Chords with lyrics
*Note-dashes in between chords (ie A-D) just means go from one
to the other quickly, one strum each
Intro:
A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D A augmentedA D-A E MajorE (x2)
Verse:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D
I wake up just to work hard every day
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Nothin' free and nothin' easy ever comes my way
A augmentedA D MajorD
Hands are calloused, my body is bruised
F# minorF#m D MajorD
I won't give up and I will not lose
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
Just when you count me out, that's when I'll come through...I'm
Chorus:
F# minorF#m D MajorD
The underdog
A augmentedA E MajorE
The one whose back stays against the wall
F# minorF#m D MajorD
The underdog
A augmentedA E MajorE
I'll still be standin' when the favorite falls
F# minorF#m D MajorD
So they say I'm not that strong
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And the odds are way too long
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D A augmentedA D-A E MajorE
Well I was born to prove them wrong, I'm the underdog
Verse:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D
My baby's the best lookin' thing to hit this town
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
She believes in me even though her folks don't want me comin 'round
A augmentedA D MajorD
They got bigger plans for her than me
F# minorF#m D MajorD
I've got somethin' inside they can't see
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
But someday I swear they will, cause I won't always be, ohh
Chorus:
F# minorF#m D MajorD
The underdog
A augmentedA E MajorE
The one whose back stays against the wall
F# minorF#m D MajorD
The underdog
A augmentedA E MajorE
I'll still be standin' when the favorite falls
F# minorF#m D MajorD
So they say I'm not that strong
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And the odds are way too long
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D A augmentedA D-A E MajorE
Well I was born to prove them wrong, I'm the underdog
E MajorE D MajorD
I know every verse and every word of 1st Samuel 17
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
I love it when that big ol' boy's brought down to his knees
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA
And it sometimes seems that all my dreams are over nine feet tall
D MajorD A augmentedA
And I'm the little man with a rock in his hand
E MajorE
Just like David in overalls... I'm
Chorus:
F# minorF#m D MajorD
The underdog
A augmentedA E MajorE
The one whose back stays against the wall
F# minorF#m D MajorD
The underdog
A augmentedA E MajorE
I'll still be standin' when the favorite falls
F# minorF#m D MajorD
So they say I'm not that strong
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And the odds are way too long
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D A augmentedA D-A E MajorE
Well I was born to prove them wrong, I'm the underdog
A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D A augmentedA D-A E MajorE
Oh, I'm the underdog.................don't you count me out
x2
A augmentedA D-A E MajorE A-D A augmentedA D-A E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
Chords:
A augmentedA = x02220
D MajorD = xx0232
E MajorE = 022100
F# minorF#m = 244222(bar chord)