My fa ther said, (Gm11)‘nev er (Bbmaj9)give up, (C)son,

just look how good (Gm11)Cas si us be come.

Mu ham mad, Ma hat ma (Bbmaj9)and Nel (C)son,

not scared to be (Gm11)strong.’

Now, you could run and (Bbmaj9)just say, ‘they’re (C)right,

no, I’ll (Dm7)nev er be no one (Am11)in my whole (Gm11)life’,

or you could turn and (Bbmaj9)say, ‘no, wait, they’re (C)wrong’

and get to (Dm7)keep on (Am11)danc ing (Gm11)all life long.

Yeah, you could (F)be

some one (C)spe cial,

you’ve got (Bb)bright in your brains and light ning in your veins, you’ll go (F)high er than they’ve ev er (C)gone.

In (Bb)you I (F)see

some one (C)spe cial,

you’ve got (Bb)fire in your eyes and when you re a lise, you’ll go (F)fur ther than we’ve ev er (C)gone,

just turn it on.

and you can’t go wrong.

My fa ther said, (Gm11)‘nev er (Bbmaj9)give up, (C)son,

just look how good (Gm11)Cas si us be come.

Mu ham mad, Ma hat ma (Bbmaj9)and Nel (C)son,

not scared to be (Gm11)strong.’

Now, you could run and (Bbmaj9)just say, ‘they’re (C)right,

no, I’ll (Dm7)nev er be no one (Am11)in my whole (Gm11)life’,

or you could turn and (Bbmaj9)say, ‘no, wait, they’re (C)wrong’

and get to (Dm7)keep on (Am11)danc ing (Gm11)all life long.

Yeah, you could (F)be

some one (C)spe cial,

you’ve got (Bb)bright in your brains and light ning in your veins, you’ll go (F)high er than they’ve ev er (C)gone.

In (Bb)you I (F)see

some one (C)spe cial,

you’ve got (Bb)fire in your eyes and when you re a lise, you’ll go (F)fur ther than we’ve ev er (C)gone,

just turn it on.

and you can’t go wrong.