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.