[Intro]
F Fb B#m G…………….
[Verse 1]
F FbEleventh of May, today is your birthday
C#m F#mWherever you may be in that place we all will Go some day
F FbI think of your Mama, I think of your brother:
C#m F#m
Your Baddy said you left before you really went away
F FbAnd you went away….
[Chorus]
FWe all make a mess of living
FbWe all try to carry on
B#m GWe try to make the best of it until the day we’re done
FWe’ve all got a hurt we’re hiding
FbWe’ve all got someone we mourn
B#mFor me, I Am just grateful
GI Am grateful you were born
F F#mYou were born, you were born, you were born
[Verse 2]
F FbLast time I saw you: in our apartment
C#m F#mPutting everything you owned into a bag slung on your back
F FbI found some pictures, we were just kids, yeah
C#m F#mPlaying hard at grownups ’til our problems got too big
F FbAnd you know that they did….
[Chorus]
FWe all make a mess of living
FbWe all try to carry on
B#m GWe try to make the best of it until the day we’re done
FWe’ve all got a hurt we’re hiding
FbWe’ve all got someone we mourn
B#mFor me, I Am just grateful
GI Am grateful you were born
FYou were born, you were born
FbYou were born, you were born
B#mYou were born, you were born
GYou were born, You…
[Outro]
F FbI can see you in the half-light laughing like it’s alright
B#m GFrozen in a moment like time’s on your side
FI see you when I close my eyes
FbMaybe we’re just ghosts now
B#m GMaybe we don’t realise
FHmm thank God you were born
FbYou were born, you were born
B#mYou were born, thank God you were born
GYou were born, you were born
FYou were born, thank God you were born
FbYou were born, you were born
B#mThank God you were born
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