This is based on his live performance at the Royal Albert Hall
/watch?v=ffoY-4EwJqM
No Capo
Just after every c chord, he plucks the G bass note, as sort of a transition
He plays Bb this way
Bb
e|----x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm
I'm not a rapper; I'm a singer with a flow I've got a habit of spitting quicker lyrics you know
Bb
You found me ripping the writtens out of the pages they sit in
C
and I never want to get bitten because plagiarism is hidden
Dm
Watch how I sit on the rhythm, prisoner with a vision Signs of LA, but didn't listen to any criticism
Bb
Thought you knew but you didn't so perk your ears up and listen
C
Studio with a system and you could say that I'm driven
Dm
And now it's on to the next saga we drink the best lager, I never tried to win you over
like your stepfather
Bb
I do my own thing now, and get respect after
C
And I'm avoiding cocaine like it was Get Carter
Dm
For four years I never had a place to stay but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded
like a paperweight
Bb
At 16 years old I moved out of my home
C
I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and I choked
Dm
And we've been sleeping at the subway station, sleeping with a movie star and adding to the population
Bb
Not my imagination, I don't want to relax
C
But would it hurt your reputation,if I put it on wax? So take it back now...
[Hook]
Dm Bb
Come on and take it back now
C
Come on and take it back now
Dm Bb C
Dont you fade into the back now
[Verse 2]
Dm
Take it back with the rhythm and blues and my back pack I'll be singing the news,
trying to act like Jack Black when I bring them to school
Bb
I'll make a beat with my feet by just singing a loop,
C
bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes,
Dm
and keeping the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit,
Bb
they try and take aim like beckham when he goes to shoot,
C
but then again that's what they're supposed to do,
Dm
and I'm supposed to be calm,I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything
that happens is from now on,
Bb
I'll be willing to start again at the end of the song,
C
still they think I handled it wrong,
Dm
but then I never had an enemy, except for NME, but I'll be selling twice as many copies
as the magazines will ever be,
Bb
and got me spectacles ahead of me and festival fees,
C
to help me with a Dalmatian, no pedigree
Dm
singing for the masses, rubber dinghy rapids,keep this rapping a habit and keep on
passioning magic,
Bb
I'm battling for the respect,
C
I don't know if I'll have it, this songs from the heart, grabbing the plaque I'll take it back now
[Hook]
Dm Bb
Come on and take it back now
C
Come on and take it back now
Dm Bb C
Dont you fade into the back now
(Same chord progression continues)
Take it back now
[Verse 3]
Dm
I don't ever want to be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you never want to see shirtless
Bb
I accept the fact that someone has to win the worst-dressed,
C
Taking my first steps into the scene, giving me focus
Dm
Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton,considering a name change,thinking it was hopeless
Bb
Rhyming over recordings Avoiding tradition
C
Cause every day some lyrics and a melody can be written
Dm
Now absence can make your heart ache But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly,
I need to let my liver be
Bb
And I say it again,
C
Living life on the edge,with a closed hand full of friends
Dm
Is good advice from a manwho took his life on the road with me
And I hope to see him blowing up globally
Bb
Cause that's how it's supposed to be screaming out vocally
C
Might seem totally impossible achieving life's dreams
Dm
But, but I just write schemesI'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans
Bb
Madison Square Garden is where I might be, But more likely,
C
You'll find me in the back room of a dive bar with my mates
Dm
Having a pint with McDaid, Discussing records we made And every single second knowing
that we'll never betray
Bb
The way we were raised Remembering our background
C
Sat down That's how we put it out; it's time to take it back now
[Hook] (x2)
Dm Bb
Come on and take it back now
C
Come on and take it back now
Dm Bb C
Dont you fade into the back now
[Verse 4]
Dm
My dreams keep me awake at night, Written in rhymes, and lies, deliver the hype
Am I just living the lie
Bb
With this you must know that the number's just sold woah
C
Will keep me going through the tough times, dream with me
Dm
We forget 90 per cent of it when we wake But the other 10 per cent it never fades
Bb
Dreaming dreams, day to day goals Stay awake loads,
C
try to make the cut like the paper or razor blade,
Dm
never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just control
that thought
Bb
You'd find me buskin' on the street when it was cold outdoors
C
And now I'm sweating on the stage With the sold out tours
Dm
Writing love songs for the sake of it never to make a hit, You can't fake talent and work ethic just to make
it quick
Bb
I'm not a rapper I'm a singer, I just take the piss and
C
Most of these other guys are guys that pose His little sister has to
Dm
babysit, that's just a way it is Dreams you own,just set your goalsAnd have the utmost faith in it
Bb
tread your own path You'll never make it as a follower,
C Dm
you'll never know where you will go or where you will be tomorrow
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| x Dead note
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