The Pursuit Of Happyness
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Intro: (Rihanna)
Em
I guess went out of my way
D/F# G
Just to love you the wrong way
Em
I guess I wore out my state
D/F# G
Cause I think I heard what you say then
Em D/F# G D/F# Em D/F# G N.C.
It's o_o_o_ver now, It's o_o_o_ver now
[Verso 1] (Eminem)
Em D/F#
All my life, I was told, I was never nothing special
G D/F#
I don't need to be reminded of it every other second
Em D/F#
"Specially when all my self-esteem's already shot to hell
G D/F#
I'm falling helplessly I'm embarrassed, I don't want no one else to see
Em D/F#
"Cause I feel like I'm a piece of shit every time she yells at me
G D/F#
Selfishly addicted, definitely doesn't help that she
Em
Makes me feel like I've died and gone to heaven
D/F#
But makes life a living hell for me
Em D/F#
She does that thing with her lip, now she's melting me
G D/F#
I'm putty in her palms, I'm wrapped around her finger
Em D/F#
A yo-yo on a string, she lets me sit there and just dangle
G
Until something better comes along
N.C. C
And shell just drop me like a hot potato
[Pré-Refrão] (Eminem)
I look like I'm in pain, but I'm okay
Bm
Though 'Cause I know she loves me-my friends,
What do they know?
[Refrão] (Rihanna)
D Em
I guess out of my way
D/F# G
Just to love you the wrong way
D/F# Em
I guess I wore out my state
D/F# G N.C.
Cause I think I heard what you say then
Em D/F# G D/F# Em D/F# G N.C.
It's o_o_o_ver now, It's o_o_o_ver now
[Verso 2] (Eminem)
Em D/F#
In my moments of weakness I openly admit the shit
G D/F#
I wouldn't normally I'm extremely self-conscious and enormously
Em D/F#
Insecure and she uses it to torture when she torments me
G D/F#
It only turns to ammunition for her in this war
Em D/F#
When she Gets goin' she don't stop when I'm up she's like a downer
G D/F#
When I found her it was love at first encounter but somehow
Em D/F#
She musta took the carton of eggs off the counter cracked them and placed
G Em D/F#
All the shells on the ground for me to walk on when I'm around her
G
But there's just something about her
D/F#
That makes me not able to function without her
Em D/F#
How can I getout of it when I don't know how to?
G N.C.
I'm a doubter, I'm a pessimist, make a believer out of me
[Pré-Refrão] (Eminem)
C
And show me the way now or stay the fuck out of my cloud of rain
Bm
'Cause I'm going straight down the drain, I'm drowning
[Refrão] (Rihanna)
D Em
I guess went out of my way
D/F# G
Just to love you the wrong way
D/F# Em
I guess I wore out my state
D/F# G N.C.
Cause I think I heard what you say then
Em D/F# G D/F# Em D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver now, It's o_o_o_ver now
(Rihanna)
D/F# Em
I guess went out of my way
D/F# G
Just to love you the wrong way
D/F# Em
I guess I wore out my state
D/F# G N.C.
Cause I think I heard what you say then
Em D/F# G D/F# Em D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver now, It's o_o_o_ver now
Outro (Rihanna)
N.C. Em
I guess went out of my way
D/F# G
Just to love you the wrong way
Em
I guess I wore out my state
D/F# G N.C.
Cause I think I heard what you say then
Em D/F# G Em D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver now, It's o_o_o_ver now
How to play The Pursuit Of Happyness
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Em. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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