Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
You can either just play the chords or you can pick the base note of
the chord and then the top string alternating, so for example the
intro would be like this:
Intro:
FF C majorC G+G G+G
e|---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------3---3---3---3-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-1---1---1---1-------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
Intro:
FF C majorC G+G G+G
FF C majorC G+G G+G
Verse 1:
FF C majorC G+G
All these cities' secrets leech into the soil
FF C majorC G+G
Where the river picks them up and drags them on
FF C majorC G+G
If you lay back on it, let it float you home
FF C majorC G+G
All the centuries drift from the bridges up above
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC G+G
I was someone's daughter, I was somoone's son
FF C majorC G+G
And the headlines don't call me by my name
DmDm C majorC G+G
Still the headlines don't call me by my name
FF C majorC G+G
Someday I'll be running like a coyote
FF C majorC G+G
Someday I'll be running like the wolves
FF C majorC G+G
Wherever water guides me I will follow
FF C majorC G+G
Oh someday we'll be free enough to grow
FF C majorC G+G
Oh someday we'll be wise enough
Verse 2:
FF C majorC G+G
Swim out on the river banks searching in the mud
FF C majorC G+G
While the city wakes itself to greet the sun
FF C majorC G+G
Still I am not a hero I am only human
FF C majorC G+G
I just jumped right after when they fell in
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC G+G
I was someone's daughter, I was somoone's son
FF C majorC G+G
And the headlines don't call me by my name
DmDm C majorC G+G
Still the headlines don't call me by my name
FF C majorC G+G
Someday I'll be running like a coyote
FF C majorC G+G
Someday I'll be running like the wolves
FF C majorC G+G
Wherever water guides me I will follow
FF C majorC G+G
Oh someday we'll be free enough to grow
FF C majorC G+G
Oh someday we'll be wise enough
FF C majorC G+G
Someday we'll be wise enough