Verse 1:
D5
   Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands,
D5                                            G5
   Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck.
                         G5
   (I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands) 
D5                                     G5
   And down the highway another stranger comes, 
                                        D5
   You gotta take 'em , baby, when they come. 


      D5  D5  D5  D5  D5  D5    x 2


Verse 2:
D5
   Little girl, put on your best dress 
D5                                        G5
   'Cause we're goin' out on the town tonight,
                   G5
   (Better bring along your switchblade)
B5                                          G5                        
   'Cause for sure some fool's gonna wanna fight,
                                          D5
   You've got to take 'em , baby, as they come.


      D5  D5  D5  D5  D5  D5    x 2


Chorus:
           D5                          G5
You gotta take 'em , take 'em as they come, girl, 
                  B5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                  G5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                         D5
Take 'em , baby, as they come.


      D5  D5  D5  D5  D5  D5    x 2


Verse 3:
D5
   God save the rider in the black night,
D5                                       G5
   Save the man who taught that it was right
                      G5
   (Just to do what they have done),
B5                           G5
   To become what we have become,
                                        D5
   You gotta take 'em , baby, when they come.


      D5  D5  D5  D5  D5  D5    x 2


Verse 4:
D5
   Little girl, gone are the days,
D5                                G5
   Faded away into a clear blue night, 
                 G5
   (And all the vows that we made)
B5                                          G5
   Lie shattered and broken in the morning light,
                                        D5
   You gotta take 'em , baby, when they come.


      D5  D5  D5  D5  D5  D5    x 2


Chorus:
           D5                          G5
You gotta take 'em , take 'em as they come, girl, 
                  B5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                  G5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                         D5
Take 'em , baby, as they come.


      D5  D5  D5  D5  D5  D5    x 2


Bridge:
G5
   I know your heart is breaking,
E5
   I can feel it too,
G5
   Though my finger on the trigger's shakin',
A5
   Here I swear to you:

Verse 5:
D5
   If I could take all your sorrow
                                         G5
   So that you'd never cry, girl, or be blue, 
            G5
   (Come tomorrow),
B5                                    G5
   That's what I'd do for you, pretty one,
                                           D5
   I swear I'll take 'em , baby, when they come.

Chorus:
 D5                          G5
Take 'em , take 'em as they come, girl, 
                  B5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                  G5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                         D5
Take 'em , baby, as they come.
                            G5
Take 'em , take 'em as they come, girl, 
                  B5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                  G5
Take 'em as they come, girl,
                         D5
Take 'em , baby, as they come.

Outro:
D5  G5  B5  G5                             D5
          Mmm , take 'em , baby, as they come.
   G5  B5  G5                                D5
          You gotta take 'em , take 'em , woah...
   G5  B5    G5                           D5
      Woah...  Take 'em , baby, as they come...
       G5  B5 G5                          D5
      Woah...  Take 'em , baby, as they come.