Eminem - The Monster

standard tuning – the same chords can be used throughout the song

[ hook : rihanna ]
C#m A E
i’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed

C#m A E
get along with the voices inside of my head

C#m A E
you’re trying to save me , stop holding your breath

C#m B E
and you think i’m crazy , yeah , you think i’m crazy

[ verse 1 : eminem ]
i wanted the fame , but not the cover of newsweek
oh well , guess beggars can’t be choosey
wanted to receive attention for my music
wanted to be left alone in public excuse me
for wanting my cake , and eat it too , and wanting it both ways
fame made me a balloon cause my ego inflated
when i blew; see , but it was confusing
cause all i wanted to do is be the bruce lee of loose leaf
abused ink , used it as a tool when i blew steam
( ooh! ) hit the lottery , oh wee
but with what i gave up to get was bittersweet
it was like winning a used mink
ironic cause i think i’m getting so huge i need a shrink
i’m beginning to lose sleep : one sheep , two sheep
going cuckoo and cooky as kool keith
but i’m actually weirder than you think cause i’m . . .

[ hook : rihanna ]
C#m A E
i’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed

C#m A E
get along with the voices inside of my head

C#m A E
you’re trying to save me , stop holding your breath

C#m B E
and you think i’m crazy , yeah , you think i’m crazy

well , that’s not fair ( C#m B E x2 )

well , that’s not fair ( C#m B E x2 )

[ verse 2 : eminem ]
no , i ain’t much of a poet but i know somebody once told me
to seize the moment and don’t squander it
’cause you never know when it all could be over tomorrow
so i keep conjuring , sometimes i wonder where these thoughts spawn from
( yeah , ponder it , do you want this?
it’s no wonder you’re losing your mind , the way it wanders )
yo – lo – lo – lo – yee – whoo
i think you’ve been wandering off down yonder
and stumbled onto jeff vanvonderen
’cause i need an interventionist
to intervene between me and this monster
and save me from myself and all this conflict
’cause the very thing that i love’s killing me and i can’t conquer it
my ocd is conking me in the head
keep knocking , nobody’s home , i’m sleepwalking
i’m just relaying what the voice in my head’s saying
don’t shoot the messenger , i’m just friends with the

[ hook : rihanna ]
C#m A E
i’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed

C#m A E
get along with the voices inside of my head

C#m A E
you’re trying to save me , stop holding your breath

C#m B E
and you think i’m crazy , yeah , you think i’m crazy

well , that’s not fair ( C#m B E x2 )

well , that’s not fair ( C#m B E x2 )

[ verse 3 : eminem ]
call me crazy , but i had this vision
one day that i’d walk amongst you a regular civilian
but until then drums get killed and i’m coming straight at
mcs , blood get spilled and i
take it back to the days that i get on a dre track
give every kid who got played that
pumped up feeling and shit to say back
to the kids who played ’em
i ain’t here to save the fxxking children
but if one kid out of a hundred million
who are going through a struggle feels and then relates that’s so great
it’s payback , russell wilson falling way back
in the draft , turn nothing into something , still can make that
straw into gold chump , i will spin rumpelstiltskin in a haystack
maybe i need a straight jacket , face facts
i Am nuts for real , but i’m okay with that
it’s nothing , i’m still friends with the

[ hook : rihanna ]
C#m A E
i’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed

C#m A E
get along with the voices inside of my head

C#m A E
you’re trying to save me , stop holding your breath

C#m B E
and you think i’m crazy , yeah , you think i’m crazy

well , that’s not fair ( C#m B E x2 )

well , that’s not fair ( C#m B E x2 )