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break the shell Chords

Music by: India Arie
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[Intro 1]
[C][G][Am][E][F][G][C][Am]

[Verse 1]
I met [F]a proph
et dark as [G]the night
She could see into my [Am]soul
Said she'd been watch[F]ing
and had some ad[G]vice
She said shadows make you [Am]whole
A life without [F]pain is a wolf
in sheep's [G]clothes
Cause if you [C]listen [G]to the
[Am]lessons [Abdim]that it hold[D]s
You'll find [F]the gold

[Verse 2]
[C]Child its [G]time [Am]to break th[Em]e shell
[F]Life's gonna [E]hurt but its [F]meant to be felt
[G]You cannot[C] touch the[G] sky
from [Am]inside your[Em]self
[F]You cannot [E]fly [F]until you [G]break the [C]shell

[Verse 3]
[Am]
I can re[F]member when I was [G]a child
How the grown folks seemed so [Am]crazy
Why are they so [F]angry,
why are they so [G]loud?
And when I grow up that's
never ever gonna [Am]be me
That was the mo[F]ment that I de[G]cide
That I would [C]build a [G]wall just
[Am]shy of s[E]ix feet [D]tall
Too strong [F]to fall

[Verse 4]
[C]Child its [G]time [Am]to break th[Em]e shell
[F]Life's gonna [E]hurt but its [F]meant to be felt
[G]You cannot[C] touch the[G] sky
from [Am]inside your[Em]self
[F]You cannot [E]fly [F]until you
[G]break the [C]shell
[F]

[Verse 5]
[F]Courage is not being [C]hard
It's time to [E]peel back all of the layers
You [Am]put between
who you're [D]meant to be
And you who [F]are
And go be who you [Fm]are

[Verse 6]
[Am]
So much [F]disappointment
to finally under[G]stand
That there is [Em]no such thing as p[Am]erfect
Were all simply [F]doing the best that we [G]can
And we have a [C]choice to
[Em]live or [Am]truly [E]be [D]alive

[Verse 7]
[F]This is your [C]life
Child its [G]time [Am]to break th[Em]e shell
[F]Life's gonna [E]hurt but its [F]meant to be felt
[G]You cannot[C] touch the[G] sky
from [Am]inside your[Em]self
[F]You cannot [E]fly [F]until it [G]breaks the [C]shell
Child its [G]time

[Verse 8]
[Am]to break t[Em]he shell
[F]Life's gonna [E]hurt but its [F]meant to be felt
[G]You cannot[C] touch the[G] sky
from [Am]inside your[Em]self
The [F]bird cannot [E]fly [F]until it [G]breaks the [C]shell

[Verse 9]
[C]Do with [G]these words [Am]what you [E]will
Its [F]time for [C]us to [D]be for real
[Am]You'll [C]be stuck on [D]the ground until
[F]You finally [G]break the shell
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