Imagine Dragons
"Whatever It Takes"
Standard tuning. Capo 1st fret.
[Intro]
Am G
Em
Am G
Em
[Verse 1]
Am
Falling too fast to prepare for this
G
Tripping in the world could be dangerous
Em
Everybody circling is vulturous
Negative, Nepotist
Am
Everybody waiting for the fall of man
G
Everybody praying for the end of times
Em
Everybody hoping they could be the one
N.C.
I was born to run, I was born for this
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Whip, whip
G
Run me like a race horse
D
Hold me like a rip cord
Em
Break me down and build me up
Am
I wanna be the slip, slip
G
Word upon your lip, lip
D
Letter that you rip, rip
Em
Break me down and build me up
[Chorus]
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
F C
I do whatever it takes
G Am
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
F C
Whatever it takes
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
N.C.
Veins. I do what it takes
[Verse 2]
Am
Always had a fear of being typical
G
Looking at my body feeling miserable
Em
Always hanging on to the visual
I wanna be invisible
Am
Looking at my years like a martyrdom
G
Everybody needs to be a part of ‘em
Em
Never be enough, I'm the prodigal son
I was born to run, I was born for this
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Whip, whip
G
Run me like a race horse
D
Hold me like a rip cord
Em
Break me down and build me up
Am
I wanna be the slip, slip
G
Word upon your lip, lip
D
Letter that you rip, rip
Em
Break me down and build me up
[Chorus]
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
F C
I do whatever it takes
G Am
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
F C
Whatever it takes
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
N.C.
Veins. I do what it takes
[Bridge]
Am G
Hypocritical, egotistical. Don’t wanna be the
Em
Parenthetical, hypothetical, working onto
Am G
something that I’m proud of out of the box an
Em
Epoxy to the world and the vision we’ve lost. I'm an
Am G
Apostrophe, I’m just a symbol to reminds you that there’s
Em
More to see. I’m just a product of the system, a
Am G
Catastrophe, and yet a masterpiece, and yet I’m
Em
Half diseased and when I am deceased, at least I
Am G
Go down to the grave and die happily
Em
Leave the body of my soul to be a part of me
N.C.
I do what it takes
[Chorus]
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
F C
I do whatever it takes
G Am
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
F C
Whatever it takes
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
N.C.
Veins. I do what it takes
