Intro
G#m E
Lately I've been hard to reach
F# G#m
I've been too long on my own
G#m E
Everybody has their private world
F# E
Where they can be alone
E F#
Are you calling me?
D#/G G#m
Are you trying to get through?
E
Are you reaching out for me?
F#
I'm reaching out for you
[Verse 1]
G#m
I'm just so fucking depressed
F#
I just can't seem to get out this slump
E
If I could just get over this hump
D#m
But I need something to pull me out this dump
G#m
I took my bruises, took my lumps
F#
Fell down and I got right back up
E
But I need that spark to get psyched back up
D#m
And in order for me to pick the mic back up
G#m
I don't know how or why or when
F#
I ended up this position I'm in
E
I'm starting to feel dissin' again
D#m
So I decided just to pick this pen
G#m F#
Up and try to make an attempt to vent
But I just can't admit
E
Or come to grips with the fact
that I may be done with rap
F#
I need a new outlet
G#m
And I know some shit's so hard to swallow
F#
But I can't just sit back and wallow
E
In my own sorrow but I know one fact
D#m
I'll be one tough act to follow
G#m
One tough act to follow
F#
I'll be one tough act to follow
E
Here today, gone tomorrow
F#
But you'd have to walk a thousand miles
[Chorus]
G#m
In my shoes, just to see
F#
What it's like, to be me
E
I'll be you, let's trade shoes
D#m
Just to see what it'd be like
G#m
To feel your pain, you feel mine
F#
Go inside each others' minds
E
Just to see what we'd find
D#m
Look at shit through each others' eyes
G#m F# E D#m
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
G#m F# E F#
They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
G#m F# E D#m
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
G#m F# E F#
They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[Verse 2]
G#m
I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor
F#
Everything's so tense and gloom
E
I almost feel like I gotta check
the temperature of the room
D#m G#m
Just as soon as I walk in
it's like all eyes on me
F#
And so I try to avoid any eye contact
E
Cause if I do that then it opens the door
F#
For conversation, like I want that
G#m
I'm not looking for extra attention
F#
I just wanna be just like you
E
Blend in with the rest of the room
D#m
Maybe just point me to the closest restroom
G#m
I don't need no fucking man servant
F#
Trying to follow me around and wipe my ass
E
Laugh at every single joke I crack
F#
And half of 'em ain't even funny like
G#m
Ha! Marshall you're so funny man
F#
You should be a comedian, god damn!"
E
Unfortunately I am
D#m
I just hide behind the tears of a clown
G#m
So why don't you all sit down
F#
Listen to the tale I'm about to tell
E
Hell we don't gotta trade our shoes
F#
And you ain't gotta walk no thousand miles
[Chorus]
G#m
In my shoes, just to see
F#
What it's like, to be me
E
I'll be you, let's trade shoes
D#m
Just to see what it'd be like
G#m
To feel your pain, you feel mine
F#
Go inside each others' minds
E
Just to see what we'd find
D#m
Look at shit through each others' eyes
G#m F# E D#m
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
G#m F# E F#
They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
G#m F# E D#m
Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
G#m F# E F#
They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[Verse 3]
G#m
Nobody asked for life to deal us
F#
With these bullshit hands we're dealt
E
We gotta take these cards ourselves
D#m
And flip 'em, don't expect no help
G#m
Now I could've either
F#
just sat on my ass and pissed and moaned
E
Or take this situation
in which I'm placed in
F#
And get up and get my own
G#m
I was never the type of kid
F#
To wait by the door and pack his bags
E
I sat on the porch and hoped and prayed
D#m
For a dad to show up who never did
G#m
I just wanted to fit in
F#
Every single place every school I went
E
I dreamed of being that cool kid
F#
Even if it meant acting stupid
G#m
And Edna always told me
F#
Keep making that face and
it'll get stuck like that
E
Meanwhile I'm just standing there
D#m
Holding my tongue tryna talk like that
G#m
'Til I stuck my tongue on that
F#
frozen stop sign pole
At 8 years old
E
I learned my lesson then
'Cause I wasn't trying to
F#
impress my friends no more
G#m
But I already told you my whole life story
F#
Not just based on my description
E
Cause where you see it
from where you're sittin'
D#m
It's probably 110% different
G#m F#
I guess we would have to walk a mile
in each others shoes at least
E
What size you wear? I wear 10's
F#
Let's see if you can fit your feet
[Outro]
G#m F#
Lately I've been hard to reach
E F#
I've been too long on my own
G#m F#
Everybody has their private world
E F#
Where they can be alone
G#m F#
Are you calling me?
E D#m
Are you trying to get through?
G#m F#
Are you reaching out for me?
E F#
I'm reaching out for you
[Guitar Solo]
(Eminem speaks to his daughter Hailey)
G#m F# E
Yeah,to my babies
D#m G#m F#
Stay strong, daddy will be home soon
And to the rest of the world
E F#
God gave you shoes to fit you
G#m F#
So put 'em on and wear 'em
E D#m
Be yourself man, be proud of who you are
G#m F#
Even if it sounds corny
E
Don't ever let anyone tell
F# G#m F# E x4
you you ain't beautiful so