I Was Gonna Be - Rachel Terekhov

Key: F ♫ Intro: 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 : C | C | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 : ♫ Verse 1: C C Some don’t believe I’m a living soul, Fmaj7 Fmaj7 just a bad mistake that needs to go. C C If my mama coulda just seen my face G7 G7 maybe she woulda had me anyway. ♫ Verse 2: C C There are those who speak for me, Fmaj7 Fmaj7 who fight for lives that they can’t see. C C But there are some who only mourn, G7 G7 this life of mine if I were born.

♫ Chorus: C C All I wanted was a chance Dm Dm to learn to love and laugh and dance. F Dm But I was gone before I arrived, F G sent back to heaven on a starlight flight. ♫ Bridge 1: (Other Counting for the Bridge) Am G F F Yeah, I was gonna change the world, F G C C I was gonna be a girl. ♫ Verse 3: C C The first thing I was gonna do Fmaj7 Fmaj7 was breathe and fall in love with you. C C But a couple weeks before I saw the light, G7 G7 mine flickered out when you changed your mind. ♫ Chorus: C C All I wanted was a chance Dm Dm to learn to love and laugh and dance. F Dm But I was gone before I arrived, F G sent back to heaven on a starlight flight. ♫ Bridge 2: (Other Counting for the Bridge) Am G F F I was gonna have some curls, F G C C yeah, I was gonna be a boy. Pre-♫ Outro: Dm I'm more than just some one night stand C or some burden that you think I am. Dm G G And there ain’t no man ever gonna be C C what I was gonna be. ♫ Outro: (Partial Reprise of Verse 1] C C Some don’t believe I’m a living soul, Fmaj7 Fmaj7 just a bad mistake that needs to go. 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 |: C | C | C* |: