OK, Everybody, Sing: Take It Easy

Ok Everybody is a music project that inspires musicians of all skill levels to share their high quality sheet music with the public.

Ok Everybody is a music project by Alan Deane and Aurelius Prochazka. Alan was a Los Angeles musician: guitarist and vocalist for The Captain & Tennille, The Grass Roots, Johnny Rivers, and countless television and film projects. Aurelius is a programmer, scientist, author, and aspiring guitarist and singer.

Take It Easy by The Eagles

Well I'm a-runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load
I got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

  Take it easy, take it easy
  Don't let the sound o' your own wheels drive you crazy
  Lighten up while you still can.  Don't even try to understand
  Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy

Well I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
And such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

  Come on baby, don't say maybe
  I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
  We may lose and we may win, though we will never be here again
  So open up, I'm climbin' in, so take it easy

Well I'm a-runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover
She's so hard to find

  Take it easy, take it easy
  Don't let the sound o' your own wheels make you crazy
  Come on baby, don't say maybe
  I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me

  Oh, we got it easy
  We oughtta take it easy

Files available:

Sibelius Scorch (plays in browser):

Sibelius:

Encore:

MIDI:

Take It Easy (BV's) (separate)

PDF:

Doc (formatted lyrics):

Take It Easy (lyrics)

Note:

Hi there,

I started out with Encore, then moved to Sibelius, then Finale... and now I'm back to Sibelius and sticking with it. These Encore charts are ancient, and since I don't feel like relearning Encore to edit them, the Sibelius charts are the way to go, for reasons of both appearance and musical content. (And the PDFs are made from the Sibelius.)

Thanks,
Alan Deane

"This is awesome what you've done..."
David Blassingame,
AIG Enterprise Services,
Houston TX

"... incredible! Thanks so much for doing this and making the files available online."
Chris Butcher,
Student, Ontario Canada

"As a lifelong musician who has waded through stacks of poorly transcribed songbooks, I was ecstatic to see that someone finally got it right. Alan Deane was painstaking - and more importantly accurate - in his work on these tricky transcriptions. Bravo, Alan!"
Gus Russo,
author and musician

"I've compared these music charts to books you'll find at your local guitar store, and there's no comparison. These charts are more accurate, more easily understood, and FREE. Great job, Alan!"
Aurelius Prochazka
Caltech