Chords for J.Cole - Show Me Something (Music Video)
Tempo:
162.15 bpm
Chords used:
Am
F
G
Dm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I [Ab]
stay around there people are just gonna drag me back in shit I need to get
out I need a fresh start that's the only way it's gonna happen no one ain't
looking twice at me right now [E] look there's [Eb] Ricky the boy you stabbed up that
you [Gm] he went to [Ab] jail you know what I'm saying and you know how I am though that ain't me
[Gb] see if I went I moved away would you come with me?
[Ab]
Yeah I would.
You would?
Yeah of course I would
[Gbm]
[N]
[F]
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
What am I here for?
[Am] I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears fall [Am] but [F] understand trying to get my head clear y'all
[Am] this shit is on my mind [G] asking for the [Am] Lord to show me all [F] my time show me something
[Am] cuz I'm [G] trying to find something [Am] [F] I'm lost can you show me something [Am] I'm lost
[G] can you show me something [Am] yeah [F] yeah I sit and reminisce on [Am] the niggas no longer
here [Em] and how I used to hit [F] them all and y'all was always there I sit and think
how I [Am] ain't grow up with my father then no [G] need to cry cuz [F] it only made me
stronger yeah I watched my brother get [Am] in trouble with the law and yeah that [Em] shit
cut me like I was [Am] sitting in [F] a barber chip cuz I don't want to see him [Am] like
fucked up in them bars in there [G] and I don't want to see him [F] stretched out in a coffin
yeah I'm wishing I can move [Am] my mama out so far from here I [G] know that she
deserved [Am] much better she [F] worked hard as heck that's why you never see me [Am] settle
cuz they want us here [G] I'm trying to sidestep [Am] the devil but [F] he hard as shit
but just know that I'm a [Am] rebel and yo it's almost here [G] I'm talking about the
[Am] revolution I am [F] part of it so dry your eyes mama [Am] please you can pause and tick
[G] cuz I promise I'm [Am] gonna be the side of him [F]
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them sit
for [Am] but understand [F] trying to get my head clear y [Am]'all this shit is all my [G]
[C] [Dm]
[G]
[Am] [F] yeah
[Am] [G]
[F] I
[Dm] swear I'm praying for [Am] my niggas when I say grace [G] I know them niggas don't [Am] care
who [F] they hit they spray straight but Lord please protect [Am] my family cuz if
they great [G] niggas is loading up [F] that Emmy in them a cape I know it's wrong in
that [Am] revenge is all in your hands [G] but last night I heard [Am] a ride [F] to kill the
old man now if they cold enough [Am] to take a life that's innocent [G] I know that they
could give [Am] a fuck whether [F] I live in shit and so I'm asking you [Am] if you can hold me
down Lord [G] be my umbrella
[Am] [Eb] [Dm]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [Dm] so I straight from [Am] you you know that my heart is good [G] and I know I [Am] exactly live
it how [F] probably should and I'm gonna try to [Am] act better like it's Hollywood
[G] niggas congratulate [Am] me I just tell him God [F] is good
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying [F] to get my
head clear y [Am]'all this shit is on my [G] mind asking for [Am] the Lord to show me [F] all my
show me something [Am] cuz I'm [G] gonna find [Am] something [F] you show me [Am] something
walk [G] away [Am] yeah please maybe after [F] us my niggas truck [C] dealing [Am] in the trap I'm
[G] telling you wake up [C] nigga [F] trap you set up the term [C] young mother [Am] sped up just
keep [G] your head up don't let up you fall [A] you get up you make your bed [F] up that you
sleep in [Am] fake rappers ain't practicing what they [G] preaching they tell you [Am] hit
the trap while [F] they relaxing on the beach and I'm here to spit [Am] the facts and
nigga back flip off the [G] deep end and smell this [Am] shit for what it is not cares
but I love [F] the kids and so I make [Am] the songs and let them know that they
[G] important cuz the racist [Am] teachers couldn't give a fuck [F] about what they
stories so they trying to get [Am] their hands up on them grand flag [G] Morris now
they slinging for [Am] you know a cop is knocking they got war [F] is in [Am] and now we
running for [G] it damn [Am] yeah and now the cops is running [F] for him damn [Am] yeah and
now he finally [G] blowing damn [Am] hands behind your head lay down on the [F] ground
in my head [C] for I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying
to get [F] my head
[Am] I [D] [G]
[F] don't want to leave you [Dm]
[Am] the [Em]
[F] whole point of me doing this [Am] to help
you I'm lost can [G] you show me something [Am] yeah
[F] [Am] [Em]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [Em]
[F] [Dm]
[Am]
[N]
stay around there people are just gonna drag me back in shit I need to get
out I need a fresh start that's the only way it's gonna happen no one ain't
looking twice at me right now [E] look there's [Eb] Ricky the boy you stabbed up that
you [Gm] he went to [Ab] jail you know what I'm saying and you know how I am though that ain't me
[Gb] see if I went I moved away would you come with me?
[Ab]
Yeah I would.
You would?
Yeah of course I would
[Gbm]
[N]
[F]
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
What am I here for?
[Am] I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears fall [Am] but [F] understand trying to get my head clear y'all
[Am] this shit is on my mind [G] asking for the [Am] Lord to show me all [F] my time show me something
[Am] cuz I'm [G] trying to find something [Am] [F] I'm lost can you show me something [Am] I'm lost
[G] can you show me something [Am] yeah [F] yeah I sit and reminisce on [Am] the niggas no longer
here [Em] and how I used to hit [F] them all and y'all was always there I sit and think
how I [Am] ain't grow up with my father then no [G] need to cry cuz [F] it only made me
stronger yeah I watched my brother get [Am] in trouble with the law and yeah that [Em] shit
cut me like I was [Am] sitting in [F] a barber chip cuz I don't want to see him [Am] like
fucked up in them bars in there [G] and I don't want to see him [F] stretched out in a coffin
yeah I'm wishing I can move [Am] my mama out so far from here I [G] know that she
deserved [Am] much better she [F] worked hard as heck that's why you never see me [Am] settle
cuz they want us here [G] I'm trying to sidestep [Am] the devil but [F] he hard as shit
but just know that I'm a [Am] rebel and yo it's almost here [G] I'm talking about the
[Am] revolution I am [F] part of it so dry your eyes mama [Am] please you can pause and tick
[G] cuz I promise I'm [Am] gonna be the side of him [F]
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them sit
for [Am] but understand [F] trying to get my head clear y [Am]'all this shit is all my [G]
[C] [Dm]
[G]
[Am] [F] yeah
[Am] [G]
[F] I
[Dm] swear I'm praying for [Am] my niggas when I say grace [G] I know them niggas don't [Am] care
who [F] they hit they spray straight but Lord please protect [Am] my family cuz if
they great [G] niggas is loading up [F] that Emmy in them a cape I know it's wrong in
that [Am] revenge is all in your hands [G] but last night I heard [Am] a ride [F] to kill the
old man now if they cold enough [Am] to take a life that's innocent [G] I know that they
could give [Am] a fuck whether [F] I live in shit and so I'm asking you [Am] if you can hold me
down Lord [G] be my umbrella
[Am] [Eb] [Dm]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [Dm] so I straight from [Am] you you know that my heart is good [G] and I know I [Am] exactly live
it how [F] probably should and I'm gonna try to [Am] act better like it's Hollywood
[G] niggas congratulate [Am] me I just tell him God [F] is good
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying [F] to get my
head clear y [Am]'all this shit is on my [G] mind asking for [Am] the Lord to show me [F] all my
show me something [Am] cuz I'm [G] gonna find [Am] something [F] you show me [Am] something
walk [G] away [Am] yeah please maybe after [F] us my niggas truck [C] dealing [Am] in the trap I'm
[G] telling you wake up [C] nigga [F] trap you set up the term [C] young mother [Am] sped up just
keep [G] your head up don't let up you fall [A] you get up you make your bed [F] up that you
sleep in [Am] fake rappers ain't practicing what they [G] preaching they tell you [Am] hit
the trap while [F] they relaxing on the beach and I'm here to spit [Am] the facts and
nigga back flip off the [G] deep end and smell this [Am] shit for what it is not cares
but I love [F] the kids and so I make [Am] the songs and let them know that they
[G] important cuz the racist [Am] teachers couldn't give a fuck [F] about what they
stories so they trying to get [Am] their hands up on them grand flag [G] Morris now
they slinging for [Am] you know a cop is knocking they got war [F] is in [Am] and now we
running for [G] it damn [Am] yeah and now the cops is running [F] for him damn [Am] yeah and
now he finally [G] blowing damn [Am] hands behind your head lay down on the [F] ground
in my head [C] for I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying
to get [F] my head
[Am] I [D] [G]
[F] don't want to leave you [Dm]
[Am] the [Em]
[F] whole point of me doing this [Am] to help
you I'm lost can [G] you show me something [Am] yeah
[F] [Am] [Em]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [Em]
[F] [Dm]
[Am]
[N]
Key:
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F
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Dm
Em
Am
F
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_ I _ _ _ [Ab] _
stay around there people are just gonna drag me back in shit I need to get
out I need a fresh start that's the only way it's gonna happen no one ain't
looking twice at me right now [E] look there's [Eb] Ricky the boy you stabbed up that
you _ [Gm] he went to [Ab] jail you know what I'm saying and you know how I am though _ that ain't me
_ [Gb] see _ _ if I went I moved away would you come with me?
_ [Ab]
Yeah I would.
You would?
Yeah of course I would
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ yeah yeah yeah _ yeah yeah yeah
What am I here for?
[Am] I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears fall [Am] but [F] understand trying to get my head clear y'all
[Am] this shit is on my mind [G] asking for the [Am] Lord to show me all [F] my time show me something
[Am] _ _ cuz I'm [G] trying to find something [Am] _ [F] I'm lost can you show me something [Am] _ _ I'm lost
[G] can you show me something [Am] yeah [F] yeah I sit and reminisce on [Am] the niggas no longer
here [Em] and how I used to hit [F] them all and y'all was always there I sit and think
how I [Am] ain't grow up with my father then no [G] need to cry cuz [F] it only made me
stronger yeah I watched my brother get [Am] in trouble with the law and yeah that [Em] shit
cut me like I was [Am] sitting in [F] a barber chip cuz I don't want to see him [Am] like
fucked up in them bars in there [G] and I don't want to see him [F] stretched out in a coffin
yeah I'm wishing I can move [Am] my mama out so far from here I [G] know that she
deserved [Am] much better she [F] worked hard as heck that's why you never see me [Am] settle
cuz they want us here [G] I'm trying to sidestep [Am] the devil but [F] he hard as shit
but just know that I'm a [Am] rebel and yo it's almost here [G] I'm talking about the
[Am] revolution I am [F] part of it so dry your eyes mama [Am] please you can pause and tick
[G] cuz I promise I'm [Am] gonna be the side of him [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them sit
for [Am] but understand [F] trying to get my head clear y [Am]'all this shit is all my _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ yeah _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ I
[Dm] swear I'm praying for [Am] my niggas when I say grace [G] I know them niggas don't [Am] care
who [F] they hit they spray straight but Lord please protect [Am] my family cuz if
they great [G] niggas is loading up [F] that Emmy in them a cape I know it's wrong in
that [Am] revenge is all in your hands [G] but last night I heard [Am] a ride [F] to kill the
old man now if they cold enough [Am] to take a life that's innocent [G] I know that they
could give [Am] a fuck whether [F] I live in shit and so I'm asking you [Am] if you can hold me
down Lord [G] be my umbrella _
[Am] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ so I straight from [Am] you you know that my heart is good [G] and I know I [Am] exactly live
it how [F] probably should and I'm gonna try to [Am] act better like it's Hollywood
[G] niggas congratulate [Am] me I just tell him God [F] is good _ _ _
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying [F] to get my
head clear y [Am]'all this shit is on my [G] mind asking for [Am] the Lord to show me [F] all my
show me something [Am] _ _ cuz I'm [G] gonna find [Am] something _ _ _ [F] you show me [Am] something
_ _ walk [G] _ away [Am] yeah please maybe after [F] us my niggas truck [C] dealing [Am] in the trap I'm
[G] telling you wake up [C] nigga _ [F] trap you set up the term [C] young mother [Am] sped up just
keep [G] your head up don't let up you fall [A] you get up you make your bed [F] up that you
sleep in [Am] fake rappers ain't practicing what they [G] preaching they tell you [Am] hit
the trap while [F] they relaxing on the beach and I'm here to spit [Am] the facts and
nigga back flip off the [G] deep end and smell this [Am] shit for what it is not cares
but I love [F] the kids and so I make [Am] the songs and let them know that they
[G] important cuz the racist [Am] teachers couldn't give a fuck [F] about what they
stories so they trying to get [Am] their hands up on them grand flag [G] Morris now
they slinging for [Am] you know a cop is knocking they got war [F] is in [Am] and now we
running for [G] it damn [Am] yeah and now the cops is running [F] for him damn [Am] yeah and
now he finally [G] blowing damn [Am] hands behind your head lay down on the [F] ground
in my head [C] for I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying
to get [F] my head _
[Am] _ _ I [D] _ [G] _ _
[F] don't want to leave you _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ the [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ whole point of me doing this [Am] to help
you I'm lost can [G] you show me something [Am] _ yeah
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ _ [Ab] _
stay around there people are just gonna drag me back in shit I need to get
out I need a fresh start that's the only way it's gonna happen no one ain't
looking twice at me right now [E] look there's [Eb] Ricky the boy you stabbed up that
you _ [Gm] he went to [Ab] jail you know what I'm saying and you know how I am though _ that ain't me
_ [Gb] see _ _ if I went I moved away would you come with me?
_ [Ab]
Yeah I would.
You would?
Yeah of course I would
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ yeah yeah yeah _ yeah yeah yeah
What am I here for?
[Am] I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears fall [Am] but [F] understand trying to get my head clear y'all
[Am] this shit is on my mind [G] asking for the [Am] Lord to show me all [F] my time show me something
[Am] _ _ cuz I'm [G] trying to find something [Am] _ [F] I'm lost can you show me something [Am] _ _ I'm lost
[G] can you show me something [Am] yeah [F] yeah I sit and reminisce on [Am] the niggas no longer
here [Em] and how I used to hit [F] them all and y'all was always there I sit and think
how I [Am] ain't grow up with my father then no [G] need to cry cuz [F] it only made me
stronger yeah I watched my brother get [Am] in trouble with the law and yeah that [Em] shit
cut me like I was [Am] sitting in [F] a barber chip cuz I don't want to see him [Am] like
fucked up in them bars in there [G] and I don't want to see him [F] stretched out in a coffin
yeah I'm wishing I can move [Am] my mama out so far from here I [G] know that she
deserved [Am] much better she [F] worked hard as heck that's why you never see me [Am] settle
cuz they want us here [G] I'm trying to sidestep [Am] the devil but [F] he hard as shit
but just know that I'm a [Am] rebel and yo it's almost here [G] I'm talking about the
[Am] revolution I am [F] part of it so dry your eyes mama [Am] please you can pause and tick
[G] cuz I promise I'm [Am] gonna be the side of him [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them sit
for [Am] but understand [F] trying to get my head clear y [Am]'all this shit is all my _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ yeah _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ I
[Dm] swear I'm praying for [Am] my niggas when I say grace [G] I know them niggas don't [Am] care
who [F] they hit they spray straight but Lord please protect [Am] my family cuz if
they great [G] niggas is loading up [F] that Emmy in them a cape I know it's wrong in
that [Am] revenge is all in your hands [G] but last night I heard [Am] a ride [F] to kill the
old man now if they cold enough [Am] to take a life that's innocent [G] I know that they
could give [Am] a fuck whether [F] I live in shit and so I'm asking you [Am] if you can hold me
down Lord [G] be my umbrella _
[Am] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ so I straight from [Am] you you know that my heart is good [G] and I know I [Am] exactly live
it how [F] probably should and I'm gonna try to [Am] act better like it's Hollywood
[G] niggas congratulate [Am] me I just tell him God [F] is good _ _ _
[Am] I'm a man so I cannot [G] let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying [F] to get my
head clear y [Am]'all this shit is on my [G] mind asking for [Am] the Lord to show me [F] all my
show me something [Am] _ _ cuz I'm [G] gonna find [Am] something _ _ _ [F] you show me [Am] something
_ _ walk [G] _ away [Am] yeah please maybe after [F] us my niggas truck [C] dealing [Am] in the trap I'm
[G] telling you wake up [C] nigga _ [F] trap you set up the term [C] young mother [Am] sped up just
keep [G] your head up don't let up you fall [A] you get up you make your bed [F] up that you
sleep in [Am] fake rappers ain't practicing what they [G] preaching they tell you [Am] hit
the trap while [F] they relaxing on the beach and I'm here to spit [Am] the facts and
nigga back flip off the [G] deep end and smell this [Am] shit for what it is not cares
but I love [F] the kids and so I make [Am] the songs and let them know that they
[G] important cuz the racist [Am] teachers couldn't give a fuck [F] about what they
stories so they trying to get [Am] their hands up on them grand flag [G] Morris now
they slinging for [Am] you know a cop is knocking they got war [F] is in [Am] and now we
running for [G] it damn [Am] yeah and now the cops is running [F] for him damn [Am] yeah and
now he finally [G] blowing damn [Am] hands behind your head lay down on the [F] ground
in my head [C] for I'm a man so I [G] cannot let them tears [Am] fall but understand trying
to get [F] my head _
[Am] _ _ I [D] _ [G] _ _
[F] don't want to leave you _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ the [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ whole point of me doing this [Am] to help
you I'm lost can [G] you show me something [Am] _ yeah
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _