Special chords by Shinedown

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
B minorBm          A augmentedA     G+G  A augmentedA
Hurry up before you go and get old
B minorBm           A augmentedA     G+G A augmentedA
Hurry up before your blood runs cold
B minorBm          A augmentedA    G+G  A augmentedA
None of us were ever meant to stay
B minorBm          A augmentedA    G+G  A augmentedA
We're all gonna find that one day

Pre-chorus:
    B minorBm         A augmentedA       G+G  A augmentedA
You see life's too short to run it like a race
    B minorBm             A augmentedA     E MajorE
So it's never gonna matter if you win first place
E/G#
Cause we're all the same

Chorus:
G+G           D MajorD         B minorBm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame
    A augmentedA
Cause you're not special
G+G         D MajorD       B minorBm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade
   A augmentedA
But you're not special
G+G         D MajorD
I'm not trying to bring you down
B minorBm         A augmentedA
      G+G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual
  A augmentedA
But you're not special

B minorBm D MajorD G+G A augmentedA

Verse 2:
B minorBm         A augmentedA      G+G  A augmentedA
Hurry up before the bottle kicks in
B minorBm             A augmentedA    G+G A augmentedA
Before the poison and the pain sets in

Pre-chorus:
B minorBm                   A augmentedA    G+G  A augmentedA
If you take it down a notch and you let me explain
B minorBm            A augmentedA    E MajorE
That on this earth we are all the same
E/G#
And all I can say is

Chorus:
G+G           D MajorD         B minorBm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame
    A augmentedA
Cause you're not special
G+G         D MajorD       B minorBm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade
   A augmentedA
But you're not special
G+G         D MajorD
I'm not trying to bring you down
B minorBm         A augmentedA
      G+G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual
  A augmentedA
          B minorBm D MajorD
But you're not special

Bridge:
G+G
We all live to lie We all fall apart
B minorBm
We all go to war For the faint of heart
A augmentedA
Instead we're condescending
A augmentedA
         B minorBm
There are no happy endings
G+G
I won't hold my breath I won't cast a doubt
B minorBm
I'd never sell you out
A augmentedA
But I'll give you one last chance to own it
A/C#A/C#
Cause you're not a god or a poet so

Chorus:
G+G           D MajorD         B minorBm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame
    A augmentedA
Cause you're not special
G+G         D MajorD       B minorBm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade
   A augmentedA
But you're not special
G+G         D MajorD
I'm not trying to bring you down
B minorBm         A augmentedA
      G+G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual
  A augmentedA
But you're not special

Outro:
G+G D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA x4