(To fit the original there is NO CAPO required.. I like to sing it on Capo3 and sing the
high bits the octave down because I'm not Beyonce as much as I wish I was!)
Verse 1
[Em] [Em] [C]
I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time
[G]
Know there was something that
[D] [Em] [C]
Meant something that I left behind
[Am]
When I leave this world,
[G]
I'll leave no regrets
[Am]
Leave something to remember,
[D]
So they won't forget
Chorus
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
[G] [D]
I lived, I loved
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
I did, I've done, everything that I wanted
[G] [D] [Em]
And it was more than I thought it would be
[C] [G] [D]
I will leave my mark so everyone will know
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
Verse 2
[Em] [C]
I want to say I lived each day,
[D] [Em]
Until I die
[Em] [D] [G] [C]
And know that I meant something in somebody's life
[Am]
The hearts I have touched,
[G]
Will be the proof that I leave
[C]
That I made a difference
[D]
And this world will see
[Chorus] x2
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
[G] [D]
I lived, I loved
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
I did, I've done, everything that I wanted
[G] [D] [Em]
And it was more than I thought it would be
[C] [G] [D]
I will leave my mark so everyone will know
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
Bridge
[Em] [C]
I just want them to know
[G]
That I gave my all,
[G]
Did my best
[D] [D]
Brought someone some happiness
[Em] [C] [D]
Left this world a little better just because...
[Em]
I was here...
[Chorus] x2
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
[G] [D]
I lived, I loved
[Em] [C]
I was he-e-e-ere...
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
I did, I've done, everything that I wanted
[G] [D] [Em]
And it was more than I thought it would be
[C] [G] [D]
I will leave my mark so everyone will know
[Em]
I was he-e-e-ere...
