Hayes Carll – Were Only Human (Guitar)

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As recorded by Hayes Carll (2025 release) [Intro] G C D C D G C D G C G C G C G [Verse 1]
            G
Whether you give up

                    C
Or you give it your best

                 D
It's hard not to feel like

               G
You're failing the test

G
'Cause tragedies happen

                  C
Mistakes will get made

               D
We love and we cry

D
We stumble and try

                G     C G
To not feel so afraid
[Chorus]
G
But we're only human

        C
Nothing more

D
Not far removed from the Garden of Eden

    C                     D
And God only knows what before

         G
We'll do most anything to avoid the pain

C
Hiding our hearts and casting the blame

D
Six thousand tongues, but we're all the same

      C                     D
Ain't no need to carry that shame

                  G
'Cause we're only human
[Interlude] G C D G [Verse 2]
G
The mind was created

           C
To help us all thrive

               D
Get out of the jungle

               G    C G
And just stay alive

G
But gone is that danger

             C
Gone is that threat

                G
New lessons get learned

          D
Pages are turned

               G   C G
And then we forget
[Chorus]
G
'Cause we're only human

        C
Nothing more

       D
Just a few million years from that monkey business

      C                        D
And a little bit of stardust before

        G
We work so hard to tame

G
The fear in our brains

C
Dying to love and hiding from pain

D
Knowing we got here, but not why we came

      C                         D
It's enough to just drive you insane

                  G
'Cause we're only human

        C
Nothing more

D
So scared to lose a game we didn't choose

        C                   D
But not knowing how to keep score

                  G
'Cause we're only human

        C
That is all

     D
Just walking the rope between fear and hope

    C                   D
And knowing we're gonna fall

                  G
'Cause we're only human
[Outro] C D C D
           G     C  G  C
We're only human
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