This Is What It Takes Tab by Shawn Mendes

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C
G/B
Am7
Fsus2
G
Gsus4
Dm
Am
C/E
F
F6/9

Intro 1

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Verse 1

I watch your troubled eyes as you rest

And I fall in love with every breath

Wonder if those eyes are really shut

And am I the one you're dreaming of

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Pre-chorus 1

'Cause underneath the darkness

There's a light that's trying so hard

to be seen

And I know this, cause I'm noticed

A little bit shining through the seams

Chorus 1
C 
Dm 
Am 
And if  (C major) this is  (D minor) what it takes  (A minor) 
G 
C 
Dm 
Am 
G 
Then  (G major) let me be the  (C major) one to  (D minor) bear the  (A minor) pain  (G major) 
C 
Dm 
Am 
Oh if  (C major) this is  (D minor) what it takes  (A minor) 
C 
Dm 
C/E 
F 
I'll break  (C major) down these  (D minor) walls that are  (C/E) in    our way  (F major) 
G 
If  (G major) this is what it takes

Interlude 1

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E|----------------------------------|-----------------0----------------| B|-------1---------------0----------|-------1---3-----1----------------| G|---0-------0-------0-------0------|---0-------------0----------------| D|-----0---------------0------------|-----2-----------2----------------| A|----------------------------------|-3---------------3----------------| E|-1---------------3----------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Verse 2
C 
G/B 
Am7 
You  (C major) keep on telling me  (G/B) I'm wasting time  (A minor7) 
Fsus2 
G 
C 
But to  (Fsus2) call     it wasting time,  (G major) oh that's a crime  (C major) 
And you think it's crazy
G/B 
Am7 
what  (G/B) I'm trying to do  (A minor7) 
Fsus2 
G 
C 
Well baby  (Fsus2) I'm a fool  (G major) for you  (C major) 

Pre-chorus 2
Fsus2 
G 
'Cause underneath  (Fsus2) the darkness  (G major) 
C 
G/B 
There's a  (C major) light that's trying so  (G/B) hard
Am7 
to be seen  (A minor7) 
Fsus2 
G 
And I know  (Fsus2) this, cause I'm noticed  (G major) 
C 
G/B 
Am7 
A  (C major) little bit  (G/B) shining through the seams  (A minor7) 

Chorus 2
C 
Dm 
Am 
And if  (C major) this is  (D minor) what it takes  (A minor) 
G 
C 
Dm 
Am 
G 
Then  (G major) let me be the  (C major) one to  (D minor) bear the  (A minor) pain  (G major) 
C 
Dm 
Am 
Oh if  (C major) this is  (D minor) what it takes  (A minor) 
C 
Dm 
I'll break  (C major) down these  (D minor) walls
C/E 
F 
G 
that are  (C/E) in    our way  (F major)  (G major) 

Bridge 1
Fsus2 
'Cause if you  (Fsus2) don't    understand yet
G 
Then I'll ne (G major) ver let you forget
Am 
C 
That  (A minor) you don't have to do this on your  (C major) own
Fsus2 
I'll be your  (Fsus2) shoulder to lean on
G 
I'll be your  (G major) right when you feel wrong
Am 
C 
So  (A minor) come on take my hand we're moving on  (C major) 

Chorus 3
C 
Dm 
Am 
And if  (C major) this is  (D minor) what it takes  (A minor) 
G 
C 
Dm 
Am 
G 
Then  (G major) let me be the  (C major) one to  (D minor) bear the  (A minor) pain  (G major) 
C 
Dm 
Am 
Oh if  (C major) this is  (D minor) what it takes  (A minor) 
C 
Dm 
C/E 
F 
I'll break  (C major) down these  (D minor) walls that are  (C/E) in    our way  (F major) 
G 
If  (G major) this is what it takes

Outro 1

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