e|-------------------------------------| B|----1----0----1-------5----8----1----| G|---0----0----2-2-2---5----9----2-2-2-| D|--2----0----2---2---5----9----2---2--| A|-3----2----0-------3----7----0-------| E|-------------------------------------| Capo 3 Verse 1 C G Please help me God, I feel so alone Am I'm just a kid, I can't take it on my own C G I've cried so many tears, yeah, writing this song Am Trying to fit in. Where do I belong? C G I wake up every day, don't wanna leave my home Am My mamma's askin' me why I'm always alone Dm Em Too scared to say, too scared to holler F* I'm walking to school with sweat around my collar C G I'm just a kid, I don't want no stress Am My nerves are bad, my life's a mess C G The names you call me, they hurt real bad Am I want to tell my Mom She's havin' trouble with my Dad C G I feel so trapped, there's nowhere to turn Am Come to school Don't wanna fight I wanna learn Dm So please mister Bully Em Tell me what I've done F* You know I have no Dad I'm livin' with my Mom Chorus C G 'Cause I'm hopeful, yes, I am Am Hopeful for today C G Take this music and use it Am Let it take you away C G And be hopeful, hopeful Am And He'll make a way Dm Em F I know it ain't easy but that's okay C Just be hopeful Verse 2 G Why do you trip at the colour of my skin Am And whether I'm fat or whether I'm thin C G You call me loser, you call me a fool Am I ain't got a choice, I gotta go to school C G I wish I had an angel to stand by my side Am I'm shaking with fear, I'm so scared inside Dm Em Doesn't really matter if I ain't got the looks F* Why do you always hurt me and destroy my books? Chorus C G 'Cause I'm hopeful, yes, I am Am Hopeful for today C G Take this music and use it Am Let it take you away C G And be hopeful, hopeful Am And He'll make a way Dm Em F I know it ain't easy but that's okay C* Just be hopeful Verse G* I give you all my money every single day Am* I didn't ask to be born but now I have to pay C* G* I ain't got no food, you take all I have Am* When I give it to you, you search through my bags C G I wrote this song for you to see Am We could've been friends, yeah you and me Dm Em Mister bully, take a moment please F* Every single day you bring me to my knees Capo 4 Chorus C G 'Cause I'm hopeful, yes, I am Am Hopeful for today C G Take this music and use it Am Let it take you away C G And be hopeful, hopeful Am And He'll make a way Dm Em F I know it ain't easy but that's okay C G 'Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, Am Hopeful for today (Hopeful for today) C G Take this music and use it (Bars and Melody!) Am Let it take you away (Take you away) C G And be hopeful, hopeful (Yeah) Am And he'll make a way Dm Em F* I know it ain't easy but that's okay C* Just be hopeful Outro G* What I wear is all I have Am* We lost our home, I'm livin' from a bag C* G* Yo mister bully, help me please Am* I'm flesh and blood, accept me please