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