Born under punches
Born under punches

Born under punches easy guitar chords by David Byrne

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Em

  • C

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • C

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2
    • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Take 
    a look 
    at these 
    hands 


    Take 
    a look 
    at these 
    hands 

    The 
    hand 
    speaks 

    The hand 
    of 
    a government 
    man 

    Well, I'm 
    a tumbler 

    Born 
    under 
    punches 

    Verse 2
    I'm 
    so 
    thin 

    All 
    I 
    want 
    is 
    to 
    breathe 

    Won't 
    you 
    breathe 
    with 
    me? 

    Find 
    a 
    little 
    space 

    So 
    we 
    move 
    in- 
    between 

    And 
    keep 
    one 
    step 
    ahead 

    of 
    yourself 

    Verse 3

    Don't 
    you miss 
    it, 

    don't 
    you mis
    s 
    it 

    Some 
    of you 
    people 
    just 
    about 
    missed 
    it 

    Last 
    time 
    to 
    make 
    plans 

    I'm 
    a tumbler 

    I'm 
    a government 
    man 

    Never 
    seen 
    anything 
    Verse 4
    like 
    that 
    before 

    Falling 
    bod
    ies 
    tumble 
    'cross 
    the 
    floor 

    I 
    said 
    I'm 
    a tumbler 

    When 
    you 
    get 
    to 
    where 

    you 
    wanna 
    be 

    I don't 
    even 
    mention 
    it 

    When 
    you 
    get 
    to 
    where 
    you 
    wanna 
    be 

    Thank 
    you! Thank 
    you! 

    Take 
    a look 
    at these 
    hand
    s 

    They're 
    passing 
    in- 
    between 
    us 

    Take 
    a look 
    at these 
    hands 

    Take 
    a look 
    at these 
    hands 

    You 
    don't 
    have 
    to 
    men
    tion 
    it 

    No 
    thanks, 
    no 
    thanks 

    Interlude 1
    I'm 
    a government 
    man 






    Verse 5
    And 
    the heat 
    goes 
    on 
    and 
    the 

    heat 
    goes 
    on 

    And the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on 
    and 

    the heat 
    goes 
    on 

    And the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on 
    where the 

    hand 
    has 
    been 

    And the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on and 

    the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on 

    Verse 6
    And 
    the heat 
    goes 
    on 
    and 

    the heat 
    goes 
    on 

    And 
    the heat 
    goes 
    on 
    and the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on 

    And 
    the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on 

    where the 
    hand 
    has 
    been 

    And 
    the heat 
    goes 
    on 
    and 

    the 
    heat 
    goes on 

    I'm not 
    a drowning 
    man 
    Verse 7
    (And the heat 

    goes 
    on 
    and 
    the 
    heat goes 
    on) 

    And I'm 
    not 
    a burning 
    building 
    (And the 

    heat 
    goes 
    on and the 
    heat goes on) 

    I'm 
    a tumbler 
    (And the 
    heat goes on where 

    the hand 
    has been) 

    Drowning 
    cannot 
    hurt 
    a man 

    Fire 
    cannot 
    hurt 
    a man 
    (And the heat 

    goes 
    on and 
    the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on) 

    Verse 8
    Not 
    the government 
    man 

    All I want 
    is 
    to 
    breathe (And the 
    heat 

    goes 
    on and 
    the 
    heat 
    goes on) 

    Breathe 
    with 
    me 

    Won't 
    you 
    breathe 
    with me? 
    (And the 

    heat 
    goes 
    on 
    and the 
    heat goes on) 

    Find a 
    little 
    space (And the 
    heat goes 

    on 
    and 
    the 
    heat 
    goes on) 

    So we 
    move in- between 
    (And the 
    heat goes on 

    and 
    the heat 
    goes 
    on) 

    Between it! 

    And 
    keep 
    one 
    step 
    ahead 
    of 
    yourself 
    (And the 

    heat goes 
    on 
    and the 
    heat goes 
    on) 

    I'm 
    catching up 
    with 
    myself 

    All 
    I want 
    is 
    to 
    breathe 
    (And the heat 

    goes 
    on 
    and 
    the heat 
    goes 
    on) 

    Won't 
    you 
    breathe 
    with 
    me? (And the heat 

    goes on 
    and 
    the 
    heat 
    goes 
    on) 

    Find 
    a 
    little 
    space 
    (And the heat 

    goes on 
    and 
    the 
    heat 
    goes on) 

    So 
    we move in- 
    between 
    (And the heat 

    goes on and 
    the heat 
    goes on) 

    And keep 
    one 
    step 
    ahead 
    of 
    your
    self 
    Outro 1


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