| G | Cadd9 | |
| I guess it started when I was a | kid, |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| If you | said I couldn't do it I d | id, |
| D | |
| Always | had a stuborn streak, |
| Em7 | |
| Put a | wall in front of me, |
| F | C | D | |
| And I'll fi | nd a way to | get around | it, |
| (verse 2) |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| There was a f | riend who said I'd never make the te | am, |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| A lot of sm | all town talk said I'd never l | eave, |
| D | |
| Ah and y | ou know who you are, |
| Em | |
| You all played a part, |
| F | C | D | |
| In pu | shin me | on to my d | ream, |
| (chorus) |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| I wanna thank everone who ever told me | no, |
| F | - | C | |
| Pack it up and get back home, |
| G | Em | |
| It kept me going knowin I would prove them w | rong, |
| D | |
| Yea I k | new it all along, |
| C | G | C | C/B | Am7 | |
| Without 'm I might have gi | ven up a long t | ime | ago, | and so, |
| G | Em7 | C | D | G | - | Cadd9 | - | F | - | C | |
| I wanna t | hank ever | one who ever t | old me | no | , |
| (verse 3) |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| Played my music for a man behind a d | esk, |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| He said s | orry what you've got I just don | 't get, |
| D | |
| Ah but | here I am today, |
| Em | |
| Standin on this stage, |
| F | C | D | |
| And I | wonder even | now if | he gets it yet |
| (chorus) |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| I wanna thank everone who ever told me | no, |
| F | - | C | |
| Pack it up and get back home, |
| G | Em | |
| It kept me going knowin I would prove them w | rong, |
| D | |
| Yea I k | new it all along, |
| C | G | C | C/B | Am7 | |
| Without 'm I might have gi | ven up a long t | ime | ago, | and so, |
| G | Em7 | C | D | G | - | Cadd9 | - | F | - | C | |
| I wanna t | hank ever | one who ever t | old me | no | , |
(lead chords - G - Cadd9 (F-C) - G - Cadd9 (G-C)
| (bridge) |
| F | C | |
| The o | nes who said I'd n | ever make it, |
| Dm | C | |
| Those who doubted I co | uld take it, |
| F (walk E9 / D#9/ D9) |
| I'll owe ya one, |
| (chorus) |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| I wanna thank everone who ever told me | no, |
| F | - | C | |
| Pack it up and get back home, |
| G | Em | |
| It kept me going knowin I would prove them w | rong, |
| D | |
| Yea I k | new it all along, |
| C | G | C | C/B | Am7 | |
| Without 'm I might have gi | ven up a long t | ime | ago, | and so, |
| G | Em | C | D | G | - | Em | - | C | - | D | |
| I wanna th | ank evero | ne who ever t | old me n | o, |
| G | Em | C | D | G | - | Cadd9 | |
| Yea | I wanna th | ank evero | ne who ever t | old me n | o, |
| (outro - G - Cadd9 (F-C) ) |
| E9 = (6thfret) x21222 |
| D#9= (5thfret) x21222 |
| D9 = (4thfret) x21222 |