Chords for Ron Sexsmith - WHATEVER IT TAKES

_ _ _ _ All right, I had the good fortune recently to have Michael Buble, Mr.
Bubbles as I like
to call him, record one of my songs.
And I kept, you know, I'd been sending him songs
for years that he never, I would never hear back from him.
And then all of a sudden he
called me one night and said he was going to do this one, which I thought was sort of
an odd choice because when I was writing it, you know, I was thinking of Bill Withers,
you know, I'm a big Bill Withers fan.
And I wasn't thinking about Michael Buble necessarily.
But he did a really nice job.
He did sort of a Latin version of it.
This is how I wrote
it though.
It's called Whatever It Takes.
It's on his new record of apparently 10 million
people have bought it or something, which is unheard of these days, isn't [Bm] it? _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ [A] _ _ _ [G]
We've all been hurt [C] by love, it's [Am] out of our hands.
[G]
For all it's worth, [C] I'm drawing [G] a [Am] line
in the sand.
[D] _
Another morning [C] just won't [G] do.
_ [D] _ _
I need your love to shine on [G] through, [C] or it
won't be new.
[Bm] Whatever it takes, my love, I'll find [Em] it, whatever it takes, my love.
[Bm] To put the lonely days [Em] behind us and lay it down, [Am] whatever it takes, my love.
_ _ _ [G] _
If there's
a chance [C] for two [G] hearts [Am] to celebrate, [G] _
to blow out some [C] candles [G] and [A] tempt the hand of [D] fate.
You make a wish, I'll make [C] one too.
[G] _ [D] _ _
But close your eyes, [G] love, when you do, or it [C] won't
be [Bm] true.
Whatever it takes, my love, I'll [Em] find it, whatever it takes, my love.
[Bm] To put
the lonely days behind [Em] us, laying it [Am] down, whatever it takes, my love.
_ [E] _ Cause I've been [F#m] wandering around [G#m] with the same [A] old [A] blues [E] that I've [F#m] been dragging you
[G#m] down.
If you feel the [A] same way too, [G#m] [F#m] or maybe [Bm] it takes too.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] And _ _ [B] _ [Am] _ [B] _ [A] _ [G] _ _
if we give thanks for [C] our [G] love [Am] at each new dawn, [G] _
we'll find the [C] strength [G] and the
will to [Am] carry [D] on.
The sun alone will [Em] never do.
[D] _ [G] _
[D] Without your love to shine [C] on through,
[G] [C] it just [G] won't be [Bm] new.
Whatever it takes, my love, I'll [Em] find it, whatever it takes, my
love.
[Bm] To put the lonely days [Em] behind us, laying it down, [Am] whatever it takes, my love.
[D] _ [F#] _ Whatever it [Bm]
takes, my love.
_ [Em] Whatever it takes now.
[G]
[Bm] To put the lonely days behind [Em] us and
laying it [Am] down, whatever it takes, my love.
Whatever it [A] takes, my [E] love. _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Thanks everybody. _ _ _ _ _