Aerosmith - What it Takes

Originally in G-ish, I play in D

However high you think this song is, it’s higher...

F#m7b5 as 2x221x

D	Asus4	Bm7	Gadd9

	D
T	here goes my old girlfriend, there’s a

Another diamond ring

	Bm
And uh,	all those late night promises

	G
I gu	ess they don’t mean a thing

	D
So b	aby, what’s the story

	A
Did you	find another man?

	Bm
Is it	easy to sleep in the bed that we made?

	G
When you d	on’t look back

	A
I guess the feelings start to fade aw	ay

	D
I	used to feel your fire

	Bm
But now it’s c	old inside

	G
And you’re b	ack on the street

Like you didn’t miss a beat, yeah

F	C
Tell me what it takes to let you g	o

F	C
Tell me how the pain’s supposed to g	o

F	E	Am
Tell me how it	is that you can sl	eep

	Am/G
In the	night

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Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

F	G#	C
Tell me what it	takes to let you g	o, yeah

Make sure to get all the way down to the 5 of this chord

	D
G	irl, before I met you

	A
I was	F.I.N.E. fine

	Bm
But your l	ove made me a prisoner

	G
Yeah my h	eart’s been doing time

	D
You sp	ent me up like money, oh then you

Hung me out to dry

	Bm
It was	easy to keep all your lies in disguise

	G
‘Cause you h	ad me in deep with the devil in your eyes

F	C
Tell me what it takes to let you g	o

F	C
Tell me how the pain’s supposed to g	o

F	E	Am
Tell me how it	is that you can sl	eep

	Am/G
In the	night

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Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

F	G#	C
Tell me what it	takes to let you g	o

Solo

G	Am	F	C	G	Am	F

Vox on the 5 of this chord, so D if the chord is G

G	D
Tell me that you’re happy that you’re on your	own

	F
Yeah, yeah, y	eah

	C
Tell me that it’s better when you’re all al	one

Vox on the 3 of this chord, so Eb if the chord is Cm

Cm	A#	G#
Tell me that your body doesn’t	miss my t	ouch

	D#
Tell me that my lovin’ didn’t mean that m	uch

	G
Tell me you ain’t dyin’ when you’re cryin’ for m	e

F	C
Tell me what it takes to let you g	o

F	C
Tell me how the pain’s supposed to g	o

F	E	Am
Tell me how it	is that you can sl	eep

	Am/G
In the	night

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Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

Note random chord on “no no no”

F	G#	C	Gdim7
Tell me who’s to b	lame for thinkin’ tw	ice,	no no no no

F	G#	C
‘Cause I don’t wanna	burn in parad	ise

	Am
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	F
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	C
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	Am	F	C
I don’t wanna b	urn, I don’t wanna burn

	Am
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	F
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	C
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go