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Born Tired by Jhené Aiko

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

NOTE ON PLAYING:
You can fingerpick the intro, or play the chords. I think it sounds nice to also fingerpick Verse 1 & Bridge 1
, but you could play the chords as well.

Intro:

   C          Am
e|---0-1-1-0----0-1-1-0----------------||
B|-------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------||  X 2
A|-3----------0------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------||


Intro:
C           Am
I'm sleepy
C      Am
Ahh, ahh

Verse 1: - same as Intro tab
C
Three deep breaths
Am
Ten steps backwards
C
Going backwards
Am
Now I'm switchin' lanes
C
Tire marks
Am
On my heart
C                 Am
It don't beat the same, no

Bridge 1: - Tab/chords

   F          G          Am         C
e|----1-----------3----------0----------0--------||
B|------1-----------3----------1----------1------||
G|--------2-----------4----------2----------0----||
D|--3-----------5----------2----------2----------||
A|-----------------------0----------3------------||
E|-1----------3----------------------------------||

   F          Am         G               G
e|----1-----------0------------3---------3-------||
B|------1-----------1------------3-------3-------||
G|--------2-----------2------------4-----4-------||
D|--3-----------2------------5-----------5-------||
A|------------0--------------------------5-------||
E|-1---------------------3---------------3-------||

F
Rest your weary heart
G              Am
Dry your teary eyes

I know you are scarred
C                 F     Am
And torn apart inside, ah
               G   G(strum)
Darlin', so am I,       okay

Chorus 1: - Strum from this point onwards
                    C
'Cause, baby, I was born tired
        Am
Getting more tired
   C              Am
As time passes me by, yeah
          C
I'ma need more fire
         Am
Way, way more fire
   C               Am
So pass that thing my way, ay
F
La-da-da-ahh
G
Ha-ha-haa
Am        G
Ha-ha-haa,   yeah


Verse 2:
             C
It's been a long night
                      Am
Long life, long time fighting
           C
Let out a long sigh
                   Am
Alright, why am I trying?
                   C
'Cause look at how far you have come
                Am
And look at all that you have going
            C
Look at who you have become
          Am                     F
Baby, you gotta keep going, ooh-oh,

Bridge 2:
F                    G
Rest your weary heart
G               Am
Dry your teary eyes
                      C
I know you are scarred
C                 F
And torn apart inside
                   Am
Inside, inside, inside
               G
Darlin', so am I, so am I


Chorus:
            C
Baby, I was born tired
        Am
Getting more tired
   C              Am
As time passes me by
      C
I'ma need more fire
        Am
Way, way more fire
   C                Am
So pass that thing my way

Outro:
        F
Ay, I'm tired, but I'm fired up
G
Tired, but I'm fired up
Am
Tired, but I'm fired up
C
Tired, but I'm fired up
F
La-da-da-ah (da-da-da)
G
Ha-ha-ha (ha-ha-haa)
Am         G
Ha-ha-ha (ha-ha-ha-ha, ahh)

Play Intro: tab and end on single C note
C  Am  C  Am  C