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Underdog by Alicia Keys - Guitar Chords

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            [Intro]
Em  C    G  D
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Em  C    G  D
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 1]
                       Em                    C
She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed
       G               D
He was nameless, he was homeless
    Gmaj7         Em                    C
She asked him his name and told him what hers was
              G           D
He gave her a story 'bout life
                    Em                    C
With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile
          G                D
One conversation, a simple moment
    Gmaj7       Em              C
The things that change us if we notice
        G           D
When we look up sometimes


[Pre-Chorus]
          Em            C
They said I would never make it
          G                  D
But I was built to break the mold
         Em                   C
The only dream that I've been chasing
       D
is my own


[Chorus]
     D                   Em                      C
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
       D                     D
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
      Em                C
Young teachers, student doctors
            D                             G      Gmaj7
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
Em                   C
This goes out to the underdog
D                  G        Gmaj7
Keep on keeping at what you love
       Em                C
You'll find that someday soon enough
         D        D
You will rise up, rise up, yeah


[Post-Chorus]
Em    C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Em    C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh


[Verse 2]
                  Em               C
She's riding in a taxi back to the kitchen
               G                             Gmaj7
Talking to the driver 'bout his wife and his children
                  Em                            C
On the run from a country where they put you in prison
             G                      D
For being a woman and speaking your mind
                  Em                        C
She looked in his eyes in the mirror and he smiled
           D               G
One conversation, a single moment
    Gmaj7       Em               C
The things that change us if we notice
        D           G
When we look up sometimes


[Pre-Chorus]
Gmaj7     Em            C
They said I would never make it
          D                  G
But I was built to break the mold
    Gmaj7  Em                    C
The only   dream that I've been chasing
      D
is my own


[Chorus]
     G      Gmaj7        Em                      C
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
       D                    D
Single mothers waiting on a check to come
      Em                C
Young teachers, student doctors
            D                             G      Gmaj7
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
Em                   C
This goes out to the underdog
D                  G        Gmaj7
Keep on keeping at what you love
       Em                C
You'll find that someday soon enough
         D        D
You will rise up, rise up, yeah


[Post-Chorus]
Em    C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Em    C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Bridge]
Em          C  D  G  Gmaj7
Everybody rise up
Em          C  D
You gonna rise up, ayy


[Chorus]
     G      Gmaj7        Em                      C
So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop
       D                    D
Single mothers waiting on a check to come (Say you're gonna make it)
      Em                C
Young teachers, student doctors (Yeah)
            D                             G      Gmaj7
Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run
Em                   C
This goes out to the underdog
D                  G
Keep on keeping at what you love
Em                       C
You'll find that someday soon enough
         D        D
You will rise up, rise up, yeah


[Post-Chorus]
Em   C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Em   C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Em   C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Em   C  D  G  Gmaj7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
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