Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
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He said, "This is flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone. She shall be called
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woman." It was all woman when you saw me. Do I have any real people, in this
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room?
Verse 1:
Amaj7Amaj7
Soften up the mess
Amaj7Amaj7
Drop it in the water
EMaj7Emaj7
Let the daughter find her image with the rest
Amaj7Amaj7
She'll be learning how to breathe
Amaj7Amaj7
Spinning through identity
EMaj7Emaj7 G+G
Revealing 'nother pretty little scheme
E minor 7Em7 Amaj7Amaj7
Save her mind
EMaj7Emaj7
Hold her hand
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7
And don't believe a lie, you understand me?
Verse 2:
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Walk her down the valley
EMaj7Emaj7
Pack a piece of heaven for the bottoms of her feet
Amaj7Amaj7
Teach her how to jump and how to stretch when she reach
EMaj7Emaj7 E minor 7Em7
Like the angels do and you gon' make it through now
Amaj7Amaj7
Tell her 'bout the healer
EMaj7Emaj7
Greater is the One Within her call Him as the leader
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Teach her how to hold her pretty hand up to the sky
Fmaj7Fmaj7
And have her wait upon the Giver
EMaj7Emaj7
He'll deliver like a dealer
Chorus:
Amaj7Amaj7
To take her higher
EMaj7Emaj7
Higher
Amaj7Amaj7 EMaj7Emaj7
Fly out the valley and the fire
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Take her higher
EMaj7Emaj7
Higher
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7
Fly up out the valley and the fire
Verse 3:
Amaj7Amaj7
Train her feet for runnin'
EMaj7Emaj7
Show her every door and how the window's let the sun in
Amaj7Amaj7
Copy out the key and tell her, "This is forth becoming"
EMaj7Emaj7
Even in the fever, baby cry and get to runnin'
Gbm7Gbm7 E7E7 Amaj7Amaj7
And tell her that you better get your boots trapped up, you're with the army
EMaj7Emaj7
Ready when the truth act up, nothing can harm me
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Yelling from the roof, I touch
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Put up a guard and count to ten
EMaj7Emaj7
Lion's den, speaking with a higher pen
Amaj7Amaj7
Can't be touched by fire then
Verse 4:
Amaj7Amaj7
Fast-forward to the grown things now
EMaj7Emaj7
I'm working on them soul things now
Amaj7Amaj7
Forgiven all your old ways
EMaj7Emaj7 E MajorE
But it's harder on the cold days (Cold days)
Amaj7Amaj7
Never been a product of a flawless environment
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Never acted like I'm higher than
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7
You, you, you, you, you
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And I still pray
Outro:
Amaj7Amaj7
Dear God, won't you send me a break?
EMaj7Emaj7
'Cause I need to get away, yeah
Amaj7Amaj7
Dear God, won't you send me a break?
EMaj7Emaj7 Gbm7Gbm7 E7E7
'Cause I, I need to get away, yeah
Amaj7Amaj7 EMaj7Emaj7
'Cause I would rather be, rather be runnin' away
EMaj7Emaj7
I would rather be, rather be runnin'
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
Dear God, won't you send me a break?
EMaj7Emaj7 Amaj7Amaj7
'Cause I need to get away, yeah ('Cause I need to get away now)
EMaj7Emaj7
I need to get away now
Amaj7Amaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 Gbm7Gbm7 E minor 7Em7
Amaj7Amaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 Gmaj7Gmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 EMaj7Emaj7