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Tie My Laces

Alec Benjamin

PopAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Bm7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
E
D××
Em
Bm×
A×
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Dmaj7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

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              Intro 
Bm7 
F#m E    F#m Bm7   (x3) 
F#m E 
 
 
Verse 1:
       D 
Just a young boy 
 
At the starting line with his tunes on 
                            F#m 
And his shoes untied with a chip on 
                                 E 
His shoulder side from what he tripped on 
                         D 
The last time he's Buzz Lightyear 
 
With no hyper-drive 
           D 
He's like Mike here 
                              F#m 
With no Nike Flight and he'll fall down 
 
With his shoes untied 
           E 
And he'll trip on to the finish line 
 
Pre-Chorus 
         D 
And I'll try to write this song 
                    F#m    E 
If he gets there 
      Em                       Bm 
And I want to write this song 
 
 
 
     D                        A 
I'd like to be the one who is on the podium 
       F#m 
Take a photo for my mom 
     E                   A 
And show here that I've made it 
     D                             A 
I'd like to be the one who could write the perfect song 
        F#m 
Just to show you that I've won 
          E              A       D 
But I'll have to tie my laces 
A                       D 
If I'm gonna make it 
 
 
Verse 2:
         D 
In that moment 
 
When they hit the lights in looked golden 
                                F#m 
But it didn't feel right he was frozen 
                                  E 
With the worst frostbite was he chosen 
        E          F#m       D 
Like an Israelite, pick the quotient 
                               D 
That you can't divide like two oceans 
                                 F#m 
Stranded on the other side his devotions 
                        E 
On the other side his emotions 
 
On the other side 
 
Pre-Chorus 
          D 
And I'll try to write this song 
                  F#m    E 
If he gets there 
      Bm 
And I want to write this song 
 
 
 
A       D                        A 
   I'd like to be the one who is on the podium 
       F#m7 
Take a photo for my mom 
     E                   A 
And show here that I've made it 
    D                             A 
I'd like to be the one who could write the perfect song 
        F#m 
Just to show you that I've won 
          E              A        Bm 
But I'll have to tie my laces 
E                 F#m       D    F#m E 
If I'm gonna make it 
 
 
Bridge:
    D 
And then I'll end this song 
F#m    E 
    In 2051 
    D 
And sing it for my son 
    E 
And then I'll tie his laces 
       D 
Just a young boy at the starting line, line, line, line 
 
 
 
    D                         A 
I'd like to be the one who is on the podium 
       F#m 
Take a photo for my mom 
    E                   A 
And show here that I've made it 
    Dmaj7                          A 
I'd like to be the one who could write the perfect song 
        F#m 
Just to show you that I've won 
         E               A        D 
But I'll have to tie my laces 
A                          D 
If I'm gonna make it 
 
E 
 
 
Outro 
N.C. 
Just a young boy at the starting line 
          
 

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Chord set

Bm7 · F#m · E · D · Em · Bm · A · F#m7 · Dmaj7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.