Sleeping at Last – Birthright (Guitar)

    G             Am
She was raised by wolves,

       Em              C    
In the warmth of their fur.

   G          Am
Surrounded by fangs,

         Em           C
She knew that she was secure.

   G          Am
Language barriers

        Em            C
Made no difference at all.

            G        Am
When you're truly cared for,

        Em             C
There's no purpose for walls.

     G           Am
His fences stood tall

         Em         C
As the shoulders of old.

       G              Am
But he dreamt that one day

      Em             C
Maybe he'd break the mold.

         G            Am
But time shyly stands still

         Em         C
When you watch it unfold.

           G      Am
From these ivory towers

     Em           C
Freedom is only a ghost.

G        Bm
Right or wrong,

        B7
Tension makes us stronger

   C         Em    
By making us weak

C                 D
When we needed to be.

      G       Bm
Privilege and pain

          B7   
When compared look the same.

      C          Em
Comprehension begins

C                      D
When we pull back the lens.

     G              Am
They made her their queen

       Em          C
On the day she was born.

            G         Am
They placed on her a crown

           Em      C
She wasn't ready for.

          G        Am
But all impossible odds

    Em         C
Foreshadow our means,

     G        Am
Like paving a road

        Em              C
To kingdoms we've never seen.

   G           Am
He woke up one day,

        Em         C
Written out of the will.

           G         Am
They swore he'd be okay,

            Em       C
With lesser shoes to fill.

      G            Am
"What doesn't kill us

         Em               C
Makes us stronger, " they say.

    G         Am
Our only birthright in this life

       Em             C
Is the breath that we take.

G        Bm
Right or wrong,

        B7
Tension makes us stronger

   C         Em    
By making us weak

C                 D
When we needed to be.

      G       Bm
Privilege and pain

         B7
When compared look the same.

      C          Em
Comprehension begins

        C              Em
When we pull back the lens.

    D                G
Our fables tell our truths.