Verse Riff(played over Am6):
E|1-----2-----3-----4-----|
B|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----|-----|----2|-----|
A|----2| 4p2--|5p2--|5p2--|
E|--3--|----3|-----|----3|
E|5----|-----|-----|-----|

[Verse 1]
Am6                     Am6
I used to walk down the streets

On my way to school
Am6                    Am6             Am6
Grinding my teeth to a rhythm invisible
                             Am6                                  Am6
I used my feet to crush dead leaves like they had fallen from trees
                       Am6
Just for me, just to be crash cymbals


[Pre-Chorus]
Ab
In class, I'd pass the time
Ab7
Drawing a slash for every time
    Abaug                          Ddim
The second hand went by a group of five

Done twelve times was a minute


[Chorus]
   Eb                            Bb7 Eb
But Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                                Am6
Shameika said I had potential


[Verse 2]
Am6                      Am6
I used to march down the windy, windy sidewalks
 Am6
Slapping my leg with a riding crop
Am6                                  Am6
Thinking it made me come off so tough
                           Am6
I didn't smile, because a smile always seemed rehearsed
  Am6                               A
I wasn't afraid of the bullies, and that just made the bullies worse


[Pre-Chorus]
Ab
In class, I'd pass the time
Ab7
Drawing a slash for every time
    Abaug                          Ddim
The second hand went by a group of five

Done twelve times was a minute


[Chorus]
   Eb                            Bb7 Eb
But Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Am6
Shameika said I had potential


[Bridge]
Am6                          Am6
Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo
                          Am6
That's my bird in my tree
                                  Am6
My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity
Am6                          Am6
Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo
                         Am6
That's my bird in my tree
                                  Am6
My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity


[Verse 3]
Am6                                     Am6                 Am6
Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny, and warm
                          Am6
Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm
                               Am6
Back then I didn't know what potential meant
        Am6                        Am6
And Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend but
Ab                 Abmaj7            Ab7           Ab6
She got through to me and I'll never see her again
Ab                 Abmaj7            Ab7           Ab6 Eb
She got through to me and I'll never see her again

I'm pissed off, funny, and warm
                          Eb
I'm a good man in a storm
                                             Eb
And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall

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There is a chromatic descend of the Ab
note on the 4th string of the Ab chord.
That creates the extensions on the Ab chord.
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[Chorus]
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Eb  Am6
Shameika said I had potential


[Verse 3]
Am6                                    Am6                   Am6
Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny, and warm
                           Am6
Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm
                               Am6
Back then I didn't know what potential meant
       Am6                         Am6
But Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend
Ab                 Abmaj7            Ab7           Ab6
She got through to me and I'll never see her again
Ab                 Abmaj7            Ab7           Ab6 Eb
She got through to me and I'll never see her again

I'm pissed off, funny, and warm
                          Eb
I'm a good man in a storm
                               Eb            Eb
And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall


[Chorus]
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential
                             Bb7 Eb
Shameika said I had potential