{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1462402,"song":"Break The Shell","artist":"India.Arie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11261827-break-the-shell-chords-by-india-arie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1462402?type=chord","rating":4.71163,"votes":36,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch] \r\n    I met a prophet dark as the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe could see into my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSaid she'd been watching and had some advice[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nShe said shadows make you whole[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause if you listen to the lessons that it holds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll find the gold[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nChild it's time to break the shell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLife's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou cannot touch the sky from inside yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou cannot fly until you break the shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   I can remember when I was a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow the grown folks seemed so crazy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy are they so angry, why are they so loud ?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat was the moment that I decide[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I would build a wall just shy of six feet tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToo strong to fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nChild it's time to break the shell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLife's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou cannot touch the sky from inside yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou cannot fly until you break the shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Courage is not being hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's time to peel back all of the layers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou put between who you're meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd who you are[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd go be who you are[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   So much disappointment to finally understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat there is no such thing as perfect[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere all simply doing the best that we can[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we have a choice to live or truly be alive[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is your life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]([ch]C[/ch])         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nChild it's time to break the shell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLife's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou cannot touch the sky from inside yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou cannot fly until you break the shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]C[/ch])         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nChild it's time to break the shell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLife's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou cannot touch the sky from inside yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo with these words what you will[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's time for us to be for real[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll be stuck on the ground until[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou finally break the shell[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC G Am Em F Em C\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","Am","Em","F","A","D","Fm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}