Paid my Dues


INTRO:

DO#m SI LA SI DO#m (x2)
 
You can say what you want about me
Wanna do what you want to me 
But you can not stop me 


DO#m 
I've been, knocked down, it's a crazy town 
SI 
Even got a punch in the face in L.A. 
     La                           Si
Ain't nothing in the world that you keep me from doing 
DO#m 
what I wanna do 
'Cause I'm, too proud, I'm too strong 
Life by the code that you gotta move on 
Feel ex_cited for yourself and got nobody 
no way 


      Do#m
so I... (Held my head high) 
      Si
Knew I...(Knew I survive) 
                La
Well I made it....(I made it) 
                 Si
I don't hate it...(Don't hate it) 

DO#m
That's just the way it goes 


Yeah...

  DO#m 
I done made it through 
  SI 
Stand on my own two 
  La      Si   Do#m
I paid... my...dues, yeah 
DO#m 
Tried to hold me down 
SI 
You can't stop me now 
La     Si   Do#m
paid...my...dues


parlato: 
DO#m 
So straight back on
SI 
You cannot stop me 
LA 
I paid 
SI 
my 
Do#m
dues
 

Now I'm, still trusted, every day 
people try to mess with Anastacia 
gotta nothing in common cause I handle mine 
and I _thought I better let you know 
I'm, no punk, I can't get down 
I don't give a damn about abuse around 
that was just fine
'til now 


So I...(Held my head high) Knew I
(Knew I survive) Well I made it 
(I made it) Oahh 
(Don't hate it) 
That's just the way it goes 
Yeah....I done made it through 
Stand on my own two 
I paid... my.... dues 
Yeah yeah....Tried to hold me down 
you can't stop me now 
I paid... my.... dues, 

DO#m 
yeah... yeah yeah yeah 

DO#m 
Took so long to get 
SI 
me here 
                    La
But I won't live in fear 
   SI            Do#m
You try to steal my shine 

But first they wanna build you up 
Then they tear you down 
It's a struggle, you try to bubble 

so I...(Held my head high) Knew I 
(Knew I survive) Oahh 
(I made it) 
(Don't hate it) 
Said that's just the wayyyyy 


(bridge)


REm 
(I done made it through) 
DO 
(Stand on my own two) 
         La#        Do     Rem
I said I paid my, I paid my dues 

Yeahhhhh....(Tried to hold me down) 
But you can't stop me now (you can't stop me now) 
(I paid my dues) I paid my, paid my dues 
(I done made it through) oahhh 
(Stand on my own two) oh 
(I paid my dues) I paid my, I paid my dues 
yeahh.....(Tried to hold me down) 
But you can't stop me now (you can't stop me now) 
(I paid my dues) I paid my dues