Life Chords

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[Intro]
Em
Just like a birdie, I just want to fly
Bm7
free so high, so high, And own a piece of
Am
land somewhere somewhere off in a
Em
country (ooh oh yeah, listen)
 
[Verse 1]
Am
Temperature's like a hundred degrees
Bm7
Like I got chains on me
Em    Dsus2
Black male in a family of three
Em   Dsus2
Been robbed of my destiny
Am
Reckon I'll fly away
Bm7
Cause it's too much for the man
Em        Dsus2
Shouldn't have gone down this way
Em       Dsus2
What happened to my master plan?
Am
Cause I can't figure out
Bm7
I could have been a loved child
Em         Dsus2
Shouldn't have gone down this way
Em        Dsus2
Tell me how did I get life?
 
[Chorus 1]
Am
Life, life,
Bm7
life, life,
Em    Dsus2
life,life
Em    Dsus2
life, life
 
[Verse 2]
Am           Bm7
Oh somebody done done me wrong Done me wrong,
Em      Dsus2                        Em      Dsus2
me wrong Now eyes to the ceiling all night long, all night long
Am                 Bm7
Time is slipping away from me
Em      Dsus2           Em      Dsus2
And it ain't no telling when I'll get home I gotta get home, yea
Am
Just about to see the dollar signs
Bm7
That close to a piece of mine
Em      Dsus2
Everything was about to be fine
Em      Dsus2
So tell me, so how did I get life?
 
[Chorus 2]
Am
Life, life,
Bm7
life, life,
Em    Dsus2
life,life
Em    Dsus2
life, life
 
[Verse 3]
Am
Everything (everything)
Bm7
I hope for (that I hope for)
    Em Dsus2
Is gone now (is gone now)
Em           Dsus2
Buried in the ground (buried in the ground)
Am
Hopes and dreams (my hopes and dreams)
Bm7
All those things (all those things)
Em        Dsus2
I'll never see (I will never never see)
Em        Dsus2
Said I'll never see (somebody gave me life)
 
[Chorus 3]
Am
Life, life,
Bm7
life, life,
Em    Dsus2
life,life
Em    Dsus2
life, life
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