[Intro]
E Eb G#m B
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[Verse 1]
E Eb
Eleventh of May, today is your birthday
F#m C#m
Wherever you may be in that place we all will Go some day
E Eb
I think of your Mama, I think of your brother:
F#m C#m
Your Daddy said you left before you really went away
E Eb
And you went away….
[Chorus]
E
We all make a mess of living
Eb
We all try to carry on
G#m B
We try to make the best of it until the day we’re done
E
We’ve all got a hurt we’re hiding
Eb
We’ve all got someone we mourn
G#m
For me, I Am just grateful
B
I Am grateful you were born
E C#m
You were born, you were born, you were born
[Verse 2]
E Eb
Last time I saw you: in our apartment
F#m C#m
Putting everything you owned into a bag slung on your back
E Eb
I found some pictures, we were just kids, yeah
F#m C#m
Playing hard at grownups ’til our problems got too big
E Eb
And you know that they did….
[Chorus]
E
We all make a mess of living
Eb
We all try to carry on
G#m B
We try to make the best of it until the day we’re done
E
We’ve all got a hurt we’re hiding
Eb
We’ve all got someone we mourn
G#m
For me, I Am just grateful
B
I Am grateful you were born
E
You were born, you were born
Eb
You were born, you were born
G#m
You were born, you were born
B
You were born, You…
[Outro]
E Eb
I can see you in the half-light laughing like it’s alright
G#m B
Frozen in a moment like time’s on your side
E
I see you when I close my eyes
Eb
Maybe we’re just ghosts now
G#m B
Maybe we don’t realise
E
Hmm thank God you were born
Eb
You were born, you were born
G#m
You were born, thank God you were born
B
You were born, you were born
E
You were born, thank God you were born
Eb
You were born, you were born
G#m
Thank God you were born