Born Bob Dylan
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D Em7 Cadd9 G6
D Em7
If I don't say anything, it's wrong
Cadd9 G6
If I said it, it wouldn't come out right
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
It's been keeping me up all night
D Em7 Cadd9
Half my life I've been told to shut up
G6 D
So how am I gonna open up?
Em7 Cadd9 G6
Wish you could just read my mind
D Em7
If I shared all of me, would you run away?
Cadd9 G6
If I sugarcoated what I had to say
D Em7 Cadd9
In poetry, would it make you stay?
D
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
Em7 Cadd9 G6
Had all the words to speak my feelings
D
I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks
Em7 Cadd9 G6
And followed my heart, unafraid of the truth
D
Even if I stood alone
Em7 Cadd9 G6
I didn't know how it was gonna go
D
Even if the water was cold
Em7 Cadd9
I´d take a deep breath and get it off my chest
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
D Em7 Cadd9
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
D Em7
They say either way you win
Cadd9 G6 D
If you're feeling it, why you gotta hold it in?
Em7 Cadd9 G6
What is meant to be will be
D Em7
But all their wisdom doesn't help me now
Cadd9 G6
I'm scared and I gotta find out
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
How to speak my mind without metaphors and prose and rhymes and still make you mine
D Em7
I hope you know what I mean when I'm actin' mean
Cadd9 G6
'Cause I don't see what I mean when I'm caught in between
D Em7 Cadd9
And I'm afraid, the real you is eluding me
D
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
Em7 Cadd9 G6
Had all the words to speak my feelings
D
I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks
Em7 Cadd9 G6
And followed my heart, unafraid of the truth
D
Even if I stood alone
Em7 Cadd9 G6
I didn't know how it was gonna go
D
Even if the water was cold
Em7 Cadd9
I´d take a deep breath and get it off my chest
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
Am G6 D Em
With you i'm ripped wide open at the seams, I'm not that tough
Am G6 D Em
'Cause you could hear the song inside of me, but it's not enough
Am G6 D Em C Cadd9
All the things I wanna say to you are written on my face
D
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
Em7 Cadd9 G6
Had all the words to speak my feelings
D
I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks
Em7 Cadd9 G6
And followed my heart, unafraid of the truth
D
Even if I stood alone
Em7 Cadd9 G6
I didn't know how it was gonna go
D
Even if the water was cold
Em7 Cadd9
I´d take a deep breath and get it off my chest
D Em7
I wish I was born Bob... even if I stood alone
Cadd9 G6
Didn't know how it was gonna go
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
Gotta get it off my chest and hope for the best
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
D Em7 Cadd9 G6
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.