Intro
C C C C 
 
Verse 1
C                            G                  C 
I was born old in a world as young as a growing child 
C            Am                    G                     C     C 
Everybody is seeking something and I don't know where to hide. 
C                            G                  C 
I was born calm in a world as loud as a crowded street, 
C                                Am         G      C       C 
every time I go out there, oh it carries me off my feet. 
C                             G                      C 
I was born dark in a world as white as my neighbors' wall, 
C                                    Am         G      C       C 
all the time I've been waiting for a ship to take me home. 
 
Chorus
Am      C       G  C 
I don't want to be afraid no more 
        Dm                 Am        E 
I wanna break out and rise up to the skies. 
Am      C       G  C 
I don't want to feel this pain no more 
        Dm                 Am        E 
I wanna stay up there and close my eyes 
 
and let the world dance around me. 
 
Interlude
F G F G 
F G F G 
 
Verse 2
C                                 G               C 
I was born steady in a world that always keeps on changing, 
C                                     Am      G        C        C 
if you don't go along for a while one day you become a stranger. 
C                                  G                C 
I was born bold in a world that is told between the lines, 
C                                       Am     G         C      C 
so I write till I'm finally free from a story that's not mine. 
 
Chorus
Am      C       G  C 
I don't want to be afraid no more 
        Dm                 Am        E 
I wanna break out and rise up to the skies. 
Am      C       G         C 
I don't want to feel this pain no more 
        Dm                 Am        E 
I wanna stay up there and close my eyes 
 
Bridge
F                 G 
If I could choose where I was born, 
F                                    G 
I would choose a place that knows no fear. 
F                        G 
But since this change is mine to live, 
F                            E 
it would be nowhere else but here. 
 
Chorus
Am      C       G  C 
I don't want to be afraid no more 
        Dm                 Am        E 
I wanna break out and rise up to the skies. 
Am      C       G  C 
I don't want to feel this pain no more 
        Dm                 Am        E 
I wanna stay up there and close my eyes 
 
and let the world dance around me. 
 
Chorus
F                            G 
I don't want to be afraid no more 
        F                  Dm        G 
I wanna break out and rise up to the skies. 
F                        G 
I don't want to feel this pain no more 
        F             Dm           G 
I wanna stay up there and close my eyes 
Ohh 
 
Chorus
F                  G 
I don't want to be afraid no more (I don't want to be afraid one more) 
        F                  G 
I wanna break out and rise up to the skies. (I wanna break out and rise up to the skies) 
F                         G 
I don't want to feel this pain no more (I don't want to feel that pain no more) 
        F             Dm           G 
I wanna stay up there and close my eyes 
                               C 
and let the world dance around me. 
 
Outro
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