Born Sinner chords by J. Cole

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1

F# minorF#m           E MajorE
Spinning in circles, live my life without rehearsal
   D MajorD              E MajorE
If I die today my nigga was it business? Was it personal?
 B minorBm               E MajorE
Should this be my last breath, I'm blessed cause it was purposeful
 A augmentedA              E MajorE
Never got to church to worship Lord but please be merciful
F# minorF#m          E MajorE
You made me versatile, well-rounded like cursive
D MajorD           E MajorE
Now you chose me for a purpose, I put my soul in these verses
BM               E MajorE
Born sinner, was never born to be perfect
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Sucka for women licking their lips and holding these purses
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Back when we ran the streets who would think we grow to be murderers
D MajorD            E MajorE
Teachers treated niggas as if they totally worthless
B minorBm      E MajorE
And violent, and hopeless
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I saw but never noticed that the college point is right to
F minorFm            E MajorE
"Be All That You Can Be" posters
 D MajorD            E MajorE
Rest in peace to Tiffany, I don't know if this is the realest sh*t I wrote
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But know the realest nigga wrote this
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And signed it, and sealed it in a envelope and knew one day you'd find it
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And knew one day you'd come back and rewind this, singing...


Hook: James Fauntleroy:
    F# minorF#m     E MajorE            D MajorD     E MajorE
I'm a born sinner, but I'll die better than that; swear.
      B minorBm            E MajorE           A augmentedA           E MajorE
You were always where I needed you to be whether you were there or not there (I was there)
    F# minorF#m     E MajorE            D MajorD         E MajorE
I was born sinning but I live better than that (better than that, better than that)
                B minorBm      E MajorE     A augmentedA
And if you ain't f**king with that, I don't care.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Verse 2

 F# minorF#m           E MajorE
Yeah, this music sh*t is a gift
 D MajorD              E MajorE
But God help us make it cause this music business is a cliff
 B minorBm               E MajorE
I got a life in my grip, she holding tight to my wrist
 A augmentedA       E MajorE
She screaming: "Don't let me slip"
 F# minorF#m              E MajorE
She see the tears in my eyes, I see the fear on her lips
D MajorD                           E MajorE
True when I told you, you the only reason why I don't flip and go insane
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My roof in the pouring rain
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You knew me before the fame, don't lose me the more I change, no
F# minorF#m         E MajorE
Just grow with me, go broke you go broke with me
D MajorD         E MajorE
I smoke you gon' smoke with me
B minorBm             E MajorE
Woman's curse since birth, man lead her to the hearse
A augmentedA      E MajorE
I go Bobby you go witney damn
F# minorF#m      E MajorE
Listen here, I'll tell you my biggest fears
D MajorD        E MajorE
You the only one who knows them
B minorBm        E MajorE
Don't you ever go expose them
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This life is harder than you'll probably ever know
F# minorF#m           E MajorE
Emotions I hardly ever show
D MajorD       E MajorE
More for you than for me
B minorBm        E MajorE
Don't you worry yourself
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I gotta do this for me
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They tell me life is a test but where's a tutor for me
D MajorD        E MajorE
Pops came late I'm already stuck in my ways
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Ducking calls from my mother for days
A augmentedA                     E MajorE
Sometimes she hate the way she raised me but she love what she raised
F#M                   E MajorE
Can't wait to hand her these house keys with nothing to say
Except

Hook: James Fauntleroy:
    F# minorF#m     E MajorE            D MajorD     E MajorE
I'm a born sinner, but I'll die better than that; swear.
      B minorBm            E MajorE           A augmentedA           E MajorE
You were always where I needed you to be whether you were there or not there (I was there)
    F# minorF#m     E MajorE            D MajorD         E MajorE
I was born sinning but I live better than that (better than that, better than that)
                B minorBm      E MajorE     A augmentedA
And if you ain't f**king with that, I don't care.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)