Steve Wariner

Im Already Taken

Steve Wariner


Tom: Em

[Intro]
    G             Gsus         Am7
E|--------------------------|--------------0-----3------|
B|--------0-----0--1--3-----|--3-----1--------1-----1---|
G|-----0-----0--------------|-----0-----0---------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--0------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------|---------------------------|

    D11                        D
                                /h\
E|--3-----------------3-----|--0--2---------------------|
B|--------------1-----------|---------------------------|
G|--------2-----------------|---------------------------|
D|--0-----------------------|--0------------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|

[Verse 1]
           G                      Am7              C               D
My little third grade hand wrote "I love you" on a note of yellow paper
C                 G/B                  A      A#dim7         D
 And sent it the front of the row to a little blonde-haired girl
    G                        Am7      C                   D
The blonde-haired girl just opened it   and read it to herself
C             G/B                A     A#dim7      D
 I was so embarrassed when she turned around and said


Tablature for the Verse :
(A little different for every verse!)

    G           Am7            C           D
                                               /h\/p\
E|--------------------------|--0--------------0-2-0--------|
B|--0--------0--1--------1--|--1--------1----3-------3-----|
G|--------0-----------0-----|--------0------2-----------2--|
D|-----0-----------2--------|-----2--------0---------------|
A|--------------0-----------|--3---------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------|------------------------------|

                                          | PART V2     |
    C            G/B           A   A#dim7 | D9          |
                                          |     /p\     |
E|--0-------------------3---|--------0----------3-2-3---|
B|--1--------1---3----------|--2-----2--------3---------|
G|--------0------0----------|--2-----0-------2----------|
D|-----2------------0-------|--2------------0-----------|
A|--3------------2----------|--0-----1------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|

   D - Fill (1st Part)            D - Fill (2nd Part)
                                   /p\
E|--------------------------| |--3-2---------------------|
B|-------3------------1-----| |--------------------------|
G|----------0------------0--| |--------------------------|
D|--2-4-----------4-2-------| |--0-----------------------|
A|--\s/-----------\s/-------| |--------------------------|
E|--------------------------| |--------------------------|
Repeat this again for the 2nd part of the Verse, but use Fill 2.


[Refrain]
            Am7    D                 G    D/F#   Em
I'm already taken, you spoke up too late
           Am7           D                    G
I love somebody else, so you'll just have to wait

Tablature for the Refrain :
(A little different for every time!)
    Am7         D9   D        G     D/F#  Em
E|--0-----------3----2-----|--------------------------|
B|--1--------1----------3--|--3-----------------------|
G|--------0--------2-------|--------2-----0-----0-----|
D|-----2--------0----------|-----0-----0-----2--------|
A|--3----------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--3-----2-----0-----------|
..taken          you spoke too laaaaaaaaaate    I love some-

    Am7         D9   D        G
E|--------3-----3----2-----|--------------/p\----------|
B|--1-------------------3--|-----0--3--1--1-0----0-1-3-|
G|-----0-----------2-------|----0------0--------0------|
D|--------------0----------|---0----4----------0-------|
A|--3----------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--3--------3---------------|
 ..body else .. just have ..

[Tablature for the little Solo]
    Am7                        D11         D
                                           /h\
E|--------------0-----3-----|--3--------3--0-2---------|
B|--3-----1-----------------|--------1-----------------|
G|-----------0-----0-----0--|-----2--------------------|
D|-----2--------------------|--0-----------0-----------|
A|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|

[Verse 2]
     G                 Am7                 C               D
The years flew by so quickly, and there we were in junior high
C               G/B               Part V2 & D - Fill (1st Part)
I realized that I still loved her so
      G                Am7        C             D
So I called her up and told her exactly how I felt
C                 G/B                  A      A#dim7         D
Then she said there's something that you really ought to know

[Refrain]
            Am7    D                 G   D/F#    Em
I'm already taken, you spoke up too late
           Am7           D                    G
I love somebody else, so you'll just have to wait

[Bridge]
   C              G/B               B7           Em                   C  C4 C
So what I did and never changed my love for that little blonde-haired girl
               D
Who's now the mother, of our ....

[Verse 3]
     G                   Am7         C                D
... little blonde-haired boy, who's to our hearts so close
   C                 G/B         Part V2 & D - Fill (1st Part)
I hate to think how fast he's growing up
      G           Am7                C               D
Last night I overheard them, as she tucked him into bed
         C                G/B          A      A#dim7      D
He said "Mommy will you marry me?" and this is what she said

[Refrain]
            Am7    D                 G    D/F#   Em
I'm already taken, you spoke up too late
            Am7            D                    G
I love your daddy, son, so you'll just have to wait
            Am7    D                 G   D/F#    Em
I'm already taken, you spoke up too late
            Am7            D                    C    (B A G single notes)
I love your daddy, son, so you'll just have to wait