Mary J. Blige - Love yourself

^F#mIt's been a long way, but I made it here with love ^BmI made it here with love, love Said I've been and up and down and I^C#m've been through it all ^BmTook a while to know my heart ^F#mOh, yes, it did, yeah ^F#mBefore love like this, you go ^BmThrough the fire and valley lows ^F#mBut if you just hold on ^F#mPlease hold on 'cause love is strong, it'll save yah

N.C.

Oh, please hold on, it'll save yah, save yah

^F#mTruth can be the sweetest pain ^BmIt can mess up eve^C#mrything ^F#mIt's the only way you know ^BmI'm payin' for it,^C#m I'm changin' for it ^F#mOh, oh, and it hurts ^BmBut I'll make it w^C#mork ^F#m'Cause I'm no beginner ^BmI'm a winner, paid^C#m dues, I know my purpose

^F#mThought they'd put my life on hold ^BmBut I knew somethi^C#mn' they didn't know ^F#mI know myself too much to ever fold ^BmDark clouds are mo^C#mvin' past you

^F#mOh, you gotta love yourself ^BmIf you really wann^C#ma be with someone else ^F#mYou gotta feed yourself ^BmBefore you feed so^C#mmebody else ^F#mYou gotta stay open, and don't be foolish ^Bm'Cause everybody d^C#mon't mean you well ^F#mYou gotta love yourself ^BmBefore you love so^C#mmebody else

^F#mYeah, g^Bmotta love yourself^{C#m F#m}Uh, you^Bm know what I'm say^C#min'?

^F#mI decided not to use my color as a handicap ^BmHe a designer, art^C#mist, producer, and he rap ^F#mNever found virtue from patience ^BmIn a dark room just pacin' ^C#mPrecious time is just wastin' You do not know what we facin F#m' I cannot be complacent ^F#mIn my job, be courageous ^BmAnother kid just got shot ^C#mThey can't find the assailant ^F#mMade it out of the basement ^F#mMade it out of the underground ^BmFrom a time where you outta town ^C#mThey might gun you down, blaow ^F#mThere goes another round, blaow ^F#mThere goes another round ^BmCame from the Chi and wow, lo^C#mok what the fuck they found ^F#mA young legend, comin' to shut the summer down ^BmYou need to talk to me like you d^C#mon't when your mother 'round

^F#mOh, you gotta love yourself ^BmIf you really wann^C#ma be with someone else ^F#mYou gotta feed yourself ^BmBefore you feed so^C#mmebody else ^F#mYou gotta stay open, and don't be foolish ^Bm'Cause everybody d^C#mon't mean you well ^F#mYou gotta love yourself ^BmBefore you love so^C#mmebody else

^F#mI don't feel no one's time ^BmCan't get restless i^C#mn the soul ^F#mHold your heart, the world is cold ^BmKeep singin', don't ^C#myou stop prayin', woman ^F#mYeah, it will come to pass ^BmDon't worry 'bout no^C#mthin' ^F#mGod knows that you're worth it ^BmYou deserve it, can'^C#mt nothin' else hurt you

^F#mThought they'd put my life on hold ^BmBut I knew somethi^C#mn' they didn't know ^F#mI know myself too much to ever fold ^BmDark clouds are mo^C#mvin' past you [Chorus: Mary J. Blige] ^F#mOh, you gotta love yourself ^BmIf you really wann^C#ma be with someone else ^F#mYou gotta feed yourself ^BmBefore you feed so^C#mmebody else ^F#mYou gotta stay open, and don't be foolish ^Bm'Cause everybody d^C#mon't mean you well ^F#mYou gotta love yourself ^BmBefore you love so^C#mmebody else