* = Strum Once
Riff/Intro:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----1----0----1-------5----8----1----|
G|---0----0----2-2-2---5----9----2-2-2-|
D|--2----0----2---2---5----9----2---2--|
A|-3----2----0-------3----7----0-------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Capo 3
[Verse 1]
C G
Please help me God, I feel so alone
Am
I'm just a kid, I can't take it on my own
C G
I've cried so many tears, yeah, writing this song
Am
Trying to fit in. Where do I belong?
C G
I wake up every day, don't wanna leave my home
Am
My mamma's askin' me why I'm always alone
Dm Em
Too scared to say, too scared to holler
F*
I'm walking to school with sweat around my collar
C G
I'm just a kid, I don't want no stress
Am
My nerves are bad, my life's a mess
C G
The names you call me, they hurt real bad
Am
I want to tell my Mom
She's havin' trouble with my Dad
C G
I feel so trapped, there's nowhere to turn
Am
Come to school
Don't wanna fight I wanna learn
Dm
So please mister Bully
Em
Tell me what I've done
F*
You know I have no Dad
I'm livin' with my Mom
[Chorus]
C G
'Cause I'm hopeful, yes, I am
Am
Hopeful for today
C G
Take this music and use it
Am
Let it take you away
C G
And be hopeful, hopeful
Am
And He'll make a way
Dm Em F
I know it ain't easy but that's okay
C
Just be hopeful
[Verse 2]
G
Why do you trip at the colour of my skin
Am
And whether I'm fat or whether I'm thin
C G
You call me loser, you call me a fool
Am
I ain't got a choice, I gotta go to school
C G
I wish I had an angel to stand by my side
Am
I'm shaking with fear, I'm so scared inside
Dm Em
Doesn't really matter if I ain't got the looks
F*
Why do you always hurt me and destroy my books?
[Chorus]
C G
'Cause I'm hopeful, yes, I am
Am
Hopeful for today
C G
Take this music and use it
Am
Let it take you away
C G
And be hopeful, hopeful
Am
And He'll make a way
Dm Em F
I know it ain't easy but that's okay
C*
Just be hopeful
[Verse]
G*
I give you all my money every single day
Am*
I didn't ask to be born but now I have to pay
C* G*
I ain't got no food, you take all I have
Am*
When I give it to you, you search through my bags
C G
I wrote this song for you to see
Am
We could've been friends, yeah you and me
Dm Em
Mister bully, take a moment please
F*
Every single day you bring me to my knees
Capo 4
[Chorus]
C G
'Cause I'm hopeful, yes, I am
Am
Hopeful for today
C G
Take this music and use it
Am
Let it take you away
C G
And be hopeful, hopeful
Am
And He'll make a way
Dm Em F
I know it ain't easy but that's okay
C G
'Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am,
Am
Hopeful for today (Hopeful for today)
C G
Take this music and use it (Bars and Melody!)
Am
Let it take you away (Take you away)
C G
And be hopeful, hopeful (Yeah)
Am
And he'll make a way
Dm Em F*
I know it ain't easy but that's okay
C*
Just be hopeful
[Outro]
G*
What I wear is all I have
Am*
We lost our home, I'm livin' from a bag
C* G*
Yo mister bully, help me please
Am*
I'm flesh and blood, accept me please
