Martin Simpson

Born Human

Martin Simpson


Tom: C

F     C     F C Am  G
C   F C     Am  G   C


[Chorus 1]
             F              C
I don’t know why I was born human
             F    C Am        G
I might have been a fish or a bat
           C              F         C
Or the big sycamore in my brother’s backyard
              Am       G        C
That spoke to me when I fell on my back


[Verse 1]
          C     F    C
We listen to an earthly music
         Am G      C
Conjured up  in ages past
               C              F        C
The colour of your skin might change tomorrow
              Am      G      C
From a snow-white deer to a coal-black cat


[Chorus 2]
             F              C
I don’t know why I was born human
             F    C Am    G
I might have been a water rat
           C           F      C
Or a thunderstorm that chases buffalo
            Am        G       C
Down silver trails of prairie grass
             F              C        F C Am  G
I don’t know why I was born human

C   F C     Am  G   C


[Verse 2]
         C          F  C
When you see the earth bleeding
         Am  G              C
Then you know you’re home at last
         C         F    C
When you feel your body broken
            Am  G            C
Then you’ll find the strength to act


[Chorus 3]
           F                 C
I ain’t no alien, I was born native
          F   C   Am     G
I just forgot the sacred past
            C                   F           C
But the big storm is over and I still got a heartbeat
              Am      G       C
And my breast lullaby sings home at last


[Chorus 4]
               F              C
Walking on this earth is only natural
                F    C   Am       G
We were born to roam but not this fast
              C                          F       C
And my little girl’s dreams should be as big as heaven
       Am       G          C
Even angels find their home at last
              C                          F       C
And my little girl’s dreams should be as big as heaven
       Am       G          C
Even angels find their home at last
             F              C        F C Am  G
I don’t know why I was born human

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