VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by NoteNest
To learn Shinedown - special chords with lyrics, centre your learning around these crucial chords: G, Bm, A, G, D, Bm, A, Bm. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 38 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 77 BPM. Given the song's key of D, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.
Bm Hurry up
A before you go and
G get old.
A _ _
Bm.
A Hurry up before your blood
G runs cold.
A _ _
Bm None of us were
A ever meant
G to stay.
A We're
Bm A all gonna find out
G one day.
A You
Bm see life's too short
A to run it
G like a race.
A Bm So it's never
A gonna matter if you win
E first place.
Cuz we're all the _
G same.
Stop waiting
D on your
Bm 15 minutes of fame.
A Cuz you're not special.
G I'm not trying
D to rain on your
Bm parade.
A But you're not special.
G I'm not trying
D to bring you down.
Bm I'm not trying
A to sound so
G ineffectual.
A But you're
Bm not special.
A Hurry
G _ _ _ .
A _
Bm up
A before the bottle
G kicks in.
A _ .
Bm Before the poison
A and the pain
G sets in.
_
Bm If you take it down a notch
A and you let me
G explain.
A _
Bm That on this earth
A we're all
E the same.
And all I can say.
G Stop waiting
D on your 15 minutes
Bm of fame.
A Cuz you're not special.
G I'm not trying
D to rain on your
Bm parade.
A But you're not special.
G I'm not trying to
D bring you down.
Bm I'm not trying
A to sound so
G ineffectual.
A But you're not
Bm special.
D We _ .
_
G all live to love, we all fall
Bm apart.
We don't go to war for the pain
A of heart.
Instead we're condescending.
There are no
Bm happy endings.
G I won't hold my breath, I won't cast
Bm a doubt.
I'd never sell you out.
But I'll
A give you one last chance to own it.
Cuz you're not a goner.
You're not a poet.
G So
D stop waiting on your 15 minutes
Bm of fame.
A Cuz you're
D not special.
G I'm not trying
D to rain on your
Bm parade.
A But you're not special.
G I'm not trying to
D bring you down.
Bm I'm not trying
A to sound so
G ineffectual.
A But you're not special.
G But
D _ .
_
Bm _
A you're not special.
G We
D all live to love, we all fall
Bm apart.
But you're not
A G special.
D Cuz _ .
_ _
Bm A you're
F#m not
G special.
D Cuz _ .
_
Bm _
A you're
D not special.
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G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Bm _ _ _ _ _ .
D _ _ _ _
G _ _ _ _ .
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A _
Bm _ _ _ _ _ .
D _ _ _ _
G _ _ _ _ .
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