"Whatever It Takes"
By Ron Pope


[INTRO:]
(F, Bb, F, Dm-C-Bb, (Bb) [x2])


[VERSE 1:]
      F     Bb
It is late,
         F    Dm-C
And I am cold.
          F       Bb
Nothing's changed
          F         Dm-C
Except for the snow.
          F
I've been waiting on an answer,
Bb                       F     Dm-C
Hoping I could call your bluff.
          F
I've been giving second chances
Bb                    F        Dm-C-Bb
Thinking maybe I gave too much.


[PRE-CHORUS:]
         F
What you want from me
         C                              Dm
It's not something I could give you for free.
    C     Bb           F           C~
And all I know in this life is you can't stop breathing.


[CHORUS:]
   Bb           F
So, whatever it takes,
               C
Tell me you'll stay
     Dm    C    Bb
With me forever.
           F
Don't turn away,
               C
Tell me you'll stay.
       Dm           C          Bb
'Cause when we're together, oh I
    F               C
See stars above the headlights,
               Dm      C    Bb
And they don't seem so far away.

            F
Whatever it takes,
               C
Tell me you'll stay.

Whatever it takes,
            F, Bb, F, Dm-C
Whatever it takes.


[VERSE 2:]
     F      Bb
I am shamed,
            F    Dm-C
And you are lost.
        F    Bb
We both ache
                   F    Dm-C
For things we ain't got.
      F
I was praying that you'd find me,
Bb                         F    Dm-C
Teach me something I don't know.
      F
I was praying that you'd find me,
Bb                          F    Dm-C-Bb
Praying that you'd guide me home.


[PRE-CHORUS:]
         F
What you want from me
         C                              Dm
It's not something I could give you for free.
    C     Bb           F           C~
And all I know in this life is you can't stop breathing.


[CHORUS:]
   Bb           F
So, whatever it takes,
               C
Tell me you'll stay
     Dm    C    Bb
With me forever.
           F
Don't turn away,
               C
Tell me you'll stay.
       Dm           C          Bb
'Cause when we're together, oh I
    F               C
See stars above the headlights,
               Dm      C    Bb
And they don't seem so far away.

            F
Whatever it takes,
               C
Tell me you'll stay.

Whatever it takes,
            (INST.)
Whatever it takes.


[INSTRUMENTAL:]
(F, Bb, F, Dm-C, Bb, F, C~)


[REFRAIN:]
    F      Bb
I'm afraid
           F           Dm-C
Of things I don't know.
            F    Bb
I miss your face
         F           Dm-C...
Whenever you're gone.


[CHORUS:]
   Bb           F
So, whatever it takes,
               C
Tell me you'll stay
     Dm    C    Bb
With me forever.
           F
Don't turn away,
               C
Tell me you'll stay.
       Dm           C          Bb
'Cause when we're together, oh I
    F               C
See stars above the headlights,
               Dm      C    Bb
And they don't seem so far away.

            F
Whatever it takes,
               C
Tell me you'll stay.

Whatever it takes,
            F, Bb, F, Dm-C [x2]
Whatever it takes.

End on F