Eminem & Rihanna – The Pursuit Of Happyness Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Eminem & Rihanna – The Pursuit Of Happyness Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are the chords for The Pursuit Of Happyness by Eminem & Rihanna on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro] (Rihanna)
                    Em
I guess went out of my way
        D/F#         G
Just to love you the wrong way
                   Em
I guess I wore out my state
        D/F#
Cause I think I heard
      G
what you say then
     Em    D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver  now,
 D/F#  Em    D/F# G
 It's o_o_o_ver  now

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[Verse] (Eminem)
       Em
All my life, I was told,
                     D/F#
 I was never nothing special
        G
I don't need to be reminded
                   D/F#
of it every other second
       Em
"Specially when all my self-esteem's
                 D/F#
 already shot to hell
            G
I'm falling helplessly I'm
embarrassed, I don't want
     D/F#
no one else to see
       Em
"Cause I feel like I'm a piece of
                     D/F#
 shit every time she yells at me
G
Selfishly addicted, definitely
         D/F#
doesn't help that she
      Em
Makes me feel like I've died
and gone to heaven
                        D/F#
But makes life a living hell for me
                             Em
She does that thing with her lip,
           D/F#
now she's melting me
    G
I'm putty in her palms, I'm wrapped
            D/F#
 around her finger
  Em
A yo-yo on a string, she lets me
                    D/F#
sit there and just dangle
          G
Until something better comes along
And shell just drop me like
   C
 a hot potato

[Pre-Chorus] (Eminem)
I look like I'm in pain, but I'm okay
                Bm
Though 'Cause I know she
loves me-my friends,
What do they know?

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[Chorus] (Rihanna)
        D      Em
I guess out of my way
        D/F#         G
Just to love you the wrong way
          D/F#     Em
I guess I wore out my state
        D/F#
Cause I think I heard
      G
 what you say then
     Em    D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver  now,
 D/F#  Em    D/F# G
 It's o_o_o_ver  now

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[Verse] (Eminem)
      Em
In my moments of weakness
                    D/F#
 I openly admit the shit
           G
I wouldn't normally I'm extremely
                    D/F#
 self-conscious and enormously
    Em
Insecure and she uses it to torture
          D/F#
 when she torments me
   G
It only turns to ammunition for
             D/F#
 her in this war
              Em
When she Gets goin' she don't stop
                          D/F#
 when I'm up she's like a downer
       G
When I found her it was love at
                         D/F#
first encounter but somehow
                   Em
She musta took the carton of eggs off
                             D/F#
the counter cracked them and placed
                      G
All the shells on the ground
           Em                D/F#
for me to walk on when I'm around her
    G
But there's just something about her
That makes me not able to
              D/F#
function without her
Em
 How can I getout of it when
              D/F#
 I don't know how to?
      G
I'm a doubter, I'm a pessimist,
 make a believer out of me

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[Pre-Chorus] (Eminem)
    C
And show me the way now or stay
the fck out of my cloud of rain
 Bm
'Cause I'm going straight down
the drain, I'm drowning

[Chorus] (Rihanna)
        D           Em
I guess went out of my way
        D/F#         G
Just to love you the wrong way
          D/F#     Em
I guess I wore out my state
        D/F#               G
Cause I think I heard what you
 say then
     Em    D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver  now,
 D/F#  Em    D/F# G
 It's o_o_o_ver  now

[Chorus] (Rihanna)
        D/F#        Em
I guess went out of my way
        D/F#         G
Just to love you the wrong way
          D/F#     Em
I guess I wore out my state
        D/F#
Cause I think I heard
      G
what you say then
     Em    D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver  now,
 D/F#  Em    D/F# G
 It's o_o_o_ver  now

[Outro] (Rihanna)
                      Em
I guess went out of my way
        D/F#         G
Just to love you the wrong way
                   Em
I guess I wore out my state
        D/F#
Cause I think I heard
      G
what you say then
     Em    D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver  now,
      Em    D/F# G
It's o_o_o_ver  now

How to play The Pursuit Of Happyness: key, chords and progression

The Pursuit Of Happyness by Eminem & Rihanna is built around G major (one sharp: F♯), with 6 chords in all: Em, D/F#, G, C, Bm and D.

The backbone of the song is Em – D/F# – G – D/F# (vi – V – I – V in G major). In solfa, that is lah – soh – doh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.

Chord diagrams

Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯

The Pursuit Of Happyness chords: questions

What key is The Pursuit Of Happyness in?

The Pursuit Of Happyness by Eminem & Rihanna is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in The Pursuit Of Happyness?

The Pursuit Of Happyness uses 6 chords: Em, D/F#, G, C, Bm, D.

What is the chord progression of The Pursuit Of Happyness?

The main progression is Em – D/F# – G – D/F# (vi – V – I – V).

Is The Pursuit Of Happyness easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Almost every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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