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              Take The Heat Off Me – Boney M.
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Written by: Bigazzi, Gianni Bella
From: “Take The Heat Off Me” (1976)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
         Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
       Bb
If you really lie and cheat
        Bb                                 Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more


[Verse 2]
             Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
        Bb
Don't believe you're trying to make it
      Bb                              Dm
And I just can't keep on taking it no more


[Middle 8]
Bb              C
  Don't mean to say you double-crossed me
Bb            C
  But somehow I think that you've lost me
Bb          C
  Maybe you weren't even trying to see
Bb             C                [ F ]
   Where I was or where I should be
F         Bbmaj7
   And if you're just faking
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We'd better start breaking away tonight   (stop)
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So take this fire from my heart tonight


[Verse 3]
             Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
        Bb
Don't believe you're trying to make it
      Bb                              Dm
And I just can't keep on taking it no more


[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
             Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
       Bb
If you really lie and cheat
        Bb                                 Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more


[Middle 8]
Bb              C
  Don't mean to say you double-crossed me
Bb            C
  But somehow I think that you've lost me
Bb          C
  Maybe you weren't even trying to see
Bb             C                [ F ]
   Where I was or where I should be
F         Bbmaj7
   And if you're just faking
     Gm                     Eb            | Eb |
We'd better start breaking away tonight   (stop)
                          |  Dm  |  %  |
So take this fire from my heart tonight


[Verse 5]
             Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
       Bb
If you really lie and cheat
        Bb                                 Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more


[Verse 6]
             Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
       Bb
If you really lie and cheat
        Bb                                 Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more


[Interlude]
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[Verse 7]
             Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
       Bb
If you really lie and cheat
        Bb                                 Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more


[Verse 8]
             Dm
So, take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me, please take the heat off me
         Dm
Take the heat off me
         Am
Yes, I'm burning
       Bb
If you really lie and cheat
        Bb                                 Dm
I don't want to meet your kind of terms no more


[Interlude]
= coda
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