Born To The Breed Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

CAPO: 1st Fret

[INTRO]
[G] [C] [F] [G] [C] [F] [G]

[VERSE 1]
I was only [C]nineteen [F]
The morning you were [G]born
With your hair fine and [C]red
And your [F]eyes like my [G]own [F]

[VERSE 2]
Barely a [Am]woman
With [G]only a [D]song [F]
I sang to make you [C]smile
And [F]held you all night [C]long [Am]

[VERSE 3]
Home through the [C]streets [F]
With you in my [G]arms
Cold winter [C]mornings
In a [F]Colorado [G]town [F]

[VERSE 4]
I've seen you [Am]stumble
[G]You've watched me [D]fall [F]
You know I've got [C]nothing
You [F]know we've got it [C]all [Am]

[VERSE 5]
Trucks roll by and the [C]rain coming [F]down
Does that old parka keep you [G]dry?
Sixteen years old, out on the [C]road
Trying to [F]get to the [G]sky [F]

[VERSE 6]
Back in Sep[Am]tember
You [G]called me on the [D]phone [F]
"Ma, you know I [C]love you
But I [F]gotta be own my [C]own" [Am]

[VERSE 7]
"Comes a time in a boy's [C]life [F]
When he's got to be a [G]man
Please don't try to [C]find me
Please [F]try to under[G]stand" [F]

[VERSE 8]
Now he's playing [Am]guitar
In a [G]rock and roll [D]band [F]
Looking like a [C]baby
[F]Talking like a [C]man [Am]

[VERSE 9]
The life of a gui[C]tar man [F]
Is a hard life to [G]live
What can I [C]tell you
You were [F]born to the [G]breed [F]

[VERSE 10]
Rain comes down, the trucks rolling [Am]by
Is that old [G]poncho gonna keep you [D]dry? [F]
Sixteen years old, January [C]child
[F]Trying to get to the [C]sky [Am]

[VERSE 11]
I've watched you [C]growing [F]
Through all these [G]years
You've seen me [C]stumble
[F]I've watched your [G]tears [F]

[VERSE 12]
Sometimes there was [Am]roses
[G]Sometimes there was [D]thorns [F]
But I know you're gonna [C]make it
As [F]sure as you were [C]born [Am]

[VERSE 13]
And I hope from what you [C]wanted [F]
You get what you [G]need
I know you're gonna [C]make it
You were [F]born to the [G]breed [F]

[OUTRO]
Sixteen years old, January [C]child
[F]Trying to get to the [C]sky_[F]___[C]__ [F] [C]