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Imagine Dragons

Version
studio
published by
mark
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 1]
Chords
	 
[Intro]
Am G

Em

Am G

Em

[Verse]
Am
Falling too fast to prepare for this
Falling too fast to prepare for this
G
Tripping in the world could be
dangerous
Tripping in the world could be dangerous
Em
Everybody circling is vulturous
Negative, Nepotist
Am
Everybody waiting for the fall of man
Everybody waiting for the fall of man
G
Everybody praying for the end of
times
Everybody praying for the end of times
Em
Everybody hoping they could be the
one
Everybody hoping they could be the one
N.C.
I was born to run, I was born for
this
I was born to run, I was born for this
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Whip, whip
G
Run me like a race horse
D
Pull me like a rip cord
Em
Break me down and build me up
Am
I wanna be the slip, slip
G
Word upon your lip, lip
D
Letter that you rip, rip
Em
Break me down and build me up
[Chorus]
F C
Whatever it takes
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
Am
veins
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
F C
I do whatever it takes
G
Cause I love how it feels when I
Am
break the chains
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
F C
Whatever it takes
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
N.C.
Veins. I do what it takes
[Verse]
Am
Always had a fear of being typical
G
Looking at my body feeling miserable
Looking at my body feeling miserable
Em
Always hanging on to the visual
I wanna be invisible
Am
Looking at my years like a martyrdom
Looking at my years like a martyrdom
G
Everybody needs to be a part of ‘em
Em
Never be enough, I'm the prodigal son
Never be enough, I'm the prodigal son
I was born to run, I was born for
this
I was born to run, I was born for this
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Whip, whip
G
Run me like a race horse
D
Pull me like a rip cord
Em
Break me down and build me up
Am
I wanna be the slip, slip
G
Word upon your lip, lip
D
Letter that you rip, rip
Em
Break me down and build me up
[Chorus]
F C
Whatever it takes
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
Am
veins
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
F C
I do whatever it takes
G
Cause I love how it feels when I
Am
break the chains
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
F C
Whatever it takes
G
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
Hypocritical, egotistical. Don’t wanna be the
Em
Parenthetical, hypothetical, working
onto
Parenthetical, hypothetical, working onto
Am G
something that I’m proud of out of
the box an
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
Epoxy to the world and the vision we’ve lost. I'm an
Am G
Apostrophe, I’m just a symbol to
reminds you that there’s
Apostrophe, I’m just a symbol to reminds you that there’s
Em
More to see. I’m just a product of
the system, a
More to see. I’m just a product of the system, a
Am G
Catastrophe, and yet a masterpiece,
and yet I’m
Catastrophe, and yet a masterpiece, and yet I’m
Em
Half diseased and when I am deceased,
at least I
Half diseased and when I am deceased, at least I
Am G
Go down to the grave and die happily
Go down to the grave and die happily
Em
Leave the body of my soul to be a
part of thee
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
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
Am
veins
Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
F C
I do whatever it takes
G
Cause I love how it feels when I
Am
break the chains
Cause I love how it feels when I break the chains
F C
Whatever it takes
G Am
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
Ya take me to the top, I’m ready for
F C
Whatever it takes
G
Cause I love the adrenaline in my
N.C.
Veins. I do what it takes