Key: C major
Intro 1
C
G
C
Verse 1
C
F
Fm
C
I wasn't born a fisherman
F
C
And I wasn't born a schoolgirl
F
C
And I wasn't born a tree of leaves
F
Fm
C
And I wasn't born o lordy lord
F
G
tireless worker
Verse 2
C
F
C
G
C
And I wasn't born an Indian
C
G
And I wasn't born a man with
C
F
G
a dream to just let it falter
Verse 3
G
C
And I wasn't born o! a welldigger
And I wasn't born o! a fleshy thing
And I wasn't born a thing to be scorned,
Fm
F
a thing to be ig nored
G
Verse 4
Dm
G
Dm
And I will align myself with nothing
Fm
G
Cause I was untried when
C
G
I was applied
The light of birth
Verse 5
And I wasn't born o!
to sleep with Ruth
F
C
We're miles apart and I have no heart
Verse 6
G
girls that live in town
Those who seem always to
C
G
But it would not seem right to pass the
C
F
Fm
G
night with one not my true love
Verse 7
Dm
C
G
And I will align myself with nothing
Dm
G
And I will enjoin my
heart with no- one's
F
Fm
F
G
Cause I was un tried when
F
G
I was applied
Outro 1
The light of birth
F
G
F
G
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ChordsC G F Fm Dm
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