What It Takes Uke tab by Aerosmith

14 Chords used in the song: G, D4, Em7, D, C, Em, A#, F, A+, Dm, C#, Fm, D#, G#

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Year:  2007
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What It Takes

Intro: G chordG D4 chordD4 Em7 chordEm7 D chordD C chordC

G chordG D chordD
There goes my old girlfriend, there's another diamond ring.
Em chordEm D chordD C chordC
And, uh, all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing.
G chordG D chordD
So baby what's the story? Did you find another man ?
Em chordEm
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made?
D chordD C chordC D chordD
When you don't look back I guess the feeling starts to fade away.
G chordG Em chordEm
I used to feel your fire but now it's cold inside.
D chordD C chordC
And you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah.

A# chordA# F chordF
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
A# chordA# F chordF
Tell me how's the pain supposed to go.
A# chordA# A+ chordA+ Dm chordDm Dm chordDm
Tell me how it is that you can sleep, in the night
Dm chordDm
Without thinking you lost ev'rything that was good in your
A# chordA# C# chordC# F chordF
life to the toss of the dice?, Tell me what it takes to let you go, yeah.

Girl before I met you I was F chordF.I.N.E, fine
But your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time.
You spent me up like money then you hung me out to dry.
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise,
'Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes.

Tell me what it takes . . .

C chordC G chordG
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own. Yeah, yeah
A# chordA# F chordF
Yeah, tell me that is better when you're all alone.
Fm chordFm D# chordD# C# chordC#
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch.
G# chordG#
Tell me that my loving didn't mean that much.
C chordC
Tell me you ain't dying when you're crying for me.
A# chordA#
Tell me what it takes to let you . . .
. . . everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice.
A# chordA# C# chordC# F chordF
Tell me who's to blame for thinking twice. No, no no no.

A# chordA# C# chordC# F chordF Dm chordDm
'Cause I don't wanna burn in paradise. Oh
A# chordA# F chordF
Let go, let go, let go I don't wanna burn in paradise.
Dm chordDm A# chordA# F chordF
Let it go, let it go, let it go . . . (one million times, fading)

Uke tab by , 04 Jan 2013

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About this song: What It Takes

"What It Takes" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. It was released in 1990 as the third single from Aerosmith's critically and commercially successful 1989 album Pump. In the video The Making of Pump, A&R man John Kalodner described the song as "a fuckin' masterpiece". The album version of the song is followed by an untitled hidden track.

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