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Lose Yourself
Eminem







I'm including two ways to play the chords, in case you can't take on the barre chords yet.
Feel free to mix and match; it sounds pretty good with open  Dm  and barred Bb, for example.


I'll also list the intro here separately, since you probably only need this part at the beginning.

-- INTRO --

- Alternate between these first two positions, hitting the  A  &  D  strings (5th & 4th).
- The third (right-most) one is optional. Play it just once, after #2 and before #1.
It's like a "step" between.
- It also sounds best if you're throwing in some muting with either hand, if you are able to.

      #1       #2       #3
e|-----x--------x--------x-------|       
B|-----x--------x--------x-------|        
G|-----x--------x--------x-------|       
D|-----7--------8--------5-------|       
A|-----5--------5--------5-------|       
E|-----x--------x--------x-------|       



-- WHOLE SONG --


Chords (BARRE):                        -- OR --       Chords (no barre):

       Dm         Bb          C                                    Dm         Bb          C       
e|-----5--------1--------0-------|                    e|-----1--------1--------0-------|
B|-----6--------3--------1-------|                    B|-----3--------3--------1-------|
G|-----7--------3--------0-------|                    G|-----2--------3--------0-------|
D|-----7--------3--------2-------|                    D|-----0--------0--------2-------|
A|-----5--------1--------3-------|                    A|-----x--------1--------3-------|
E|-----x--------x--------x-------|                    E|-----x--------x--------x-------|
                                                    (The  A  string for  Bb  here is optional)

TUNING: STANDARD
NO CAPO

       Dm                                                 
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
               Bb                          C                
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
              Dm                                                 
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
           Bb                    C                           
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
           Dm                                             
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
       Bb                              C                     
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
         Dm                                               
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
              Bb                     C                       
The clock's run out, times up, over, blaoh!

        Dm                                                
Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity
 Bb                             C                           Dm        
Oh, there goes Rabbit. He choked, he's so mad but he won't
                                              Bb               
Give up that easy, no, he won't have it he knows
                             C                           Dm       
His whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter he's dope
                                                     Bb          
He knows that but he's broke, he's so stagnant he knows
                                  C                           
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
 Dm                                                            
Back to the lab again, yo
                        Bb                                     
This whole rhapsody better go capture this moment
       C                                                      
And hope it don't pass him
                                                           
                                                           

Chorus:

             Dm                                                
You better lose yourself in the music
                      Bb                             C            
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go
             Dm          
o yeah