Chords with lyrics
INTRO: Play Am, C, G+G with each followed by the riff below
e|-------3---
BB|---0h1-----
G+G|-----------
D MajorD|-----------
A augmentedA|-----------
E MajorE|-----------
Then, after Am, C, and G; play A minorAm again followed by this riff:
e|-----------
BB|-------1---
G+G|---0h2-----
D MajorD|-----------
A augmentedA|-----------
E MajorE|-----------
So it should go - A minorAm (riff 1), C majorC (riff 1), G+G (riff 1), A minorAm (riff 2)
A minorAm
I learn what I know
C majorC
But I was born this way
G+G
More of a number
A minorAm
And less of a name
A minorAm
I talk a little too quiet
C majorC
And not enough they say
G+G
I only tell my secrets
A minorAm
When it?s time to pray
A minorAm C majorC
You wouldn?t see the war just lookin? from the outside
A minorAm G+G
I?ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside
C majorC G+G
Sink or swim, live or die
A minorAm
A augmentedA saving grace and a blue sky
C majorC G+G
All alone, and unafraid
A minorAm
It?s never just another day
A minorAm
And you don?t back down or walk away
G+G
But I know, I do, I am
C majorC
What it takes
What it takes
A minorAm
Wash away my footprints
C majorC
With the undertow
G+G A minorAm
While I?ll walk the wire, of the great unknown
A minorAm
I got two parts too
C majorC
My storied soul
G+G A minorAm
One stands with my brothers, one waits for me back at home
C majorC G+G
Sink or swim, live or die
A minorAm
A augmentedA saving grace and a blue sky
C majorC G+G
All alone, and unafraid
A minorAm
It?s never just another day
A minorAm
And you don?t back down or walk away
G+G
But I know, I do, I am
C majorC
What it takes
A minorAm C majorC
You wouldn?t see the war just lookin? from the outside
A minorAm G+G
I?ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside
C majorC G+G
Sink or swim, live or die
A minorAm
A augmentedA saving grace and a blue sky
C majorC G+G
All alone, and unafraid
A minorAm
It?s never just another day
A minorAm
And you don?t back down or walk away
G+G
But I know, I do, I am
C majorC
What it takes
Oh what it takes
What it takes