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      G      - D            Em                       B7

1. Listen       to the song here in my heart,

          C                         D

    a melody I start but can't complete.

      G                D               Em                          B7

    Listen, mm mm, to the sound from deep within,

           C                         D

    it's only beginning to find release.

 

                 Bb                          D

    Oh, the time has come for my dreams to be heard,

Gm                                       F

    they will not be pushed aside and turned

     D#                                                     D - D7

    into your own, all 'cause you won’t list.......en.

 

 G                                    D                                                 Em

Listen, I am alone at a crossroads, I'm not at home in my own home,

                D                                        C

and I've tried and tried to say what's on my mind,

  D

you should have known.

 G                                           D

Oh, now I'm done believing you, you don't know what I'm feeling,

         C                              D                   B7                           Em

I'm more than what you made of me, I found the voice you gave to me,

C                                      - D

    but now I've got to find         my own !

 

                                 G           - D              Em                     B7

2. You should have listened,       there is someone here inside,

              C                                                 D

    someone I thought had died so long ago.

 

                     Bb                      D

    Oh, I'm screamin out, and my dreams will be heard,

Gm                                       F

    they will not be pushed aside or worse,

     D#                                                    D - D7

    into your own, all 'cause you won't list.....en.

 

 G                                    D                                                 Em

Listen, I am alone at a crossroads, I'm not at home in my own home,

                D                                        C

and I've tried and tried to say what's on my mind,

  D

you should have known.

 G                                           D

Oh, now I'm done believing you, you don't know what I'm feeling,

         C                              D                   B7                           Em

I'm more than what you made of me, I found the voice you gave to me,

C                               Am

    but now I've got to find my own !

 

   Bb                                      D            Gm                F

+      I don't know where I belong, but I'll be moving on,

               D#                 D - D7

    if you don't, if you wo......n't.

 

      G      - D            Em                       B7

3. Listen       to the song here in my heart,

          C                         D

    a melody I start but can't complete.

 

 G                                           D

Oh, now I'm done believing you, you don't know what I'm feeling,

         C                              D                   B7                           Em

I'm more than what you made of me, I found the voice you gave to me,

C                                       - D                         G

    but now I've got to find         my own, my own !

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Beyoncé)