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