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