Play barre chords for all chords in this song, but leave the high e and b strings ringing open.
All chords relative to capo.
Capo 2
[Chords]
A: 0 E: 0 B: 0 C#m:0
0 0 0 0
6 1 8 9
7 2 9 11
7 2 9 11
5 0 7 9
[Intro]
A E B C#m E A (x2)
[Verse 1]
A E B
My father said, "never give up son"
C#m E A
Just look how good Cassius become
A E B
Muhammad, Mahatama and Nelson
C#m E A
Not scared to be strong
(Man, what if they say I'm no good)
(What if they say, "get out of here kid, you got no future")
A E B
Now you could run and just say they're right
C#m E A
No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
A E B
Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
C#m E A
And get to keep on dancing all life long
[Verse 2]
A E B
My father said, "never give up son"
C#m E A
Just look what Amelia and John done
A E B
Oh Rosa, Theresa their war won
C#m E A
Not scared to be strong
A E B
Now you could run and just say they're right
C#m E A
No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
A E B
Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
C#m E A
And get to keep on dancing all life long
[Chorus]
E
Yeah, you could be
C#m B
Someone special
E A
You've got bright in your brains and lightning in your veins
E B
You'll go higher then they've ever gone
E
In you I see
C#m B
Someone special
E A
You've got fire in your eyes an'
E B
When you realize, you'll go further then we've ever gone
[Rap]
(Look)
Just turn it on
A E B
(I pay my intuition, I couldn't afford tuition)
(My funds was insufficient, it felt like I'm in prison)
C#m E A
(Until I realized I had to set my mind free)
(I was trusting statistics more than I trust me)
A E B
(Get a degree, good job, 401k)
(But I'm trying to turn Ks to Ms, what does it take?)
C#m E A
(And maybe I could be the new Ali of music, probably)
A E B
(Instead of doing it just as a hobby, like these boys told me to)
(I guess you either watch the show, or your show approved)
C#m E A
(Prove it to them or you prove it to yourself)
(But honestly its better if you do it for yourself)
A E B
(Never complacent 'til we hit the oasis)
(One life don't waste it, feel my heart races)
C#m E
(Success I taste it, ah)
A
(We on the verge, of gettin' every single thing that we deserve)
[Chorus]
E
Yeah you could be
C#m B
Someone special
E A
You've got fire in your eyes, I see heaven inside
E B
You'll go further then we've ever gone
E
In you I see
C#m B
Someone special
E A
You've got bright in your brains, you can break through the chains
E B
You'll go higher then we've ever gone
A E B
Just turn it on
C#m E A
[Outro]
A E B
In you I see
C#m E A
Someone special
A E B
Don't go to war with yourself
C#m E A
Just turn, just turn, just turn it on
A E B
And you can't go wrong
C#m E A