INTRO: Play Am, C, G with each followed by the riff below
E|-------3---|
B|---0h1-----|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
Then, after Am, C, and G; play Am again followed by this riff:
E|-----------|
B|-------1---|
G|---0h2-----|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
So it should go - Am (riff 1), C (riff 1), G (riff 1), Am (riff 2)
Am
I learn what I know
C
But I was born this way
G
More of a number
Am
And less of a name
Am
I talk a little too quiet
C
And not enough they say
G
I only tell my secrets
Am
When it’s time to pray
AmC
You wouldn’t see the war just lookin’ from the outside
AmG
I’ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside
CG
Sink or swim, live or die
Am
A saving grace and a blue sky
CG
All alone, and unafraid
Am
It’s never just another day
Am
And you don’t back down or walk away
G
But I know, I do, I am
C
What it takes
What it takes
Am
Wash away my footprints
C
With the undertow
GAm
While I’ll walk the wire, of the great unknown
Am
I got two parts too
C
My storied soul
GAm
One stands with my brothers, one waits for me back at home
CG
Sink or swim, live or die
Am
A saving grace and a blue sky
CG
All alone, and unafraid
Am
It’s never just another day
Am
And you don’t back down or walk away
G
But I know, I do, I am
C
What it takes
AmC
You wouldn’t see the war just lookin’ from the outside
AmG
I’ve got red dirt blood here runnin on the inside
CG
Sink or swim, live or die
Am
A saving grace and a blue sky
CG
All alone, and unafraid
Am
It’s never just another day
Am
And you don’t back down or walk away
G
But I know, I do, I am
C
What it takes
Oh what it takes
What it takes