Born Free chords by Slowly Slowly

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

C Am F    C Am Em F


Am                     Em
I made friends with my boredom
F                               C
But it just won't love me back
Am                 Em
I made an enemy of prudence
F                               C
It gave me the year of the rat

Am                  Em
I sidled up next to torment
F                      C
It was atonement I'm sure
Am                      Em
Suffered the company of triumph
F                             C
The fastest friend of them all

Am                    Em
I held the hand of an old shame
F                              C
Wished it would die in my arms
Am                    Em
I've sat in idle with conscience
F                          C
Touching both of my palms

Am                        Em
Stood on the shoulders of ritual
F                         C
My favourite drug of the lot
Am                      Em
I played a game with my vengeance
F                              C
I won but not the prize that I thought, I was wrong

Am                    Em
I broke the jaw of my patience
F                            C
I think it's finally subdued
Am                      Em
I called the number for fortitude
F                   C
Humiliation ensued

Am                    Em
I pressed my nails in devotion
F                        C
But it gets off on the hurt
Am                    Em
I whittled dolls from reprisal
F                              C
They wouldn't stay in the dirt

Am                         Em
I scraped and saved all my venom
F                   C
The potency was benign
Am                  Em
I did my best with approval
F                                  C
Spat on its back every time, every night

Am                        Em
Wrung out the towel of my romance
F                    C
Manipulated perfume
Am                       Em
I plunged my tongue into weakness
F                      C
It postured me out the gloom

Am                    Em
I took control of the hunger
F                             C
It's friend starvation ain't kind
Am                    Em
I grew the cancers of worry
F                                    C
She cut them out every time, just in time

C         F
I'm on my way out
          C
Stay with me
             F
It's been so heavy
               C
But I was born free

          F
I'm on my way out
          C
Stay with me
             F
It's been so heavy
               G
But I was born free

F              G   F
    I was born free
           G
I was born free

G         F
I'm on my way out
          G
Stay with me
             F
It's been so heavy
               G
But I was born free