Capo 1
There's a [Em]story goin' round' bout a hero of histo [Bm]ry
Well, I [Em]guess I better tell you that the hero of the story is [Bm]me
And if you [Em]really want to know what you need to do
Then it's [A]time that you heard what l'm saying to you
If you [Bm]got what it takes to grow you gotta [B7]take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes then take what you got and get [Em]goin' (Go, go, go, go, go, go, hey!)
Well I [Em]told you once and I don't want to tell you [Bm]twice (Go, go, go, go, go)
I've got a [Em]heart full of fire gotta, head full of good ad [Bm]vice (Go, go, go, go, go)
You know the [Em]world's so full of fakes and fools
Tryna to [A]run your life, with their copycat rules
If you [B7]got what it takes to grow You gotta take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes Then take what you got and get [Em]goin' (Go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
[Em](Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!)
[Em](Ah) (Ah) (Ah) (Ah)
So if you [Fm]want to get ahead get a load of what l'm telling [Cm]you
(Get a load of what I'm telling you)
Don't you [Fm]listen to the lies that the world keeps selling [Cm]you
(Don't you listen to lies that they're selling)
Don't hang a[Fm]round with all those fools [A]Come on give a listen to the golden rules
If you [C7]got what it takes to grow (To grow) You gotta take what you got and go
(And go) And if you got what it takes Then take what you got and get [Fm]goin'
(Ohh, so let me tell you 'bout it one more time)
If you [C7]got what it takes to grow You gotta take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes Then take what you got and get [Fm]goin' Oh, yeah-ah-eah
Well, I [Em]guess I better tell you that the hero of the story is [Bm]me
And if you [Em]really want to know what you need to do
Then it's [A]time that you heard what l'm saying to you
If you [Bm]got what it takes to grow you gotta [B7]take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes then take what you got and get [Em]goin' (Go, go, go, go, go, go, hey!)
Well I [Em]told you once and I don't want to tell you [Bm]twice (Go, go, go, go, go)
I've got a [Em]heart full of fire gotta, head full of good ad [Bm]vice (Go, go, go, go, go)
You know the [Em]world's so full of fakes and fools
Tryna to [A]run your life, with their copycat rules
If you [B7]got what it takes to grow You gotta take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes Then take what you got and get [Em]goin' (Go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
[Em](Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!)
[Em](Ah) (Ah) (Ah) (Ah)
So if you [Fm]want to get ahead get a load of what l'm telling [Cm]you
(Get a load of what I'm telling you)
Don't you [Fm]listen to the lies that the world keeps selling [Cm]you
(Don't you listen to lies that they're selling)
Don't hang a[Fm]round with all those fools [A]Come on give a listen to the golden rules
If you [C7]got what it takes to grow (To grow) You gotta take what you got and go
(And go) And if you got what it takes Then take what you got and get [Fm]goin'
(Ohh, so let me tell you 'bout it one more time)
If you [C7]got what it takes to grow You gotta take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes Then take what you got and get [Fm]goin' Oh, yeah-ah-eah