I Should Be Born chords by Jets Overhead

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: 0

No capo
NOTE: I suggest that the chords FF G+G should be played sliding up...like in the intro.

Intro:

  FF G+G
e|-------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-1/3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--| x4

Verse 1:

FF G+G
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FF G+G
Look inside of me: conflicts, conditions
 FF
Don't lose sight of the lessons you're given
 FF                  G+G
No sign or prescription can make you young again
G+G    FF G+G
Make me young again


Verse 2:

FF G+G
All looks well if you just know the outside
FF G+G
Hide the tears that get she'd in the nighttime
 FF
Don't lose sight of the map and the seasons
 FF                  G+G
Let go of conditions that steal your mind away
G+G      FF G+G
Steal your time away


Chorus:

 C majorC
Living on an island
 C majorC
Take your time when
 C majorC
Walking on the water
 C majorC               FF G+G
'Cause now we're running from our homes

FF G+G

Verse 3:

FF G+G
One side of me knows where the path went
FF G+G
I could lead but I'm too inconsistent
 FF
Don't lose sight of the eyes that you're given
 FF                   G+G
No conflicts, conditions can take your sight away
     FF G+G
Take your sight away


Chorus:

 C majorC
Living on an island
 C majorC
Take your time when
 C majorC
Walking on the water
                  FF G+G
'Cause now we're running from our homes

 FF G+G


Chorus:

 C majorC
Living on an island
 C majorC
Take your time when
 C majorC
Walking on the water
                  FF G+G
'Cause now we're running from our homes


Post-Chorus:

      FF        C majorC      G+G
You were drowning when you should have flown
      FF        C majorC      G+G
You were drowning when you should have flown
      FF      C majorC    G+G
I've been dying when I should be born
G+G        FF C majorC G+G
I should be born

G+G FF C majorC G+G

G+G FF C majorC G+G

G+G FF C majorC G+G

G+G FF C majorC G+G
G MajorG         FF C majorC G+G
I should be born
G+G         FF C majorC G+G
I should be born


Verse 4:

FF G+G
If you struggle in logic and feeling
FF G+G
Generational gaps are revealing
 FF
Don't lose sight of the ones who have loved you
 FF                    G+G
You're only as strong as the love that built you
       FF G+G
the love that built you


Chorus:

 C majorC
Living on an island
 C majorC
Take your time when
 C majorC
Walking on the water
                  FF G+G
'Cause now we're running from our homes


Outro:

      FF        C majorC      G+G
You were drowning when you should have flown
      FF        C majorC      G+G
You were drowning when you should have flown
      FF      C majorC    G+G
I've been dying when I should be born
      FF      C majorC    G+G
I've been dying when I should be born
      FF      C majorC    G+G  FF C majorC G+G
I've been dying when I should be born
G+G        FF C majorC G+G
I should be born
G+G        FF C majorC G+G
I should be born
G+G        FF C majorC G+G
I should be born

FF C majorC G+G

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