] falling so down, I'm fixing to close it
I got to be on my mind, yeah
_ [Dm] I've done enough crying, _ _ _ [F] it's time to say
[E] _ _ _ _
[A] No more, no more, no [Am] more, no more
I'm tired of you [A] plaguing me, don't _ _ be claiming me No more
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] You turned your [G#] back and back, I came running
But the simple fact is that you ain't want me
Done [B] enough lying and crying to [A] myself
Nothing left to do but move, [D] we don't stand, move or [F] leave
I believe that you would marry [F] me, but you would gotta freeze up
We're [A] LT when you come to your senses
But then it's too late, it's always [Am] happy
Catch me with the bees on the wheels
Just up before the hills, should've walked
Check your P.V.,. bag me when you have me Next, do the gladly, pick up where you left off Ice me, place me, you ain't [Dm] gonna have me _ [D] _ _ _ It's time to say [Am] I _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] don't wanna play house no more To think that you wouldn't marry me I'm a woman [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] But [Am] I'm [B] a woman _ _ _ _ [C] _ Down and out, wrote about, [Bm] talked about constantly [F#] Up and down, pushed around, but then held her down And why see, [E] she has [B] no regrets, she accepts the past All these things they help make she She's [F#m] been lost and found and she's still around There's a reason for everything _ I've been holding on, trying to make a way but I still stay strong But my life gone up in [C#m] the east wind So you can [F#m] get the real tea _ _ Or have sex with your girl [C#m] Or have love _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] Listen, this is [A] me _ _ _ [F#] This is [C#m] me This [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] is me [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] This is me _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] This is me _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Take me _ _ [F#] Take _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ me Take _ [F#m] me Take me Take [F#] me Take me Oh _ _ _ Up [A] and _ _ out _ _ _ [D] Thank _ you [D] Thank