Chords for Alicia Keys - Underdog (Lyrics)
Tempo:
90 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Ab
Bb
Eb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [C]
[Ab] [C] [Eb]
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed [G] he was nameless, [Bb] he was homeless.
life with a [Cm] glint in his eye and a corner of a smile.
moment, the things that change us if we notice when we look up
sometimes.
mold.
sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
[Ab] [C] [Eb]
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed [G] he was nameless, [Bb] he was homeless.
life with a [Cm] glint in his eye and a corner of a smile.
moment, the things that change us if we notice when we look up
sometimes.
mold.
sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
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Cm
Ab
Bb
Eb
C
Cm
Ab
Bb
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb]
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed [G] he was nameless, [Bb] he was homeless.
She [Cm] asked him his name and [Ab] told him what hers was.
He [F] gave her a story about life with a [Cm] glint in his eye and a corner of a smile.
One conversation, a simple moment, the things that change us if we notice when we look up
[F]
sometimes.
They said I [Eb] would never make it, but I was built to break the mold.
[Cm] The only dream that I've been chasing is [Bb] my own.
So I sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
[Bb] Single mothers [Eb] waiting on a jet to [Cm] come.
Young teachers, [Ab] students, doctors, [Bb] sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to [Cm] run.
This goes out [Ab] to the underdog.
[Bb] Keep on [Eb] keeping at what you [Cm] love and you'll find that [Ab] someday soon enough [Bb] you will rise up, rise up.
[Cm] Yeah!
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] She's riding in a [Cm] taxi back to the kitchen, talking to the driver about his [Bb] wife and his
children on a [Cm] run from a country where they put you in prison for being a woman and speaking your mind.
She looked in his eyes in the [Ab] mirror and he smiled.
One [Bb] conversation, a single moment, the [Cm] things that change us [Ab] if we notice [Eb] when we look up
sometimes.
[Cm] They said I [Ab] would never make it, [Bb] _ but I was built to break the mold.
[Cm] The only dream that [Ab] I've been chasing is [Gm] my own.
So I sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
[Bb] Single mothers [Eb] waiting on a jet to come.
[Cm] Young teachers, [Ab] students, doctors, [Bb] sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to [Cm] run.
This goes out [Ab] to the underdog.
[Bb] Keep on [Eb] keeping at what you [Cm] love and you'll find that [Ab] someday soon enough [Bb] you will rise up, rise up. [Cm] Yeah!
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Cm] You're gonna rise!
[Ab] _ [Bb] Aye!
I sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
[Bb] Single mothers [Eb] waiting on a jet to come.
[Cm] Young teachers, [Ab] students, doctors, [Bb] sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to [Cm] run.
This goes out [Ab] to the underdog.
[Bb] Keep on [Eb] keeping at what you [Cm] love and you'll find that [Ab] someday soon enough [Bb] you will rise up, rise up. [Cm] Yeah!
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb]
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed [G] he was nameless, [Bb] he was homeless.
She [Cm] asked him his name and [Ab] told him what hers was.
He [F] gave her a story about life with a [Cm] glint in his eye and a corner of a smile.
One conversation, a simple moment, the things that change us if we notice when we look up
[F]
sometimes.
They said I [Eb] would never make it, but I was built to break the mold.
[Cm] The only dream that I've been chasing is [Bb] my own.
So I sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
[Bb] Single mothers [Eb] waiting on a jet to [Cm] come.
Young teachers, [Ab] students, doctors, [Bb] sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to [Cm] run.
This goes out [Ab] to the underdog.
[Bb] Keep on [Eb] keeping at what you [Cm] love and you'll find that [Ab] someday soon enough [Bb] you will rise up, rise up.
[Cm] Yeah!
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] She's riding in a [Cm] taxi back to the kitchen, talking to the driver about his [Bb] wife and his
children on a [Cm] run from a country where they put you in prison for being a woman and speaking your mind.
She looked in his eyes in the [Ab] mirror and he smiled.
One [Bb] conversation, a single moment, the [Cm] things that change us [Ab] if we notice [Eb] when we look up
sometimes.
[Cm] They said I [Ab] would never make it, [Bb] _ but I was built to break the mold.
[Cm] The only dream that [Ab] I've been chasing is [Gm] my own.
So I sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
[Bb] Single mothers [Eb] waiting on a jet to come.
[Cm] Young teachers, [Ab] students, doctors, [Bb] sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to [Cm] run.
This goes out [Ab] to the underdog.
[Bb] Keep on [Eb] keeping at what you [Cm] love and you'll find that [Ab] someday soon enough [Bb] you will rise up, rise up. [Cm] Yeah!
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Cm] You're gonna rise!
[Ab] _ [Bb] Aye!
I sing a [Cm] song for the hustlers [Ab] trading at the bus stop.
[Bb] Single mothers [Eb] waiting on a jet to come.
[Cm] Young teachers, [Ab] students, doctors, [Bb] sons on the frontline knowing they don't get to [Cm] run.
This goes out [Ab] to the underdog.
[Bb] Keep on [Eb] keeping at what you [Cm] love and you'll find that [Ab] someday soon enough [Bb] you will rise up, rise up. [Cm] Yeah!
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
