Chant chords by Macklemore

🎸 Intro:

C   F   Am



🎸 Verse 1:
C
  They told me that I vanished

They told me that I had it
F                        Am
  They told me that I'm gone

I told them, "Don't panic"
C                                                  F
  When you've done it this long and you've seen magic
                       Am                                         C
And you know it won't kill you, even when the whole world doubts it
                                         F
This is my moment, they can't take my talent
                     Dm                              Am
They can't take my stripes, they can't erase my hours
G/B        C
I'm from the underground, anything above ground is a mountain
     Em           Dm                                      Em
I'm done tryna impress anybody but the Heavens where I'm headed
           F
You don't get to hold on me your flow rs
G           Am
I am in my zone, eyes on th? throne
G/B   C
20k deep, better pull out your phones
Em           Dm                                      Em               F
Turnin' the arena to believers every time I hit the ceiling, ain't nobody ever touchin' my show
 G                Am
Look at where we started, look at what we got to
G/B     C                                Em          Dm
Almost OD'd that night in the hospital, wasn't gonna die, more life in the arsenal
Em           F
Got another shot to pull off the impossible

🎸 Chorus:
                   Am         G
There's no need to cry for me
       C      Dm         Em   F
I'm a fighter,    fighter
               G   Am
You can't take my voice from me
G        C     Dm         Em   F
I will rise up,  rise up
             G   Am     G/B   C
So what are you waiting on?
Em  Dm      Em   F
Are you ready to die yet?
              G   Am          G/B   C
The pain is what made this boy
        Em   Dm
Are you ali--ve yet?
        Em   F
Are you ali--ve yet?
          Am
Are you alive?

🎸 Verse 2:
Am
  On my grave one quote will be etched in
Am
  Never played the game to be a contestant
Am
  Never joined the league to ride benches
     Dm
The wins hittin' different when they don't expect it
Am
  Yeah, ain't they gotta like me
       Am
Got my own Nikes, no Nike ID
Am                           Dm
  They not tryna stop me but my logo went over the Jumpman
Am                                      Am
  I remember all I had was a bus pass, sellin' CD's to make a couple of bucks back
    Am
And now I'm up in meetings, and you better believe me
            Dm
Now that we got the arena, the sonics makin' a come back
Am                                       Am
  I'm not a businessman
I got children, man

I treat my city like it is my fam'
Am
  'Til the residency get to buildin', man
             Dm
I think I'm playin'    mayor, but that is my plan
Am                                    C
  You know what fifty thousand feels like

When you question, "Is this real life "
     Dm
The money doesn't buy happiness, that's facts
          F
'Til you take what you made and it's hard to give it back, right back

🎸 Chorus:
Am         G
There's no need to cry for me
       C      Dm         Em   F
I'm a fighter,    fighter
                   Am
You can't take my voice from me
G        C     Dm         Em   F
I will rise up,  rise up
                 Am     G/B   C
So what are you waiting on?
             Em  Dm      Em   F
Are you ready to die yet?
                  Am          G/B   C
The pain is what made this boy
        Em   Dm
Are you ali--ve yet?
        Em   F
Are you ali--ve yet?
          Am
Are you alive?

🎸 Verse 3:

I was supposed to be a one hit ringer
Am
Now I got too many rings and not enough fingers
Am
Keep doing my thing, they keep chasing the wave
     Dm                                           Am
Thinking that they're gonna be the one to outpace age

I must got Mick Jagger DNA
         Am
Rolling Stone bags, pre-check, no TSA
         Am
I'll be seventy-eight
SM58 in my face
       Dm                                           Am
Like, "Who wants to go next " Nobody's touching my stage

Their heads trippin' like a B-Boy head spinnin'
Am                                          Am
I bench pressed the industry and I deadlift it

It's been written
I've been runnin' this, it's been a minute
Am                                                  Am
Been done it
I bet you a hundred that I've been winnin'
                                               Am
The Benz's tinted, this band vintage, yeah
I been did it
                                   Am
The crib I live in is like Ben Stiller's an evening at my house, a night at the museum
F                       G                    Am
  rophies, plaques all over and the view's decent
                                        C
At the end of the day it's like, "Who needs it "
                                    Dm
Player on player
I gotta keep competin'

Keep dreamin', won't settle for ****
           F
It is a sport, it's my life, run the championship
I'm gone

🎸 Chorus:
                   Am         G
There's no need to cry for me
       C      Dm         Em   F
I'm a fighter,    fighter
               G   Am
You can't take my voice from me
G        C     Dm         Em   F
I will rise up,  rise up
             G   Am     G/B   C
So what are you waiting on?
             Em  Dm      Em   F
Are you ready to die yet?
              G   Am          G/B   C
The pain is what made this boy
        Em   Dm
Are you ali--ve yet?
        Em   F
Are you ali--ve yet?
          Am   G/B   C   Em   Dm   Em   F
Are you alive?

🎸 Outro:
          Am   G/B   C   Em   Dm   Em   F
Are you alive?
          Am
Are you alive?