India Arie

Break The Shell(Chords)

India Arie

Key: C

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Intro: C G Am Em F Em C 


Verse:
 
Am           F                   G  
    I met a prophet dark as the night 
           C     G    Am 
She could see into my soul 
                 F                      G  
Said she'd been watching and had some advice 
          C       G        Am  
She said shadows make you whole 

                F                          G 
A life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes 
              C     G      Am      Em      F 
Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds 
                 G 
You'll find the gold 


C G Am Em Child it's time to break the shell F Em F G Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt C G Am Em You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C You cannot fly until you break the shell
Verse: Am F G I can remember when I was a child C G Am How the grown folks seemed so crazy F G Why are they so angry, why are they so loud ? C G Am And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me F G That was the moment that I decide C G Am Em F That I would build a wall just shy of six feet tall G Too strong to fall
C G Am Em Child it's time to break the shell F Em F G Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt C G Am Em You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C You cannot fly until you break the shell
Bridge: F C Courage is not being hard Em It's time to peel back all of the layers Am D You put between who you're meant to be F And who you are Fm And go be who you are Verse: Am F G So much disappointment to finally understand C G Am That there is no such thing as perfect F G Were all simply doing the best that we can C G Am Em F And we have a choice to live or truly be alive G C This is your life
(C) G Am Em Child it's time to break the shell F Em F G Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt C G Am Em You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C You cannot fly until you break the shell (C) G Am Em Child it's time to break the shell F Em F G Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt C G Am Em You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell
Ending: Am G C G Do with these words what you will F G D It's time for us to be for real F G D F You'll be stuck on the ground until Am G C You finally break the shell

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