Standard Tuning
C Am Em Am
C
I wasnt born this way
Am
I been living a lie they say
Em Am
Somebody brought me to my knees well, I had everything
F
C
So tell me would you please, how could I possibly have needed, so much more
Am Em Am
C
The thing I was craving
Am
Was some kind of lady
Em
So I might find a friend
Am F
C Am
and all the aching in my muscles as they hurt oh wont you put my hands to work to ease
my mind
G
And you realise in a moments grace
C F
you've been unravelling the fabric of your coat
G
And you pick a line down the wall and trace
Am
till the end
F C
and when you walk back sorry with a fallen body like you should
Em Am
no i am not gonna die this way
C Am Em Am
C
Maybe it was was the mould you see
Am
that was knocking the wall in me
Em
that I forgot just what it was that
Am F
i had needed to be for all the time id given
C Am
maybe i forgot what living was now for
G
and you realise in a moments grace
C F
you might just already be onto something good
G
and you pick a line on a call and trace
Am
because you can
F
and when it comes back heavy
F C
youll be more than ready like you should
Em Am
Cause i am not gonna die this way
Am C Am C Am
C
Through a crack in the road it sprung
Am
a seedling warm and young
Em
stretching out for the sun
Am
its almost in Im giddy
F
For this time I might be winning
F C
as the moving lights that time of year lay still
F G
Am
and as my body changes pace I seem to know again that Im not gonna die this way
F C
oh Ill hold my misses in a bed of kisses like I should
Em Am
Cause I am not gonna die this way