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?