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Whatever It Takes

singer Imagine Dragons

image artist illustration
Posted : July 19, 2017

Chords used Dm, C, Am, G, Bb, F

[Intro]~
Dm C
Am
Dm C
Am

[Verse 1]~
Dm
Falling too fast to prepare for this

C
Tripping in the world could be dangerous

Am
Everybody circling is vulturous
Negative,..!! Nepotist

Dm
Everybody waiting for the fall of man

C
Everybody praying for the end of times

Am
Everybody hoping they could be the one
I was born to run,..!! I was born for this

[Pre-Chorus]~
Dm
Whip,..!! whip

C
Run me like a race horse

G
Hold me like a rip cord

Am
Break me down and build me up

Dm
I wanna be the slip,..!! slip

C
Word upon your lip,..!! lip

G
Letter that you rip,..!! rip

Am
Break me down and build me up

[Chorus]~
Bb F
Whatever it takes

C Dm
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins

Bb F
I do whatever it takes

C Dm
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains

Bb F
Whatever it takes

C Dm
Ya take me to the top,..!! I’m ready for

Bb F
Whatever it takes

C
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
Veins! I do what it takes

[Verse 2]~
Dm
Always had a fear of being typical

C
Looking at my body feeling miserable

Am
Always hanging on to the visual
I wanna be invisible

Dm
Looking at my years like a martyrdom

C
Everybody needs to be a part of ‘em

Am
Never be enough from the particle sum
I was born to run,..!! I was born for this

[Pre-Chorus]~
Dm
Whip,..!! whip

C
Run me like a race horse

G
Hold me like a rip cord

Am
Break me down and build me up

Dm
I wanna be the slip,..!! slip

C
Word upon your lip,..!! lip

G
Letter that you rip,..!! rip

Am
Break me down and build me up

[Chorus]~
Bb F
Whatever it takes

C Dm
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins

Bb F
I do whatever it takes

C Dm
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains

Bb F
Whatever it takes

C Dm
Ya take me to the top,..!! I’m ready for

Bb F
Whatever it takes

C
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
Veins! I do what it takes

[Bridge]~
Dm C
Hypocritical,..!! egotistical! Don’t wanna be the

Am
Parenthetical,..!! hypothetical,..!! working onto

Dm C
something that I’m proud of out of the box an

Am
Epoxy to the world and the vision we’ve lost! I'm an

Dm C
Apostrophe,..!! I’m just a symbol to reminds you that there’s

Am
more to see! I’m just a product of the system,..!! a

Dm C
Catastrophe,..!! and yet a masterpiece,..!! and yet I’m

Am
Half diseased and when I am deceased,..!! at least I

Dm C
Go down to the grave and die happily

Am
Leave the body of my soul to be a part of me
I do what it takes

[Chorus]~
Bb F
Whatever it takes

C Dm
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins

Bb F
I do whatever it takes

C Dm
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains

Bb F
Whatever it takes

C Dm
Ya take me to the top,..!! I’m ready for

Bb F
Whatever it takes

C
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
Veins! I do what it takes