Starting Over
Macklemore
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Am G C FAm G C 1,2, now [Part 1]Am G Those three-plus years, I was so proud ofC Then I threw them all away for twoF Styrofoam cupsAm G The irony, everyone will think that "He lied to me"C Made my sobriety so public, there's no fucking privacyAm If I don't talk about it then IG carry a dateC F A "08/10/08" that now has been changedAm G And everyone that put me in some box as a saintC That I never was, just a false prophet that never cameAm And will they think that everythingG that I've written has all been fake?C Or will I just take my slip to theF grave?Am G What the fuck are my parents gonna say?C The success story that got his life together and changedAm G And you know, what pain looks likeC When you tell your dad you relapsedF and look at him directly into his faceAm Deceit on your shoulders,G deceivingly heavy weightC Haven't seen tears like this on my girl in a whileAm The trust that I once built hasG been betrayedC But I'd rather live telling theF truth and be judged for my mistakesAm G Than falsely held up, given props, loved and praisedC I guess, I gotta get this on the pageAm G Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self isC F I know what I've gotta do, and I can't help itContinúa después del anuncioAm G One day at a time is what they tell usC Now I've gotta find a way to tell themAm G C F God help 'em, yeahAm G One day at a time is what they tell usC Now I've gotta find a way to tell them [Hook]Am G We fall, so hard,C F Am now we gotta get back what weG C lost, lostAm G I thought you’d gone,C F Am G but you were with me all along,C along [Part 2]Am G And every kid that came up to meC And said I was the music theyF listened to when they first got cleanAm G Now look at me, a couple days sober, I'm fighting demonsC Back of that meeting on the East Side, shaking, tweakingAm G Hope that they don't see it, hope that no one is lookingC F That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodieAm Just posted in the back with myG hands crossed, shookenC If they call on me I'm passin', if they talk to me I'm bookingAm Out that door, but before, I canG make itC Somebody stops me and says "Are you Macklemore?F Am Maybe this isn't the place orG time, I just wanted to say thatC If it wasn't for 'Otherside,' I wouldn't have made it"Am I just looked down at the groundG and say, "Thank you"C She tells me she has nine months,F and that she's so gratefulAm Tears in her eyes, looking likeG she's gonna cry, fuckC I barely got forty-eight hours, treated like I'm some wise monkAm G I want to tell her I relapsed, but I can'tC I just shake her hand and tell her,F "Congrats"Am Get back to my car, and I think I'mG tripping, yeahC Cause God wrote "Otherside," that pen was in my handAm I'm just a flawed man, man, IG fucked upC Like so many others, I just neverF thought I wouldAm I never thought I would, didn'tG pick up the bookC Doin' it by myself didn't turn out that good [Bridge]Am G If I can be an example of getting soberC Then I can be an example ofF starting overAm G If I can be an example of getting soberC Then I can be an example of starting over [Hook]Am G We fall, so hard,C F Am now we gotta get back what weG C lost, lostAm G I thought you’d gone,C F Am G but you were with me all along,C along [Otro]Am G C FAm G C