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