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