[Intro - Just bass drum then full drums come in] F#m F#m B/F# F#m - F#m F#m F#m F#m (horns imply B7/F#)
[Verse 1 - B/F# is on snare] [F#m] The race is on [B/F# - 224442]to get [F#m] out of the bottom, [B/F#] [F#m] The top is so high [B/F#]so your [F#m] roots are forgotten, [B/F#] [F#m] Giving is good [B/F#] as [F#m] long as you're getting, [B/F#] [F#m] What's driving you [B/F#] is am- [F#m] bition and betting [B/F#]
[Bridge:] I said [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus:] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[Verse 2:] [F#m] You're swelling out [B/F#] in the [F#m] wrong direction [B/F#] [F#m] You've got the bug, [B/F#] super [F#m] star you've been bitten, [B/F#] [F#m] Your trumpet's blowing [B/F#] for [F#m] far too long [B/F#] [F#m] Climbing the snake [B/F#] up the [F#m] ladder, but you're [B/F#] wrong
[Bridge:] [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus:] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[Instrumental] Random jam over F#m F#m B/F# F#m x ??
[Middle Eight] [F#m] You have got [B/F#] to [F#m] reach on up [B/F#] [F#m] never lose your [B/F#] soul [F#m][B/F#] [F#m] You have got to [B/F#] reach [F#m] on up [B/F#] [F#m] never lose con [B/F#] trol [F#m]
[Bridge:] [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus: x 2] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[Verse 1] Oh, [Am] life is bigger [Em] It's bigger than you And you are [Am] not me. The lengths that I will [Em] go to, The distance in your [Am] eyes, [Em] Oh no, I've said too [Dm] much, I set it [G] up. (stop)
[Chorus] That's me in the [Am] corner, That's me in the [Em] spotlight Losing my re [Am] ligion. Trying to [Em] keep up with you. And I [Am] don't know if I can do it. [Em] Oh no, I've said too [Dm] much, I haven't said e [G] nough.
[Bridge] I [G] thought that I heard you [F] laughing, I [Dm] thought that I [G] heard you [Am] sing. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] .... [Am] I [F] think I thought I [Dm] saw [G] you [Am] try. [G] (stop)
[Verse 2] Every [Am] whisper (drums in)of every waking [Em] hour I'm choosing my con [Am] fessions, Trying to [Em] keep an eye on you Like a [Am] hurt lost and blinded fool, fool [Em] Oh no, I've said too [Dm] much, I set it [G] up. (stop)
[Verse 3] Consider [Am] this, consider this, The [Em] hint of a century, Consider [Am] this: the slip That [Em] brought me to my knees failed. [Am] What if all these fantasies Come [Em] flailing around? Now I've [Dm] said too [G] much.
[Bridge] I [G] thought that I heard you l [F] aughing, I [Dm] thought that I [G] heard you [Am] sing. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] .... [Am] I [F] think I thought I [Dm] saw [G] you [Am] try. [G]
[Link - Drums stop - just bass drum - for mandolin part implied with muted chords] Am G Fmaj7 G e|-0-X---X-X---0-X----X-X-- B|-1-3---1-X---1-3----1-X-- G|-2-2---0-2---2-2----0-2-- D|-2-2---0-0---3-3----0-0-- A|-0-0---X-X----------X-X-- E|-------3-3---1-1----3-3-
But [C] that was just a [Dm] dream, [C] That was just a [Dm] dream.
[Chorus] That's me in the [Am] corner [drums back in] That's me in the [Em] spotlight Losing my re [Am] ligion. Trying to [Em] keep up with you. And I [Am] don't know if I can do it. [Em] Oh no, I've said too [Dm] much, I haven't said e [G] nough.
[Bridge] I [G] thought that I heard you [F] laughing, I [Dm] thought that I [G] heard you [Am] sing. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] .... [Am] I [F] think I thought I [Dm] saw [G] you [Am] try.. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] ..... [Am] . But [F] that was just a [Dm] dream [G] , [Am]Try [Am/B]cry [Am/C]why [Am/D]try [Am] [F] That was just a dream, [Dm] [G] just a [Am] dream, just a [G] dream, dream. [stop drums]
[Outro - Just bass drum on every 1] Am e|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| B|-10----------------------| G|-9-----------------------| x7
