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Born To The Breed by Judy Collins
Born To The Breed
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
G C F G C F G
[Verse 1]
C F
I was only nineteen
G
The morning you were born
C
With your hair fine and red
F G F
And your eyes like my own
[Verse 2]
Am
Barely a woman
G D F
With only a song
C
I sang to make you smile
F C Am
And held you all night long
[Verse 3]
C F
Home through the streets
G
With you in my arms
C
Cold winter mornings
F G F
In a Colorado town
[Verse 4]
Am
I've seen you stumble
G D F
You've watched me fall
C
You know I've got nothing
F C Am
You know we've got it all
[Verse 5]
C F
Trucks roll by and the rain coming down
G
Does that old parka keep you dry?
C
Sixteen years old, out on the road
F G F
Trying to get to the sky
[Verse 6]
Am
Back in September
G D F
You called me on the phone
C
"Ma, you know I love you
F C Am
But I gotta be own my own"
[Verse 7]
C F
"Comes a time in a boy's life
G
When he's got to be a man
C
Please don't try to find me
F G F
Please try to understand"
[Verse 8]
Am
Now he's playing guitar
G D F
In a rock and roll band
C
Looking like a baby
F C Am
Talking like a man
[Verse 9]
C F
The life of a guitar man
G
Is a hard life to live
C
What can I tell you
F G F
You were born to the breed
[Verse 10]
Am
Rain comes down, the trucks rolling by
G D F
Is that old poncho gonna keep you dry?
C
Sixteen years old, January child
F C Am
Trying to get to the sky
[Verse 11]
C F
I've watched you growing
G
Through all these years
C
You've seen me stumble
F G F
I've watched your tears
[Verse 12]
Am
Sometimes there was roses
G D F
Sometimes there was thorns
C
But I know you're gonna make it
F C Am
As sure as you were born
[Verse 13]
C F
And I hope from what you wanted
G
You get what you need
C
I know you're gonna make it
F G F
You were born to the breed
[Outro]
C
Sixteen years old, January child
F C F C F C
Trying to get to the sky______
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