Imagine Dragons

Whatever It Takes

Imagine Dragons


Tom: Am

Am C F


[Verse 1]
Am
Falling too fast to prepare for this
C
Tripping in the world could be dangerous
F
Everybody circling is vulturous
F
Negative, Nepotist

Am
Everybody waiting for the fall of man
C
Everybody praying for the end of times
F
Everybody hoping they could be the one
F
I was born to run, I was born for this

[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Whip, whip
               C
Run me like a race horse
                F
Hold me like a rip cord
                   F
Break me down and build me up
                Am
I wanna be the slip, slip
               C
Word upon your lip, lip
                 F
Letter that you rip, rip
                   F
Break me down and build me up

[Chorus]
             Am    
Whatever it takes
C                    G              F
  Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
                  Am
I do whatever it takes
C                      G                      F
  Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
             Am    C
Whatever it takes
    G                       F
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
             Am
Whatever it takes
C                       G              F
   Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
      N.C
I do what it takes

[Verse 2]
Am
Always had a fear of being typical
C
Looking at my body feeling miserable
F
Always hanging on to the visual
F
I wanna be invisible

Am
Looking at my years like a martyrdom
C
Everybody needs to be a part of ‘em
F
Never be enough from the prodigal son
F
I was born to run, I was born for this

[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Whip, whip
               C
Run me like a race horse
               F
Hold me like a rip cord
                   F
Break me down and build me up
               Am
I wanna be the slip, slip
               C
Word upon your lip, lip
                F
Letter that you rip, rip
                  F
Break me down and build me up

[Chorus]
             Am    
Whatever it takes
C                    G              F
  Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
                  Am
I do whatever it takes
C                      G                      F
  Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
             Am    C
Whatever it takes
    G                       F
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
             Am
Whatever it takes
C                       G              F
   Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
     N.C
I do what it takes

[Bridge]
Am                 C
Hypocritical, egotistical
                   F
Don’t wanna be the parenthetical
     F                      Am
Hypothetical, working onto something that I’m proud of
C                    F                       F
Out of the box an epoxy to the world and the vision we’ve lost
          Am                     C                               F
I’m an apostrophe, I’m just a symbol to reminds you that there’s more to see
             F                     Am
I’m just a product of the system, a catastrophe
           C                        F
And yet a masterpiece, and yet I’m half diseased
            F
And when I am deceased
           Am                          C
At least I go down to the grave and die happily
           F                       F
Leave the body of my soul to be a part of me
       N.C
I do what it takes

[Chorus]
             Am    
Whatever it takes
C                    G              F
  Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
                  Am
I do whatever it takes
C                      G                      F
  Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
             Am    C
Whatever it takes
    G                       F
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
             Am
Whatever it takes
C                       G              F
   Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
       N.C
I do what it takes