Biography:
Mahalia (born Mahalia Burkmar) is an English singer, songwriter and actress, based in Birmingham.
Head Space, her debut EP, is a collection of songs written in the summer of 2011, as she developed her skills on the guitar and as a songwriter. The songs, inspired by the feelings for a special person, touch on love and relationships through unfamiliar eyes, and through their simple approach represent the starting point of a creative journey for a girl from Leicester.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Em7 is played as a normal Em chord with 3rd fret b and 3rd fret high e string both held down.
F#m is played either with your pinkie on the 5th fret b string or with an open high e string.
If you want to get a similar sound to the studio version emphasise the d string as the base note when
playing Em7 and the A string as the base note when playing Bm.
[Intro]
Em7 Bm x3
Em7
[Verse 1]
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
See, as people we try to please one another
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
In order to be equal, we lie so we don't have to suffer
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
But I'm tired of hiding for the benefit of my peers
Em7
What's so wrong with shining?
Bm Em7
Why've you got so much fear?
Bm
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I got my skin all out
F#m Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me
Yeah
G
I was scared to stand out
F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down
[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Well I feel so free
Em7 Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
[Verse 2]
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
See, as teenagers we think we have to blend in
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
But if you want to be greater than this, there's no use in pretending
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
Cause I tried to change myself for the benefit of my friends
Em7
Well now it's time to wave goodbye cause
Bm Em7
My used-to-be's are at an end
Bm
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I got my skin all out
F#m Em7
I don't care, Iâ??m proud to be me
Yeah
G
I was scared to stand out
F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down
[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Well I feel so free
Em7 Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
[Post-Chorus]
Em7 Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming
Em7 Bm
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running
Em7 Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya
Em7
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I got my skin all out
F#m Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me
Yeah
G
I was scared to stand out
F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down
[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
Em7 Bm
Seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
[Post-Chorus]
Em7 Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming
C#m
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running
Em7 Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya
C#m
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya
F#m is played either with your pinkie on the 5th fret b string or with an open high e string.
If you want to get a similar sound to the studio version emphasise the d string as the base note when
playing Em7 and the A string as the base note when playing Bm.
[Intro]
Em7 Bm x3
Em7
[Verse 1]
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
See, as people we try to please one another
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
In order to be equal, we lie so we don't have to suffer
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
But I'm tired of hiding for the benefit of my peers
Em7
What's so wrong with shining?
Bm Em7
Why've you got so much fear?
Bm
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I got my skin all out
F#m Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me
Yeah
G
I was scared to stand out
F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down
[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Well I feel so free
Em7 Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
[Verse 2]
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
See, as teenagers we think we have to blend in
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
But if you want to be greater than this, there's no use in pretending
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
Cause I tried to change myself for the benefit of my friends
Em7
Well now it's time to wave goodbye cause
Bm Em7
My used-to-be's are at an end
Bm
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I got my skin all out
F#m Em7
I don't care, Iâ??m proud to be me
Yeah
G
I was scared to stand out
F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down
[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Well I feel so free
Em7 Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
[Post-Chorus]
Em7 Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming
Em7 Bm
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running
Em7 Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya
Em7
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I got my skin all out
F#m Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me
Yeah
G
I was scared to stand out
F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down
[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
Em7 Bm
Seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
[Post-Chorus]
Em7 Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming
C#m
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running
Em7 Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya
C#m
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya
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