{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1751128,"song":"What It Takes","artist":"Montgomery Gentry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11378155-what-it-takes-chords-by-montgomery-gentry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1751128?type=chord","rating":0.05194,"votes":0,"content":"INTRO: Play Am, C, G with each followed by the riff below\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------3---\r\nB|---0h1-----\r\nG|-----------\r\nD|-----------\r\nA|-----------\r\nE|-----------[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen, after Am, C, and G; play Am again followed by this riff:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------\r\nB|-------1---\r\nG|---0h2-----\r\nD|-----------\r\nA|-----------\r\nE|-----------[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo it should go - Am (riff 1), C (riff 1), G (riff 1), Am (riff 2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   \r\n  I learn what I know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  \r\n  But I was born this way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  More of a number[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n  And less of a name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I talk a little too quiet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And not enough they say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I only tell my secrets [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen it’s time to pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou wouldn’t see the war just lookin’ from the outside[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Sink or swim, live or die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA saving grace and a blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n All alone, and unafraid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n It’s never just another day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you don’t back down or walk away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I know, I do, I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat it takes[/tab]\r\nWhat it takes\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Wash away my footprints[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n With the undertow [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n While I’ll walk the wire, of the great unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n I got two parts too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n My storied soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]                                             \r\n One stands with my brothers, one waits for me back at home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Sink or swim, live or die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA saving grace and a blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n All alone, and unafraid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n It’s never just another day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you don’t back down or walk away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I know, I do, I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat it takes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou wouldn’t see the war just lookin’ from the outside[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Sink or swim, live or die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA saving grace and a blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n All alone, and unafraid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n It’s never just another day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you don’t back down or walk away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I know, I do, I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat it takes[/tab]\r\nOh what it takes\r\nWhat it takes","plain_text":"INTRO: Play Am, C, G with each followed by the riff below\n\n\n\nThen, after Am, C, and G; play Am again followed by this riff:\n\n\n\nSo it should go - Am (riff 1), C (riff 1), G (riff 1), Am (riff 2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat it takes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOh what it takes\nWhat it takes","chords":["Am","C","G","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}