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