Tom: Fm
G D
Here’s what it takes to survive
G D
Saturday’s fever means you’re staying alive
C D C
Of course – an eight-ball of coke, you’re angry and broke
D G
My mother misspoke by telling me the truth
G D
Here’s what it takes to believe
G D
Drink down the Drano ‘til the demons all leave
Em C D G
I won’t go – I told you I don’t wanna know
[Verse]
G D
Here’s what it takes to regret
G D
Wake up sleepwalking in your father’s missteps
C D C
The fridge door is open again, there’s leftover blame
D G
You’re eating a shame and choking on the truth
G D
Here’s what it takes to be heard
G D
Angry rejoiners to discouraging words
Em C D C
I won’t go – I told you I don’t wanna know
[Instrumental]
C F A# D# G# C#
[Bridge]
C Fm
What we once kept hidden from our parents
A# D#
Now we keep it hidden from our kids
G# C#
No second chances ever in this life
C
Just another chance to make the same mistake twice
[Verse]
G D
Here’s what it takes to deny
G D
Let’s make a movie ‘bout a hardworking guy
C D
Who wastes time with family and friends
C D
And learns to pretend that when it all ends
G
He’s closer to the truth
G D
And if the least you can do
G D
You fail your parents like you think they failed you
Em C D G
When they go - I told you I don’t wanna know
[Outro]
G D G D C D C D
G
Here’s what it takes
D
Here’s what it takes
Here’s what
G
Here’s what it takes
D
Here’s what it takes
Here’s what
Em
Here’s what it takes
C
Here’s what it takes
D
Here’s what
G D
Here’s what it takes to forget
G D
Here’s what I’ll take from you yet
C D
Here’s what it takes to bleed
C D
Here’s what it takes from you and me
