Intro - G - Cadd9 - (F - C)
Excuse me uh, yes sir I understand but, do you
actually have yes in your vocabulary,
(Verse 1)
GCadd9
I guess it started when I was a kid,
GCadd9
If you said I couldn't do it I did,
D
Always had a stuborn streak,
Em7
Put a wall in front of me,
FCD
And I'll find a way to get around it,
(Verse 2)
GCadd9
There was a friend who said I'd never make the team,
GCadd9A lot of small town talk said I'd never leave,
D
Ah and you know who you are,
Em
You all played a part,
FCD
In pushin me on to my dream,
(Chorus)
GCadd9
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
F - C
Pack it up and get back home,
GEm
It kept me going knowin I would prove them wrong,
D
Yea I knew it all along,
CGCC/BA7
Without 'm I might have given up a long time ago, and so,
GEm7CDG - Cadd9 - F - C
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
(Verse 3)
GCadd9
Played my music for a man behind a desk,
GCadd9
He said sorry what you've got I just don't get,
D
Ah but here I am today,
Em
Standin on this stage,
FCD
And I wonder even now if he gets it yet
(Chorus)
GCadd9
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
F - C
Pack it up and get back home,
GEm
It kept me going knowin I would prove them wrong,
D
Yea I knew it all along,
CGCC/BA7
Without 'm I might have given up a long time ago, and so,
GEm7CDG - Cadd9 - F - C
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
(lead chords - G - Cadd9 (F-C) - G - Cadd9 (G-C)
(Bridge)
FC
The ones who said I'd never make it,
DmC
Those who doubted I could take it,
F (walk E9 / D#9 / D9)
I'll owe ya one,
(Chorus)
GCadd9
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
F - C
Pack it up and get back home,
GEm
It kept me going knowin I would prove them wrong,
D
Yea I knew it all along,
CGCC/BA7
Without 'm I might have given up a long time ago, and so,
GEmCDG - Em - C - D
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
GEmCDG - Cadd9
Yea I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
(Outro - G - Cadd9 (F-C) )
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