Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Wings

0Verse:
Gm0                                         D#1
1I was seven years old, when I got my first pair, And I stepped outside
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                 A#2                                      D3
3And I was like, "Momma, this air bubble right here, it's gonna make me fly"
           Gm4                            D#5
4I hit back-court and when I jumped, I jumped, I swear I got so high
              A#76                                         D7
5I touched the net, "Momma I touched the net," this is the best day of my life
     Gm8
6Air Max's was next, That air bubble, that mesh
     D#9
7The box, the smell, the stuffin', the tread,
     Cm10
8In school, I was so cool, I knew that I couldn't crease 'em
     A#11                              D12
9My friends couldn't afford 'em, Four stripes on their Adidas
       Gm13
10On the court I wasn't the best, but my kicks were like the pros
    D#14                                                 Cm15
11Yo, I stick out my tongue so everyone could see that logo
12
13Nike Air Flight, but bad was so dope
             A#16                         D17
14And then my friend Carlos' brother got murdered for his Fours*, whoa
                     Gm18
15See he just wanted a jump shot, but they wanted to start a cult though
                  D#19
16Didn't wanna get caught, from Genesee Park to Othello
          Gm20
17You could clown for those Pro Wings, with the Velcro, Those were not tight
                D21
18I was trying to fly without leaving the ground,
        Gm22
19Cause I wanted to be like Mike, right, Wanted to be him,
D#23
20I wanted to be that guy, I wanted to touch the rim
Cm24
21I wanted to be cool, and I wanted to fit in,
A#25                     D26
22I wanted what he had, America, it begins
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24Chorus:
Gm27                     D#28          Cm29
25I want to fly, Can you take me far away? Give me a star to reach for
A#30              D31                     Gm32
26Tell me what it takes, And I'll go so high
                     D#33
27I'll go so high, My feet won't touch the ground
           Cm34                                           A#35          D36
28Stitch my wings, And pull the strings, I bought these dreams, That all fall
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32Verse:
Gm37                                                     D#38
33We want what we can't have, commodity makes us want it
                                            A#39
34So expensive, damn, I just got to flaunt it
                                                D40
35Got to show 'em, so exclusive, this that new xxxx
                                                        Gm41
36a hundred dollars for a pair of shoes I would never hoop in
                                     D#42
37Look at me, look at me, I'm a cool kid
                                                  Cm43
38I'm an individual, yeah, but I'm part of a movement
39
40My movement told me be a consumer and I consumed it
       A#44                         D45
41They told me to just do it, I listened to what that swoosh said
     Gm46
42Look at what that swoosh did
                          D#47
43See it consumed my thoughts
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45Are you stupid, don't crease 'em, just leave 'em in that box
Cm48                                                A#49
46Strangled by these laces, laces I can barely talk
                         D50
47That's my air bubble and I'm lost if it pops
Gm51
48We are what we wear, we wear what we are
    D#52
49But see I look inside the mirror and think Phil Knight tricked us all
       A#53
50Will I stand for change or stay in my box
      D54                                                      Gm55
51These Nikes help me define me, but I'm trying to take mine, off
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Interlude -x4-: Gm56 D#57  A#58  D59
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54Chorus:
Gm60                     D#61          Cm62
55I want to fly, Can you take me far away? Give me a star to reach for
A#63              D64                     Gm65
56Tell me what it takes, And I'll go so high
                     D#66
57I'll go so high, My feet won't touch the ground
           Cm67                                           A#68          D69
58Stitch my wings, And pull the strings, I bought these dreams, That all fall
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Interlude: Gm70 D#71 Cm72 A#73 D74
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63Verse:
Gm75
64They started out, with what I wear to school
           D#76
65That first day, like these are what make you cool
          A#77
66And this pair, this would be my parachute
        D78
67So much more than just a pair of shoes
                    Gm79
68Nah, this is what I am
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70What I wore, this is the source of my youth
      D#80
71This dream that they sold to you
              Cm81
72For a hundred dollars and some change
73
74Consumption is in the veins
          A#82             D83
75And now I see it's just another pair of shoes
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