Born In A War chords by The Future Islands

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

Bb  Am  Gm
Bb  Am  Gm


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

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


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


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


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


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


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