break the shell

break the shell easy guitar chords by India.arie

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

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Capo
  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • E

  • F

  • Abdim

    6
  • D

  • Em

  • Fm

  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • E

  • F

  • Abdim

    6
  • D

  • Em

  • Fm

  • Intro 1
    C
    G
    Am
    E
    F
    G
    C
    Am

    Verse 1
    F

    I met a proph
    G

    et dark as the night
    Am

    She could see into my soul
    F

    Said she'd been watching
    G

    and had some advice
    Am

    She said shadows make you whole
    F

    A life without pain is a wolf
    G

    in sheep's clothes
    C
    G

    Cause if you listen to the
    Am
    Abdim
    D

    lessons that it holds
    F

    You'll find the gold
    Verse 2
    C
    G
    Am
    Em

    Child its time to break the shell
    F
    E
    F

    Life's gonna hurt but its meant to be felt
    G
    C
    G

    You cannot touch the sky
    Am
    Em

    from inside yourself
    F
    E
    F
    G
    C

    You cannot fly until you break the shell
    Verse 3
    Am

    F
    G

    I can remember when I was a child
    Am

    How the grown folks seemed so crazy
    F

    Why are they so angry,
    G

    why are they so loud?

    And when I grow up that's
    Am

    never ever gonna be me
    F
    G

    That was the moment that I decide
    C
    G

    That I would build a wall just
    Am
    E
    D

    shy of six feet tall
    F

    Too strong to fall
    Verse 4
    C
    G
    Am
    Em

    Child its time to break the shell
    F
    E
    F

    Life's gonna hurt but its meant to be felt
    G
    C
    G

    You cannot touch the sky
    Am
    Em

    from inside yourself
    F
    E
    F

    You cannot fly until you
    G
    C

    break the shell
    F

    Verse 5
    F
    C

    Courage is not being hard
    E

    It's time to peel back all of the layers
    Am

    You put between
    D

    who you're meant to be
    F

    And you who are
    Fm

    And go be who you are
    Verse 6
    Am

    F

    So much disappointment
    G

    to finally understand
    Em
    Am

    That there is no such thing as perfect
    F
    G

    Were all simply doing the best that we can
    C

    And we have a choice to
    Em
    Am
    E
    D

    live or truly be alive
    Verse 7
    F
    C

    This is your life
    G
    Am
    Em

    Child its time to break the shell
    F
    E
    F

    Life's gonna hurt but its meant to be felt
    G
    C
    G

    You cannot touch the sky
    Am
    Em

    from inside yourself
    F
    E
    F
    G
    C

    You cannot fly until it breaks the shell
    G
    Child its time
    Verse 8
    Am
    Em

    to break the shell
    F
    E
    F

    Life's gonna hurt but its meant to be felt
    G
    C
    G

    You cannot touch the sky
    Am
    Em

    from inside yourself
    F
    E
    F
    G
    C

    The bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell
    Verse 9
    C
    G
    Am
    E

    Do with these words what you will
    F
    C
    D

    Its time for us to be for real
    Am
    C
    D

    You'll be stuck on the ground until
    F
    G

    You finally break the shell

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