This Is What It Takes Chords

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This Is What It Takes by Shawn Mendes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am, F, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			(verse 1): 
    C              G                 Am 
You keep on telling me i'm waisting time  
        F               G                C 
But to call it wasting time, oh thats a crime   
          C          G                     Am 
and you think its crazy what i'm trying to do 
      F           G       C 
Well baby I'm a fool for you.  
         F              G                 C       
Cause underneath the darkness, theres a lights thats  
           G                      Am 
trying so hard that trying to be seen  
         F                   G 
cause I know this cause I noticed  
      C         G      Am 
Your tying so hard to see 
      


   C       Dm       Am 
And If This is what it takes  
      G             C       Dm       Am    G 
Then let me be the one to bear the pain 
        C       Dm       Am    
Oh if this is what it takes  
            C          Dm            Em        F                
I'll break down theses wall that are in our way  
     G                C  G Am   F  G  C   
If this is what it takes 
 

(verse 2) 
     C              G                 Am 
You keep on telling me i'm waisting time  
        F               G                C 
But to call it wasting time, oh thats a crime   
          C          G                     Am 
and you think its crazy what i'm trying to do 
      F           G       C 
Well baby I'm a fool for you.  
         F              G                 C       
Cause underneath the darkness, theres a lights thats  
           G                      Am 
trying so hard that trying to be seen  
       F                       G 
And I know this because i've noticed  
    C          G                  Am 
a little  bit shining through the schemes  
 

 
   C       Dm       Am 
And If This is what it takes  
      G             C       Dm       Am    G 
Then let me be the one to bear the pain 
        C       Dm       Am    
Oh if this is what it takes  
            C          Dm            Em        F                
I'll break down theses wall that are in our way  
     G                C  G Am   F  G  C   
If this is what it takes 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante