I Will Overcome

Intro: 
Am       E7 
I'll overcome (She will, she will, she will) 
Dm       Am 
I'll overcome (Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed she will) 
B7 F7 Em E 


 
N.C.               Am 
Five hundred steps left to make it to the front door 
            E 
My red high heels click, click 
Four many too drinks 
I feel my backbone 
  Dm 
Threaten to greet the concrete below 
            C 
I mean, who wants to be in Paris 
 Am 
Drunk and alone? 
          B7 
Where the phantom of a past love 
F7 
Lingers in the cracks of 
    Em 
The cobblestones that I march on 
       E 
And it haunts me and it taunts me 
    Am 
And su- su- su- suddenly 
        Am                     E 
In a reflection of a Chanel boutique 
                     E            N.C. 
Window I can see the old me and I hate her 
      Am 
I feel syrup strands of blue moonlight 
Am 
Pour through the clouds 
   E 
To find me out like a spotlight 
      E 
As if Heaven's watching down 
   Dm 
To illustrate briefly the state of my mind 
        C 
I have black cat-eye glasses 
          C 
So I look chic as I cry 
        B7 
And it's funny, some people say I 
  F7 
Remind them of Amy 
     Em 
Some spit through their keyboards 
E 
I'll never amount 
        F 
And the evil in insults 
    F 
The arrows from your tongue 
       E 
Is the same devils you tortured her with 
   Am 
Anyhow, I 
 

 
Am       E7 
I'll overcome (She will, she will, she will) 
Dm       Am 
I'll overcome (Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed) 
          B7 
When this wicked world wants to whisper 
    F7 
You can not 
    F7 
You won't be 
    E 
You will not 
   E 
So go home 
    E 
And shut up 
    E 
And go sleep 
Dm 
This is a song to remind me 
Dm              E 
 Since I needed one 
E          N.C. 
I will overcome 
 

 
Am            E           Am                    Dm 
  Yes I will, yes I will, yes I will, yes I will 
                        E 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes I will, oh 
 

 
                   A 
Five hundred steps back and I was doing so well 
So well 
                    E 
Whilst scrolling, I sighed 
I'm so jealous 
Of everyone online 
       D, 
Who is so much happier 
And content and complete 
        Am 
To feel better 
I'll shall arrange a sad little feast 
             B7 
Where I will jump up and down 
      F7 
On my bed in my grief 
          E 
And I'll play Edith Piaf 
         E 
And I'll dance and I'll eat 
          Dm 
Chocolate cake and I'll 
           Dm 
Have no regrets till I 
            E7 
Wake up and hate me now 
             E7 
I must know, anyhow 
            Am 
I will keep on 
 

 
Am          E7 
   I'll overcome (She will, she will, she will) 
Dm           Am 
   I'll overcome (Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed) 
          B7 
When this wicked world wants to whisper 
    F7 
You can not 
    F7 
You won't be 
    E 
You will not 
   E 
So go home 
    E 
And shut up 
    E 
And go sleep 
Dm 
This is a song to remind me 
Dm               E 
  Since I needed one 
 

 
                   Am 
Five hundred steps left, maybe I have lost count 
My battery died 
  E 
So I'm not sure if I turn left or turn right 
      Dm 
As my eyes gathered tears 
It's as if it was staged 
               Am 
How the night skies above 
Start to thunder and rain 
                 B7 
Like a Hollywood movie 
      F7 
With some sad exceptions 
    Em 
No lover to kiss 
      E 
Or promised happy endings 
      B7 
I'll swing 'round this street lamp 
       F7 
And I'll give you a story 
            E 
You may say I look crazy 
      E 
But I won't even care 
          B7 
Aren't we all broken people 
        F7 
Just perfect how to hide it 
    Am 
And life's guarantee's 
           E 
That we're all going to die 
        B7                      F7 
So am I going to live like this all of my life? 
          E 
I'm not okay right now 
                           Am 
But I'll get there somehow, I 
 

 
Am         E 
  I'll overcome, I 
Dm          C 
  I'll overcome (She will) 
          B7 
When this wicked world wants to whisper 
    F7 
You can not 
    F7 
You won't be 
    E 
You will not 
   E 
So go home 
    E 
And shut up 
    E 
And go sleep 
Dm 
This is my song to remind me 
         Em 
I needed one 
N.C.       Dm Am  A F E 
I will overcome 
 

Outro: 
N.C. 
There's a thin grey veil over her horizon 
And it is the wall between hope and despair 
She exists behind it 
                  E Am 
She will overcome