Underdog chords by Alicia Keys

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
 Am  F  C
Ooh, ooh, ooh
 Am  F  C
Ooh, ooh, ooh


Verse 1:
            Am           F
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed
    G            G
He was?nameless,?he was homeless
         Am           F
She?asked him his name and told?him what hers was
       G
He gave her a story 'bout life
          Am          F
With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile
      G        C    G
One conversation, a simple moment
        Am       F
The things that change us if we notice
    G
When we look up sometimes

Pre-Chorus:
     Am      F
They said I would never make it
     G         C   G
But I was built to break the mold
     Am          F       G
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own


Chorus:
             Am           F
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
    G          C    G
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
   Am        F
Young teachers, student doctors
      G               C   G
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
Am          F
This goes out to the Underdog
G         C    G
Keep on keeping at what you love
    Am        F
You'll find that someday soon enough
     G
You will rise up, rise up, yeah


Post-Chorus:
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh


Verse 2:
         Am        F
She's riding in a taxi back to the kitchen
        G                   G
Talking to the driver 'bout his wife and his children
         Am              F
On the run from a country where they put you in prison
      G
For being a woman and speaking your mind
         Am            F
She looked in his eyes in the mirror and he smiled
      G        C    G
One conversation, a single moment
        Am       F
The things that change us if we notice
    G
When we look up sometimes


Pre-Chorus:
     Am      F
They said I would never make it
     G         C   G
But I was built to break the mold
     Am          F       G
The only dream that I've been chasing is my own


Chorus:
             Am           F
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
    G          C    G
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
   Am        F
Young teachers, student doctors
      G               C   G
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
Am          F
This goes out to the Underdog
G         C    G
Keep on keeping at what you love
    Am        F
You'll find that someday soon enough
     G
You will rise up, rise up, yeah


Post-Chorus:
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh


Bridge:
     Am    F G C G
Everybody rise up
     Am   F G
You gonna rise up, ayy


Chorus:
             Am           F
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
    G          C    G
Single mothers waiting on a check to come (Single mothers)
   Am        F
Young teachers, student doctors (Yeah)
      G               C   G
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
Am          F
This goes out to the Underdog
G         C    G
Keep on keeping at what you love
    Am        F
You'll find that someday soon enough
     G
You will rise up, rise up, yeah


Post-Chorus:
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am  F  G  C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh