G Bm Em C  (2x)


[Verse 1]
G                      D
I was 14 and losing ground
                     Em
In a black top of a town
                                 C
Where no one wins and no one's leaving
G                             D
My dad said, Son, you finish school
                              Em
Because this world can be so cruel
                             C
I said, €You too€ and kept on dreaming


[Pre-Chorus 1]
G                      D
I am nothing like you, nothing like you
Em                          C
Why don't you know anything about me?
G                      D
I swear somehow, I'll make you proud
Em                              C
But why you wanna always go and doubt me


[Chorus 1]
G            D        Em
Story of my life in 1995
             C                    G
A hero in Chicago, a legend in my mind
G                    D                     Em
A million lonely nights, a million times I tried
                       C
To jump like Michael Jordan, but never quite as high


[Post-Chorus]
G D Em C

High, high

High


[Verse 2]
G                       D
When I was 19 I ran so far
                             Em
They couldn`t catch me on the yard
                      C
I traveled unfamiliar places
G                               D
My dad said €Son, just come back home
                               Em
You won't survive out on your own
                                C
You're on a fast break running aimless€


[Pre-Chorus 2]
G                         D
But I'm nothing like you, nothing like you
Em                               C
Why don't you believe I have the answers?
G                     D
I swear somehow I'll make you proud
Em                                      C
But why can't you just let me take my chances now?


[Chorus 1]
G             D      Em
Story of my life in 1995
           C                      G
A hero in Chicago, a legend in my mind
                   D                        Em
A million lonely nights, a million times I tried
                     C
To jump like Michael Jordan, but never quite as high


[Bridge]
G                   D
I'm 49, the game is mine
                    Em
And every night is overtime
                                C
I beat the odds and I a€m still playing
G                               D
My dad has passed ha€s been long gone
                            Em
I wish he'd met my teenage son
                                    C
It`€s been harder than I thought to raise him


{Pre-Chorus 3]
G                     D
I'm just like you, so much like you
Em                            C
Silent as he's jumping for a layup
G                        D
But I'm so proud of him, so proud
Em                                             C
But just like you I a€m still too scared to say it
 N.C.
So I'll say it now


[Chorus 1]
Bb           F       Gm
Story of my life in 1995
           Eb                     Bb
A hero in Chicago, a legend in my mind
                  F                         Gm
A million lonely nights, a million times I tried
                      Eb
To jump like Michael Jordan


[Chorus 2]
Bb           F       Gm
Story of my life in 1995
           Eb                      Bb
A hero in Chicago, a legend in our minds
                  F                          Gm
A million lonely nights, a million times we tried
                      Eb                         Bb
To jump like Michael Jordan, but never quite as high


[Outro]
F                       Gm      Eb
High, jump like Michael Jordan
                      Bb
I hope you'll reach the sky
   F                     Gm   Eb
I hope you'll reach the sky
                 Bb            F Gm Eb
I hope you'll reach the sky