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What It Takes

Aerosmith
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D-DU-UDU
There  goes my old girlfriend, there's another  diamond ring.
 And, uh, all  those late night promises  I guess  they don't mean a thing.
 So baby  what's the story? Did you  find another man ?
 Is it easy  to sleep in the bed that we made?
   When you don't  look back I guess the feeling starts to fade away.
 I used  to feel your fire but now it's cold  inside.
   And you're back  on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah.
   Tell me what it takes to let you go.
   Tell me how's the pain supposed to go.
   Tell me how it is  that you can sleep,  in the night
 Without thinking  you lost ev'rything that was good in your
 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.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 . . .
 Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own.  Yeah, yeah
  Yeah,  tell me that is better when you're all  alone.
  Tell  me that your body doesn't miss  my  touch.
  Tell me that my loving didn't mean that much.
  Tell me you ain't dying when you're crying for  me.
   Tell me what it takes to let you . . .
  . . . everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice.
  Tell  me who's to blame  for thinking twice.  No, no no no.
   'Cause I don't wanna burn  in paradise.  Oh
   Let go, let go, let go I  don't wanna burn in paradise.
 Let it go,  let it go, let it go .  . .  (one million times, fading)

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Readable chord sheet for What It Takes by Aerosmith

[G] [D4] [Em7] [D] [C]

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

 [A#]  Tell me what it takes to let you [F]go.
 [A#]  Tell me how's the pain supposed to [F]go.
 [A#]  Tell me how it [A]is  that you can [Dm]sleep, in the [Dm/C]night
Without t[Dm/B]hinking you lost ev'rything that was good in your
life to the toss of the dice?[A#],  Tell me what it [C#]takes to let you go[F],  yeah.

Girl before I met you I was F.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]  Tell me that you're happy that you're on your [G]own. Yeah, yeah
  [A#]Yeah, tell me that is better when you're all[F] alone.
  [Fm]Tell me that your body doesn't m[D#]iss my[C#] touch.
  Tell me that my loving didn't mean that m[G#]uch.
  Tell me you ain't dying when you're crying fo[C]r me.
 [A#] Tell me what it takes to let you . . .
 . . . everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice.
  [A#]Tell me who's to b[C#]lame for thinking twic[F]e.    No, no no no.

 [A#] 'Cause I don't wanna [C#]burn in paradi[F]se.    O[Dm]h
 [A#] Let go, let go, let go  [F]I don't wanna burn in paradise.
Let it [Dm]go, let it go, let it go .[A#] . .  [F]    (one million times, fading)

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