Fm Ab Db C Fm Ab Db C

[Verse]
Fm                   Ab
When it was crumbs, scraps, pennies, pats
Db             C
Everything was fine
Fm                   Ab
They treat me like a loaded gun
       Db              C
When I ask for what is mine
Bbm           Ab             Bb                    C7
Always try to dim my light, no matter how bright I shine
C7          Fm          Eb
I've got my standards
Db  C                 Fm
And I'll never let'em die

[Verse]
Fm
Because of pride
Fm                     Bb
You're not bleeding me dry
Bb     C7
Cannot abide
Fm                             Ab
I got my head on a swivel this time
Ab          Db                     C7
Why would I let you just twist it aside
C7        Bbm             Ab            G             C7
I catch a fever when they aimin' at the way I live my life
C7           Bbm          Db Bb C7
These are my standards
C7                              Fm   Eb Db
I ain't gon' never never let'em die
C7                              Fm   Eb Db
I ain't gon' never never let'em die
C7                              Fm   Eb Db
I ain't gon' never never let'em die

C7           Bbm          Db Bb  C7
These are my standards

[Verse]
Fm      Ab
When I called and
Bb                      C7
You didn't pick up your phone
Fm         Ab
You saw my kingly potential
Db                      C7      Cm Bbm
So you kept me from my throne
Bbm          Ab
The truth is I'm demonized
G   C
For standing my own ground
Fm                         Bb
So you push me to the deep end
C
Hoping I'd drown

C             Bbm
But I got my, I got my

[Vocalize]
Ab        Bbm       C

[Refrain]
C                               Fm Eb Db
I ain't gon' never never let'em die
C7                              Fm Eb Db
I ain't gon' never never let'em die
C7                              Fm Eb Db
I ain't gon' never never let'em die
C7           Bbm         Db G C7
These are my standards

[Otro]
Fm             Db     Bbm         C7
'Cause I won't let ya treat me so unfair
Fm              Db           Bbm   C7
Don't I deserve my God-given share
Bbm                Fm     F        Bb7
Whether I've got a dollar or I'm a billionaire
Bb7           Bbm  Db  Bbm
These are my standards
Bbm         C                     Fm
I ain't gon' never never let them die
Fm         Eb
Because of pride
Eb         Db
Losing my spine
C                       Fm                    Eb
(Cannot abide) I got my head on a swivel this time
Eb          Db
Why would I let ya (Why would I let ya)
C7        Fm               Eb           Db            Cm
I catch a fever when they aimin' at the way I live my life
Cm            Bbm        Bb
These are my standards
Bb    Cm   C
that I'm never lettin' die