*Note-dashes in between chords (ie A-D) just means go from one
to the other quickly, one strum each
Intro: A D-A E A-D A D-A E (x2)
A D A D-A E A-D
I wake up just to work hard every day
A D A E
Nothin' free and nothin' easy ever comes my way
A D
Hands are calloused, my body is bruised
F#m D
I won't give up and I will not lose
D A D E
Just when you count me out, that's when I'll come through...I'm
F#m D
The underdog
A E
The one whose back stays against the wall
F#m D
The underdog
A E
I'll still be standin' when the favorite falls
F#m D
So they say I'm not that strong
F#m D
And the odds are way too long
F#m E D A D-A E A-D A D-A E
Well I was born to prove them wrong, I'm the underdog
A D A D-A E A-D
My baby's the best lookin' thing to hit this town
A D A E
She believes in me even though her folks don't want me comin 'round
A D
They got bigger plans for her than me
F#m D
I've got somethin' inside they can't see
D A D E
But someday I swear they will, cause I won't always be, ohh
CHORUS
E D
I know every verse and every word of 1st Samuel 17
E D A
I love it when that big ol' boy's brought down to his knees
F#m D A
And it sometimes seems that all my dreams are over nine feet tall
D A
And I'm the little man with a rock in his hand
E
Just like David in overalls... I'm
CHORUS
A D-A E A-D A D-A E
Oh, I'm the underdog.................don't you count me out
A D-A E A-D A D-A E (x2) D A