Chord Break The Shell by India Arie

intro : C G Am Em F Em C verse : Am F G i met a prophet dark as the night C G Am she could see into my soul F G said she’d been watching and had some advice C G Am she said shadows make you whole F G a life without pain is a wolf in sheep’s clothes C G Am Em F cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds G you’ll find the gold chorus : C G Am Em child it’s time to break the shell F Em F G life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt C G Am Em you cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C you cannot fly until you break the shell verse : Am F G i can remember when i was a child C G Am how the grown folks seemed so crazy F G why are they so angry , why are they so loud ? C G Am and when i grow up that’s never ever gonna be me F G that was the moment that i decide C G Am Em F that i would build a wall just shy of six feet tall G too strong to fall chorus : C G Am Em child it’s time to break the shell F Em F G life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt C G Am Em you cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C you cannot fly until you break the shell bridge : F C courage is not being hard Em it’s time to peel back all of the layers Am D you put between who you’re meant to be F and who you are Fm and go be who you are verse : Am F G so much disappointment to finally understand C G Am that there is no such thing as perfect F G were all simply doing the best that we can C G Am Em F and we have a choice to live or truly be alive G C this is your life chorus : C G Am Em child it’s time to break the shell F Em F G life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt C G Am Em you cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C you cannot fly until you break the shell C G Am Em child it’s time to break the shell F Em F G life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt C G Am Em you cannot touch the sky from inside yourself F Em F G C a bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell ending : Am G C G do with these words what you will F G D it’s time for us to be for real F G D F you’ll be stuck on the ground until Am G C you finally break the shell