Chords with lyrics
Intro:
EbmEbm AbmAbm EbmEbm Bb majorBb
Verse 1:
EbmEbm AbmAbm EbmEbm
I do not care for princely grace
Bb majorBb
or honeyed words from powerderd faces
EbmEbm BB DbDb
that perfrume scent of wealth and pride
GbGb FF Bb majorBb
has me sick to death.
Verse 2:
EbmEbm AbmAbm
My heart is light, my dreams are wild
EbmEbm Bb majorBb
I want to live life to the fullest
EbmEbm
free as a bird
BB DbDb GbGb
and burning like a spark
BB E MajorE
Instead I serve some dark
Bb majorBb
And invisible ghost
Chorus:
EbmEbm DbDb
My shadow always follows me
BB Bb majorBb
no matter how I try to flee
EbmEbm DbDb
I cannot crawl out of my skin
BB Bb majorBb
I can't espace my destiny
EbmEbm DbDb
It wasn't my choice
BB Bb majorBb
to be what I was born to be
AbAb
But it's my fate, I can't break free
BB Bb majorBb
My shadow always follows me
Verse 3:
EbmEbm AbmAbm EbmEbm
What good is immortality
Bb majorBb
to someone who had hardly known life
EbmEbm BB DbDb
The stale smell of laurel wreath
GbGb FF Bb majorBb
reminds me of death.
Verse 4:
EbmEbm AbmAbm EbmEbm
What is a perfect symphony
Bb majorBb
compared to making love all night long?
EbmEbm
No sound, no tune
BB Bb majorBb GbGb
comes ever near the bliss
BB E MajorE
of some forbidden kiss.
FF
Theres's so much I miss.
Chorus:
EbmEbm DbDb
My shadow always follows me
BB Bb majorBb
no matter how I try to flee
EbmEbm DbDb
I cannot crawl out of my skin
BB Bb majorBb
I can't espace my destiny
EbmEbm DbDb
It wasn't my choice
BB Bb majorBb
to be what I was born to be
AbAb
But it's my fate, I can't break free
BB Bb majorBb
My shadow always follows me
Bridge:
BB
Wants spoil every joy I feel,
Bchores put in my shoulders
BbmBbm
Doubts ask if I'm good enough,
BB
although I nkow I'm better than the rest!
As you watch inspired, patronised, and blighted
FF
Sometimes I want to be just like everybody else
Bb majorBb
and start to live!
Chorus:
EbmEbm DbDb
But my shadow always follows me
BB Bb majorBb
no matter how I try to flee
EbmEbm DbDb
I cannot crawl out of my skin
BB Bb majorBb
I can't espace my destiny
EbmEbm DbDb
It wasn't my choice
BB Bb majorBb
to be what I was born to be
AbAb
But it's my fate, I can't break free
BB Bb majorBb
My shadow always follows me
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
My shadow always follows me (I feel a shadow)
C majorC BB
no matter how I try to flee
E minorEm D MajorD
I cannot crawl out of my skin (taking away the air to breathe!)
C majorC D MajorD
I can't espace my destiny
E minorEm D MajorD
It wasn't my choice (I cannot flee)
C majorC BB
to be what I was born to be (I cannot flee)
A augmentedA C majorC BB E minorEm
But it's my fate! (No, never!) My shadow always follows me!