Chords with lyrics
Play barre chords for all chords in this song, but leave the high e and b strings ringing open.
All chords relative to capo.
Capo 2
Chords:
A: 0 E: 0 B: 0 C#m:0
0 0 0 0
6 1 8 9
7 2 9 11
7 2 9 11
5 0 7 9
Intro:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA (x2)
Verse 1:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
My father said, "never give up son"
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Just look how good Cassius become
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Muhammad, Mahatama and Nelson
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Not scared to be strong
(Man, what if they say I'm no good)
(What if they say, "get out of here kid, you got no future")
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Now you could run and just say they're right
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
And get to keep on dancing all life long
Verse 2:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
My father said, "never give up son"
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Just look what Amelia and John done
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
All rose into reason, their war won
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Not scared to be strong
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Now you could run and just say they're right
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
And get to keep on dancing all life long
Chorus:
E MajorE
Yeah, you could be
C# minorC#m BB
Someone special
E MajorE A augmentedA
You've got pride in your brains and life
E MajorE BB
Everyone thinks you'll go higher then they've ever gone
E MajorE
In you I see
C# minorC#m BB
Someone special
E MajorE A augmentedA
You've got fire in your eyes an'
E MajorE BB
When you realize, you'll go further then we've ever gone
Rap:
(Look)
Just turn it on
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
(I pay my intuition, I couldn't afford tuition)
(My funds was insufficient, it felt like I'm in prison)
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
(Until I realized I had to set my mind free)
(I was trusting statistics more than I trust me)
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
(Get a degree, good job, 401k)
(But I'm trying to turn Ks to Ms, what does it take?)
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
(And maybe I could be the new Ali of music, probably)
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
(Instead of doing it just as a hobby, like these boys told me to)
(I guess you either watch the show, or your show approved)
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
(Prove it to them or you prove it to yourself)
(But honestly its better if you do it for yourself)
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
(Never complacent 'til we hit the oasis)
(One life don't waste it, feel my heart races)
C# minorC#m E MajorE
(Success I taste it, ah)
A augmentedA
(We on the verge, of gettin' every single thing that we deserve)
Chorus:
E MajorE
Yeah you could be
C# minorC#m BB
Someone special
E MajorE A augmentedA
You've got fire in your eyes, I see heaven inside
E MajorE BB
You'll go further then we've ever gone
E MajorE
In you I see
C# minorC#m BB
Someone special
E MajorE A augmentedA
You've got pride in your brains, you can break through the chains
E MajorE BB
You'll go higher then we've ever gone
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Just turn it on
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Outro:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
In you I see
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Someone special
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Don't go to war with yourself
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Just turn, just turn, just turn it on
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
And you can't go wrong