Tabs
Tuning: Standard
CAPO 3
This tab has the lyrics of the original version (without will.i.am). The order of
each part is the same for both versions though. The will.i.am version just has added
lyrics during the chorus, solo, and last verse.
Lead guitar plays tabs. Rhythm guitar plays open chords written above tabs/lyrics.
Intro:
E minorEm 
C majorC
E MajorE|--3p2h3p0h3p0--3p0h3p0--8p0--3p0--8p0--|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
G+G D MajorD
E MajorE|--7p0--8p0--10p0--5p0h5p0--10p0--5p0--10p0--|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------| repeat x4
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
E minorEm C majorC
Yeah, you can be the greatest, you can be the best
G+G D MajorD
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest
E minorEm C majorC
You can beat the world, you can win the war
G+G D MajorD
You can talk to God, go banging on his door
E minorEm C majorC
You can throw your hands up, you can beat the clock
G+G D MajorD
You can move a mountain, you can break rocks
E minorEm C majorC
Some will call that practice, some will call that luck
G+G
But either way your going to the history books
Chorus 1:
Standing in the hall of
fame And the world's gonna know your
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E MajorE|--3p2h3p0h3p0--3p0h3p0--8p0--3p0--8p0--|--7p0--8p0--10p0--5p0h5p0--10p0--5p0--10p0--|
BB|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
name 'Cos it burns with the brightest
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E MajorE|--3p2h3p0h3p0--3p0h3p0--8p0--3p0--8p0--|--7p0--8p0--10p0--5p0h5p0--10p0--5p0--10p0--|
BB|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
flame And the world's gonna know your
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E MajorE|--3p2h3p0h3p0--3p0h3p0--8p0--3p0--8p0--|--7p0--8p0--10p0--5p0h5p0--10p0--5p0--10p0--|
BB|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
name And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E MajorE|--3p2h3p0h3p0--3p0h3p0--8p0--3p0--8p0--|--7p0--8p0--10p0--5p0h5p0--10p0--5p0--10p0--|
BB|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
E minorEm C majorC
You can go the distance, you can run the mile
G+G D MajorD
You can walk straight through hell with a smile
E minorEm C majorC
You can be the hero, you can get the gold
G+G D MajorD
Breaking all the records they thought would never be broke
E minorEm C majorC
Yeah, do it for your people, do it for your pride
G+G D MajorD
Never even know if you never even try
E minorEm C majorC
Do it for your country, do it for your name
G+G
'Cos there's gonna be a day
[Chorus 2] (same as Chorus 1, except first line is "When you're standing in the hall of fame")
Solo: (begins during last line of chorus)
**Solo tabbed without Capo**
... hall of fame *hold 15, then slide down to 12
|-----lead in------| E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
E MajorE|--------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
BB|--------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G+G|-14-14-12--12-12----|-12--12-12-12-14--15--15-------|------15--14--14-14-14-14-14-|
D MajorD|-----------------15-|-------------------------15-15-|-\12-------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
and you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm
E MajorE|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|----
BB|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|----
G+G|-12--12-12-12-14--15--15-------|------15--14--14-14-14-14-14-|-12-
D MajorD|-------------------------15-15-|-\12-------------------------|----
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|----
E MajorE|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|----
Verse 3:
E minorEm C majorC
Be students, be teachers
G+G D MajorD
Be politicians, be preachers
E minorEm C majorC
Be believers, be leaders
G+G D MajorD
Be astronauts, Be champions
Be truth seekers
repeat x2
[repeat Chorus 1]
[repeat Verse 1]
** play Solo without lead in throughout this verse (solo x2)
Outro:
Standing in the hall of
fame
E minorEm C majorC
E MajorE|--3p2h3p0h3p0--3p0h3p0--8p0--3p0--8p0--|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
G+G D MajorD
E MajorE|--7p0--8p0--10p0--5p0h5p0--10p0--5p0--10p0--|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------| repeat x2 (fade out halfway through repeat)
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| x Mute note
Other versions of Hall Of Fame
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Hall of fame acoustic by The Script
