Born In A War chords by The Future Islands

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

Bb majorBb A minorAm G minorGm
Bb majorBb A minorAm G minorGm


🎸 Verse 1:
Bb majorBb A minorAm G minorGm
     It’s all so temporary,
Bb majorBb A minorAm G minorGm
     Life’s work, don’t play that way,
Bb majorBb A minorAm G minorGm
     Life’s more than cash and carry,
Bb majorBb      A minorAm     G minorGm
All your guns, to your grave.

🎸 Pre-Chorus 1:
A minorAm
Is it too much to carry?
A minorAm
Is it too much to ask you why?


🎸 Chorus 1:
Bb majorBb    A minorAm        G minorGm
I have a sinking feeling I know why,
  Bb majorBb    A minorAm        G minorGm
I I I have a sinking feeling I know,
Bb majorBb      A minorAm
 Born to an insensitive fool,
      G minorGm
You’ve been damned by,
    Bb majorBb
You’re scared,
    A minorAm
When a strong man cries,
     G minorGm
Is when a strong man dies.


🎸 Verse 2:
Bb majorBb       A minorAm       G minorGm
Raised up in a town that’s 80 proof,
  Bb majorBb        A minorAm        G minorGm
Shotgun shells under every roof, every jail,
Bb majorBb       A minorAm       G minorGm
Didn’t learn a lot from public schools,
    Bb majorBb        A minorAm        G minorGm
All our books went off to wars, they could sell.

🎸 Pre-Chorus 2:
A minorAm
Is it too much to carry?
A minorAm
Is it too much to run and hide?
A minorAm
And what's too much to bury?
A minorAm
Is it too much to ask you why?


🎸 Chorus 2:
Bb majorBb    A minorAm        G minorGm
I have a sinking feeling I know why,
  Bb majorBb    A minorAm        G minorGm
I I I have a sinking feeling I know,
Bb majorBb       A minorAm
Swore you an impossible dream,
      G minorGm
You’ve been damned by.
  Bb majorBb
You swear.
      A minorAm
That when a strong man cries,
     G minorGm
Is when a strong man dies.
    Bb majorBb
You’re scared,
      A minorAm
That when a strong man cries,
     G minorGm
Is when a strong man dies.


🎸 Outro:
DmDm DmDm A minorAm A minorAm        DmDm  DmDm A minorAm A minorAm
       But a strong man cries,
       DmDm  DmDm
A augmentedA strong man cries.
A minorAm   A minorAm             DmDm DmDm
 Just look into this strong man’s eyes,
A minorAm   A minorAm            DmDm DmDm
    Look into a strong man’s eyes.
A minorAm   A minorAm            DmDm DmDm
    Look into a strong man's eyes,
A minorAm   A minorAm            DmDm
    Look into a strong man's eyes,
DmDm              A minorAm
Raised up in a town that’s 80 proof,
DmDm
Shotgun shells under every roof,
    A minorAm  A minorAm
Bloody hell.