What It Takes

Intro: Play with each followed by the riff below e|-------3--- B|---0h1----- G|----------- D|----------- A|----------- E|----------- Then, after , and G; play Am again followed by this riff: e|----------- B|-------1--- G|---0h2----- D|----------- A|----------- E|----------- I learn what I know But I was born this way More of a number And less of a name I talk a little too quiet And not enough they say I only tell my secrets When it’s time to pray You wouldn’t see the war just lookin’ from the outside I’ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside Sink or swim, live or die A saving grace and a blue sky All alone, and unafraid It’s never just another day And you don’t back down or walk away But I know, I do, I am What it takes What it takes Wash away my footprints With the undertow While I’ll walk the wire, of the great unknown I got two parts too My storied soul One stands with my brothers, one waits for me back at home Sink or swim, live or die A saving grace and a blue sky All alone, and unafraid It’s never just another day And you don’t back down or walk away But I know, I do, I am What it takes You wouldn’t see the war just lookin’ from the outside I’ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside Sink or swim, live or die A saving grace and a blue sky All alone, and unafraid It’s never just another day And you don’t back down or walk away But I know, I do, I am What it takes Oh what it takes What it takes