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Special Chords by Shinedown

Special chords by Shinedown

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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

Pre-chorus:
        Bm                  A              G   A
You see life's too short to run it like a race
        Bm                         A          E
So it's never gonna matter if you win first place
E/G#
Cause we're all the same
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Chorus:
G                     D                 Bm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame
       A
Cause you're not special
G                  D              Bm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade
     A
But you're not special
G                  D
I'm not trying to bring you down
Bm                 A
           G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual
    A
But you're not special

Bm D G A

Verse 2:
Bm                  A            G   A
Hurry up before the bottle kicks in
Bm                         A        G  A
Before the poison and the pain sets in

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

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

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

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

Outro:
G D Bm A x4

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