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