Sara Bareilles – Im Afraid (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G
I'm afraid of heights, afraid of tryin'

D                                     Em                       C
I'm afraid I might have been a little stupid to write this song

G
I'm afraid that during high winds

     D                         Em
A stop sign will uproot and decapitate me

          C
Or that I might thrive under Scientology
[Verse 2]
G
I'm afraid that after I die

D                                Em
Someone will have sex with my dead body

            C
And be like, "Not worth it"

G                                        D
I'm afraid I could raise a son who'd get radicalized on Reddit

               Em                            C
Or that he'll "Back to the Future", and I'll think he's hot

G                                
I'm afraid that I'll accidentally 

D                          Em    C
Text a pic of my vagina to my dad
[Verse 3]
            G
And I'm afraid that on Ancestry.com

         D
I might find out I have a bunch of half siblings

Em                                C
And they'll want to be in my life
[Verse 4]
      G                                                  D
I'm afraid that if I got an awful disease, I wouldn't be brave
I'd just be a bitch and be mean
          Em
Or if I needed еmergency heart surgеry

                   C
The doctor would go "Hello nipple hair"

G
Sometimes I'm afraid to hold a new baby

     D
What if I lose control of my arms for a second?

      Em                                           C
And throw it at the ceiling fan or something like that
Cannnot trust my arms [Bridge]
         F             C
And I'm afraid, that under every bus stop is a sinkhole of rats

         G   D                 Em                      D
And I'm afraid, they lie about expiration dates and my hummus is fungus

F                                            C
And afraid that the second I leave town, I'll get a UTI

                     G                         D
Why can't they just sell those pills over the counter?

                Em
I don't need a doctor

         C
I know exactly what it is
[Verse 5]
G
Oh, back to my kid

D
I have more stuff about him

Em                                      C
I only breastfed for four months, is he gonna be a bond trader?

          G                                 D
And I'm afraid that I'm lucky enough to be 80
I'll be one of those ladies
Em
who's entire scalp is visible

          C
when the sun shines through her salmon colored hair
[Verse 6]
G
And I'm afraid that someone will find out

        D                                              Em
That I memorize all the words to Macklemore's "Thrift Shop"

                                      C
Or that I bought seven seasons of The Mentalist

        Em          D                      G             A
And of course, I'm afraid that somewhere deep inside of me

     C    Cm   G    D
Is a lost tampon
[Outro]
              Em                 C
Where did you go? Where did you go?

         G
I am afraid