Born To Die chords by Shooter Jennings

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Fig 1                 Fig 2
(Intro + Main Riff)
  A                   E
e|------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------|---------------------------|
D|---2--4---2-2-----|------------0-0------------|
A|-0--0---0---------|---2---4----2-2------------|
E|--------------3-3-|-0---0---0-------3-3-------|

Intro:

A E
A E D5

Verse:
E

Just a minute baby
A
On our doorstep
E
That’s how they found me
A
Going hungry
E
Raised on hatred
A
Heard by strangers
E
As a young man
A
I often wonder

Chorus: *These are played as normal chords

     D    E  A
Am I born to die
     D5   B5  A5
Never having lived
     D5    E  F#  D
Am I born to die
E
Without love (without love)
Asus4
In my life

*Back to the riff
E A

Verse 2:
E
People curse me
A
Knock me down
E
My foster parents
A
Kick me around
E
The burn me up
A
Oh loneliness
E
I never had me
A
Not a single friend

Chorus: *These are played as normal chords

     D    E  A
Am I born to die
     D5   B5  A5
Never having lived
     D5    E  F#  D
Am I born to die
E
Without love (without love)
Asus4
In my life

Bridge:
e|----------------------------------------5---------------------------------|
B|---------1---1-----------3----------5---5---------5-----------------------|
G|------0----0---0------0-----------5---5--------0--------------------------|
D|-2-3----------------5-------5-5-7----------7-5------5--2------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    F             G           E
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-----1----1--1------3----3------5---5-----|
G|---0----0----0----0---0--0----0--0--0-----|
D|-3-----------3--5--------5--7-------7-----|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
   F              G         E
Oh dark and empty in between
   F              G         E
Oh dark and empty in between
   F              G         E
Oh dark and empty in between
   F              G         E
Oh dark and empty in between
   F              G         E
Oh dark and empty in between
   F              G         A
Oh dark and empty in between

  A                   E
e|------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------|---------------------------|
D|---2--4---2-2-----|------------0-0------------|
A|-0--0---0---------|---2---4----2-2------------|
E|--------------3-3-|-0---0---0-------3-3-------|

E
Must be someone in this world
A
Who can save me from myself

Chorus: *These are played as normal chords

     D    E  A
Am I born to die
     D5   B5  A5
Never having lived
     D5    E  F#  D
Am I born to die
A
Without love (without love)
Em
In my life
     D    E  A
Am I born to die
     D5   B5  A5
Never having lived
     D5    E  F#  D
Am I born to die
E
Without love (without love)
Asus4
In my life