Shinedown – Special (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Bm                   A          G   A
Hurry up before you go and get old

Bm                     A        G    A
Hurry up before your blood runs cold

Bm                    A        G    A
None of us were ever meant to stay

Bm                    A        G    A
We're all gonna find that one day
[Pre-chorus]
        Bm                   A              G   A
You see life's too short to run it like a race

         Bm                         A          E
So it's never gonna matter if you win first place

E/G#
Cause we're all the same
[Chorus]
G                      D                 Bm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame

       A
Cause you're not special

G                  D              Bm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade

     A
But you're not special

G                  D
I'm not trying to bring you down

Bm                 A              G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual

    A
But you're not special
[Instrumental] Bm A G A [Verse 2]
Bm                   A            G   A
Hurry up before the bottle kicks in

Bm                         A        G  
Before the poison and the pain sets in 

                 A
(Get up, get up)
[Pre-chorus]
Bm                                     A       G   A
If you take it down a notch and you let me explain

Bm                        A        E
That on this earth we are all the same

E/G#
And all I can say is
[Chorus]
G                     D                 Bm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame

       A
Cause you're not special

G                  D              Bm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade

     A
But you're not special

G                  D
I'm not trying to bring you down

Bm                 A              G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual

    A              Bm  D
But you're not special
[Bridge]
G
We all live to lie We all fall apart

Bm
We all go to war For the faint of heart

A
Instead we're condescending

A             Bm
There are no happy endings

G
I won't hold my breath I won't cast a doubt

Bm
I'd never sell you out

A
But I'll give you one last chance to own it

A/C#
Cause you're not a god or a poet so
[Chorus]
G                     D                 Bm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame

       A
Cause you're not special

G                  D              Bm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade

     A
But you're not special

G                  D
I'm not trying to bring you down

Bm                 A             G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual

    A
But you're not special

G                 D
(Get up, get up, get a move on)

Bm                 A
(Get up, get up, what's takin' so long)
'Cause you're not a special
G                 D
(Get up, get up, get a move on)

Bm                     A 
(Stop stallin',      I'm callin' out) 
'Cause you're not a special
G D Bm           A                 G D Bm
      'Cause you're not a special

         A
'Cause you're not a special
[Outro] G Bm D G G A Bm D G