What It Takes chords by Gentry Montgomery

Chords with lyrics

INTRO: Play Am, C, G+G with each followed by the riff below

e|-------3---
BB|---0h1-----
G+G|-----------
D MajorD|-----------
A augmentedA|-----------
E MajorE|-----------

Then, after Am, C, and G; play A minorAm again followed by this riff:

e|-----------
BB|-------1---
G+G|---0h2-----
D MajorD|-----------
A augmentedA|-----------
E MajorE|-----------

So it should go - A minorAm (riff 1), C majorC (riff 1), G+G (riff 1), A minorAm (riff 2)

A minorAm
 I learn what I know
C majorC
 But I was born this way
G+G
 More of a number
A minorAm
 And less of a name

A minorAm
 I talk a little too quiet
C majorC
 And not enough they say
G+G
 I only tell my secrets
     A minorAm
When it?s time to pray

  A minorAm                     C majorC
You wouldn?t see the war just lookin? from the outside
     A minorAm                G+G
I?ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside

C majorC       G+G
 Sink or swim, live or die
A minorAm
A augmentedA saving grace and a blue sky
C majorC       G+G
 All alone, and unafraid
A minorAm
 It?s never just another day
    A minorAm
And you don?t back down or walk away
          G+G
But I know, I do, I am
       C majorC
What it takes
What it takes

A minorAm
 Wash away my footprints
C majorC
 With the undertow
G+G                 A minorAm
 While I?ll walk the wire, of the great unknown
A minorAm
 I got two parts too
C majorC
 My storied soul
G+G              A minorAm
 One stands with my brothers, one waits for me back at home

C majorC       G+G
 Sink or swim, live or die
A minorAm
A augmentedA saving grace and a blue sky
C majorC       G+G
 All alone, and unafraid
A minorAm
 It?s never just another day
    A minorAm
And you don?t back down or walk away
          G+G
But I know, I do, I am
       C majorC
What it takes

  A minorAm                     C majorC
You wouldn?t see the war just lookin? from the outside
     A minorAm                G+G
I?ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside

C majorC       G+G
 Sink or swim, live or die
A minorAm
A augmentedA saving grace and a blue sky
C majorC       G+G
 All alone, and unafraid
A minorAm
 It?s never just another day
    A minorAm
And you don?t back down or walk away
          G+G
But I know, I do, I am
       C majorC
What it takes
Oh what it takes
What it takes