James Arthur - You

Fighting, ^Amliving, dying For what? For^Am freedom? That for which men have fought since ^Amtime began, to…be free

^AmThey've been making…blanket statements, scaring everyone ^AmThey've been making…you feel like you never did belong ^{Am G* F}Yeah, he said, and she said, yeah, they say a lot ^FSo many things, they just think you forgo^Ft ^{G* Am}Who you are, and what you do, and where you're coming from ^AmI just thought I could remind you with a simple so^Amng ^{G* F}No bad body language can start to rub off Till^F we're choosing weapons and hatred, not love Not^G you

You were in the ^Fwilderness Looking for your ^Dmown purpose Then you became a ^Ambutterfly, a butterfly I ^Gknew you always would 'Cause they were throwing ^Fsticks and stones But words could never ^Dmbreak your bones You just spread your ^Amwings and fly, your wings and fly I ^Gknew you always would I ^Fknew you always ^Dmwere I ^Fknew there always ^Dmwas nothing wrong with being ^AmYou, you, you, you, you, you, you, you

^AmAll you ever see on CNN are enemies ^AmTelling you to lose your individuali^Amty ^{G* F}Look, do this and do that, till you've lost your way ^FTill you need a vice or a means of escape^{F G* Am}They want you to stare into your screen and see yourself ^AmBlow smoke into your mirror till you're mentally unwe^Amll ^{G* F}So don't let them catch you with lies and deceit ^FThey can't take your soul or desire for ^Gfreedom

You were in the ^Fwilderness Looking for your ^Dmown purpose Then you became a ^Ambutterfly, a butterfly I ^Gknew you always would 'Cause they were throwing ^Fsticks and stones But words could never ^Dmbreak your bones You just spread your ^Amwings and fly, your wings and fly I ^Gknew you always would I^F knew you always ^Dmwere I ^Fknew there always ^Dmwas nothing wrong with being

You said ^AmI wanna be, I'm gonna be ^AmEverything they said that I couldn't be ^AmEverything that I said I would be, when I picked up a pen and I started to speak ^AmI hear the beat, my melody ^AmI just poured all of my heart in these sheets ^AmI could not just be a star in the street ^AmMan, I knew I was different, I had the belief ^FNowhere to live, nothing to eat ^AmYou were so hungry that you couldn't sleep ^DmYou couldn't breathe, how could it be ^CAll of this shit was happening to me? ^AmI would do drugs, I was a thief ^AmStill on the run from the karma police ^AmYou were the mission that's given to me ^AmBy the powers that be minus Devil, G-O-D

You were in the ^Fwilderness, looking for your ^Dmown purpose And you became a b^Amutterfly, a butterfly I k^Gnew you always would

You were in the ^Fwilderness Looking for your ^Dmown purpose And you became a ^Ambutterfly, a butterfly I ^Gknew you always were 'Cause they were throwing ^Fsticks and stones But words will never ^Dmbreak your bones You just spread your ^Amwings and fly, your wings and fly I ^Gknew you always would I ^Fknew you always ^Dmwere I ^Fknew you always ^Dmwould I ^Fknow there always ^Dmwas nothing wrong with being ^AmYou, you, you, you, you, you, you, you