Imagine Dragons

"Whatever It Takes"
[Chorus]
Standard tuning. Capo 1st fret. F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
[Intro] Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
Am G F C
Em I do whatever it takes
Am G G Am
Em Cause I love how it feels when I break the
chains
[Verse 1] F C
Am Whatever it takes
Falling too fast to prepare for this G Am
G Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
Tripping in the world could be dangerous F C
Em Whatever it takes
Everybody circling is vulturous G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
Negative, Nepotist N.C.
Am Veins. I do what it takes
Everybody waiting for the fall of man
G
Everybody praying for the end of times [Verse 2]
Em Am
Everybody hoping they could be the one Always had a fear of being typical
N.C. G
I was born to run, I was born for this Looking at my body feeling miserable
Em
Always hanging on to the visual
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I wanna be invisible
Whip, whip Am
G Looking at my years like a martyrdom
Run me like a race horse G
D Everybody needs to be a part of ‘em
Pull me like a rip cord Em
Em Never be enough, I'm the prodigal son
Break me down and build me up
Am I was born to run, I was born for this
I wanna be the slip, slip
G
Word upon your lip, lip [Pre-Chorus]
D Am
Letter that you rip, rip Whip, whip
Em G
Break me down and build me up Run me like a race horse
 D Apostrophe, I’m just a symbol to reminds you
Pull me like a rip cord that there’s
Em Em
Break me down and build me up More to see. I’m just a product of the system, a
Am Am G
I wanna be the slip, slip Catastrophe, and yet a masterpiece, and yet I’m
G Em
Word upon your lip, lip Half diseased and when I am deceased, at least I
D Am G
Letter that you rip, rip Go down to the grave and die happily
Em Em
Break me down and build me up Leave the body of my soul to be a part of thee
N.C.
I do what it takes
[Chorus]
F C
Whatever it takes [Chorus]
G Am F C
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins Whatever it takes
F C G Am
I do whatever it takes Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
G Am F C
Cause I love how it feels when I break the I do whatever it takes
chains G Am
F C Cause I love how it feels when I break the
Whatever it takes chains
G Am F C
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for Whatever it takes
F C G Am
Whatever it takes Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
G F C
Cause I love the adrenaline in my Whatever it takes
N.C. G
Veins. I do what it takes 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