Born Bob Dylan

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If I don’t say anything it’s wrong
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if I said it, it wouldn’t come out right
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It’s been keeping me up all night
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Half my life I’ve been told to shut up
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so how am I gonna open up
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wish you could just read my mind
 
Pre-chorus:
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If I shared all of me would you run away
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if I sugar coated what I had to say
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in poetry would it make you stay
 
 
Chorus:
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I wish I was born Bob Dylan
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Had all the words to speak my feelings
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I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks
       Em
and followed my heart
       C
unafraid of the truth
       D
even if I stood alone
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I didn’t know how it was gonna go
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even if the water was cold I’d take a deep breath
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and get it off my chest
           Em
and hope for the best
 
Verse 2:
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They say either way you win
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if it’s mutual why hold it in
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and it’s not meant to be
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and you tell the truth it will set you free
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but all their wisdom doesn’t help me now
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I’m scared and I gotta find out
     C
how to speak my mind
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without metaphors and prose and rhymes
            C
and still make you mine
 
Pre chorus 2:
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I hope you know what I mean when I’m acting mean
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cuz I don’t say what I mean when I’m caught in-between
Em
and I’m afraid
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the real you is eluding me

 
Bridge:
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And hope you will catch
      Em
me when I fall
C             D
and love me back
          Em
when I show you my all
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Fill in the blanks
              D
if I’m not making sense
   Em
be patient with me
 
Chorus:

D     Am     C        G
I wish I was born Bob Dylan
D           Em           C        G
Had all the words to speak my feelings
D          Em          C        G
I wish I stood up like Rosa Parks
and followed my heart
D      Em       C
unafraid of the truth
D      Em       C
even if I stood alone
D         Em            C
I didn’t know how it was gonna go
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even if the water was cold I’d take a deep breath
    D          Em
and get it off my chest
           C
and hope for the best
 D             Em
Even if I stood alone
         C
didn’t know how it was gonna go
  D                Em      
gotta get it off my chest
           C
and hope for the best
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if I don’t say anything it’s wrong if I said it it wouldn’t come out right