{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2076817,"song":"Smile","artist":"Jay-Z","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11451602-smile-chords-by-jay-z/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2076817?type=chord","rating":0.1668,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro: JAY-Z & Stevie Wonder]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nGood morn' or evening, friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSmile, you recordin'?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1: JAY-Z]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nSlammin' Bentley doors like we invented doors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n20 years ago we drove Bentley Azures[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nWe drinkin' Cris stylin', yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nKept the tray on me like Chris Paul then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nDrinkin' Ace of Spades like it's codeine now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nTryna put a million on the whole team now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nPush through the pain so we can see new life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSo all the ladies havin' babies, see a sacrifice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nMama had four kids, but she's a lesbian[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHad to pretend so long that she's a thespian[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nHad to hide in the closet, so she medicate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSociety shame and the pain was too much to take[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nCried tears of joy when you fell in love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nDon't matter to me if it's a him or her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI just wanna see you smile through all the hate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nMarie Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat cake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus: JAY-Z & Stevie Wonder]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBad times turn to good memories, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nEven when I'm gone and you remember me, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nGood times never fade away, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nEven if I'm not with you here today, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nGood morn' or evening, friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSmile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nHere's your friendly announcer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSmile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2: JAY-Z]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nFar as draft picks, my name did not get called[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBet before I go I put a billion on the board[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nHall of Fame Hov, I did it all without a pen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nY'all knew that was comin', I had to remind y'all again, huh?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nFlyin' paper planes through the projects[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nNow the whole projects on my jet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nNow you see the real in the front row[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIn every one of y'all televised shows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nSuper facts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nNiggas switched sides, traded pride, we don't do all that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nA loss ain’t a loss, it’s a lesson[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAppreciate the pain, it’s a blessin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus: JAY-Z & Stevie Wonder]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                 [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBad times turn to good memories, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nEven when I'm gone and you remember me, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nGood times never fade away, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nEven if I'm not with you here today, smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nGood morn' or evening, friends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3: JAY-Z]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI mastered my aesthetics[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI know you often heard me wax poetic[/tab]\r\n'Bout bein' back in the Lexus\r\n[tab][ch]D3[/ch]\r\nBut trust me, that was nothin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nA nigga up in the hundreds of millions[/tab]\r\nI have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin', I'm that boy\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAnita Baker's \"You Bring Me Joy\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nSlappin' out of the toy, the separation is clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIn my rear-view mirror, objects is further than they appear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nOh yeah, I was born with a pair[/tab]\r\nPlayin' for high stakes\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nNorman Cake, he looked up and out of the Lear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nHow niggas can't relate?[/tab]\r\nFuck a slice of the apple pie, want my own cake\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nChargin' my own fate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nRespect Jimmy Iovine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut he gotta respect the Elohim as a whole new regime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAnd niggas playin' for power, huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSo our music is ours[/tab]\r\nNiggas only own houses\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nOurs was, \"Fuck you, pay me\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nNow it's, \"Fuck payin' me, I pay you[/tab]\r\nPut the rest away for Blue\"\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nThat blood money, I giggle at it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nCan't even support my miss's habit[/tab]\r\nJewelry shoppin' in Paris\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAll y'all jewelers should be embarrassed, huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBlood diamonds drippin' with guilt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI still ain't trippin', that's life, winners and losers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nDrug dealers and abusers, America likes me ruthless[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nMy therapist said I relapsed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Prehaps I Freudian slipped in European whips\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nGod sent me to break the chain[/tab]\r\nI'm the true and livin'\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nGod in the flesh, the rest of these niggas is vain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nA stain on the white suit, inferior IQ[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nNiggas'll rip your shit off TIDAL just to spite you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAhhhh, what did I do?[/tab]\r\n'Cept try to free you\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nNiggas'll love you but hate you 'cause they can't be you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nDump 'em all in the bayou, uh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nEverybody wave bye to the guy you thought you could lie to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nThis was meant to be a haiku, huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut my story's too wide to fit inside the line or two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nOh, these that drugs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHeroin flow, I spaz on the stove[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nThis is Hov, no flex zone, nigga, who lied to you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nLook, you a pedestrian[/tab]\r\nDon't ever question the security I provided you\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nOh y'all thought I was washed?[/tab]\r\nI'm at the cleaners\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nLaunderin' dirty money like the Teamsters, huh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nShout out to Hoffa back home, he in the church[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWhen I heard you got booked, that shit hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nFear for you, bro, we know the system don't work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nTake a young nigga's freedom over some dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nYet it's legal in Colorado[/tab]\r\nYeah, we deny\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBlack entrepreneurs, free enterprise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nThat's why it's a black market, that's why it's called the trap[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThat's why it's called the projects 'cause it's exactly that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAll these people was gon' kill me, heh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me[/tab]\r\nWelcome back Carter, smile\r\n\r\n[Outro: Gloria Carter]\r\nLiving in the shadow\r\nCan you imagine what kind of life it is to live?\r\nIn the shadows people see you as happy and free\r\nBecause that's what you want them to see\r\nLiving two lives, happy, but not free\r\nYou live in the shadows for fear of someone hurting your family or the person you love\r\nThe world is changing and they say it's time to be free\r\nBut you live with the fear of just being me\r\nLiving in the shadow feels like the safe place to be\r\nNo harm for them, no harm for me\r\nBut life is short, and it's time to be free\r\nLove who you love, because life isn't guaranteed\r\nSmile","plain_text":"[Intro: JAY-Z & Stevie Wonder]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1: JAY-Z]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus: JAY-Z & Stevie Wonder]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2: JAY-Z]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus: JAY-Z & Stevie Wonder]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3: JAY-Z]\n\n\n'Bout bein' back in the Lexus\n\n\nI have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin', I'm that boy\n\n\n\n\nPlayin' for high stakes\n\n\nFuck a slice of the apple pie, want my own cake\n\n\n\n\n\nNiggas only own houses\n\n\nPut the rest away for Blue\"\n\n\nJewelry shoppin' in Paris\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm the true and livin'\n\n\n\n\n'Cept try to free you\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDon't ever question the security I provided you\n\nI'm at the cleaners\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYeah, we deny\n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome back Carter, smile\n\n[Outro: Gloria Carter]\nLiving in the shadow\nCan you imagine what kind of life it is to live?\nIn the shadows people see you as happy and free\nBecause that's what you want them to see\nLiving two lives, happy, but not free\nYou live in the shadows for fear of someone hurting your family or the person you love\nThe world is changing and they say it's time to be free\nBut you live with the fear of just being me\nLiving in the shadow feels like the safe place to be\nNo harm for them, no harm for me\nBut life is short, and it's time to be free\nLove who you love, because life isn't guaranteed\nSmile","chords":["D#","Cm","D#m","A","D3"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]}}}