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[Intro]
|Em x4
[Verse 1]
                    Am                                     Gm| C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
I know what I know, what I know, what I know, what I know
                                   Am                               Gm| C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
Hey, not many things I know, but I know what I know, and I’ll grow
                           Am                    Gm| C   Dm   C  Dm  
There was a time when I was low, so low, so low
It's a tEime when I had to show
[Chorus]
I got a heart that's prAmimal
                                        Gm| C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
Cause yeah, I need your love for my survival
EHeeey-ey. Life's got me on tAmrial
                                  Gm| C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
I confess I've been messed up in denial
[Post-Chorus]
AmThis is what it means to be huGmman
CI don't Dmknow much, buCt I know Dmthis much is Etrue (Hey)
AmThis is what it means to be huGmman
CI don't kDmnow much, but CI know thDmat I hurt as Emuch as you
[Verse 2]
N.C.
(Hey)
AmI go where I go, wheGmre I go, where I go, where I go
C'CaDmuse I'm Ca forDmeigner everywhere EI roam (Hey)
AmBut I see in yoGmu what I see in mysCelfDm  C  
DmWritten in the mEarrow of my bones
[Chorus]
Got a heart that's prAmimal
(There’s nowhere else I’d rather be)
Cause yeah, I Gmneed your love
(Pulling me up on my feet)
            | C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
For my survival
('Til the bright lights come for me)
Hey, life's got me on trAmial
(There’s nowhere else I’d rather be)
I conGmfess I've been messed up
(Wandering down the street)
     | C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
In denial
('Til the bright lights come for me)
[Post-Chorus]
AmThis is what it means to be huGmman
CI don't Dmknow much, but I kCnow tDmhis much Eis true (Hey)
AmThis is what it means to be huGmman
CI don't kDmnow much, but I kCnow tDmhat I hurt as muEch as you
[Chorus] x2
I got a heart that's prAmimal
                                       Gm| C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
Cause yeah, I need your love for my survival
EHeeey-ey. Life's got me on trAmial
                                  Gm| C   Dm   C   Dm|E  
I confess I've been messed up in denial
[Outro]
AmHuman, huGmman
Dm(I don't know much, but I know that I hurt as mEuch as you)
AmHuman, hGmuman
CHuman, huAmman
N.C.
Human, human

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Human

by Kimbra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

|Em x4

[Verse 1]

Am Gm C Dm C Dm E

| |

I know what I know, what I know, what I know, what I know

Am Gm C Dm C Dm E

| |

Hey, not many things I know, but I know what I know, and I’ll grow

Am Gm C Dm C Dm

There was a time when I was low, so low, so low

It's a time when I had to show

[Chorus]

I got a heart that's primal

Gm C Dm C Dm E

| |

Cause yeah, I need your love for my survival

E Am

Heeey-ey. Life's got me on trial

Gm C Dm C Dm E

| |

I confess I've been messed up in denial

[Post-Chorus]

Am Gm

This is what it means to be human

C Dm C Dm E

I don't know much, but I know this much is true (Hey)

Am Gm

This is what it means to be human

C Dm C Dm E

I don't know much, but I know that I hurt as much as you

[Verse 2]

N.C.

(Hey)

Am Gm

I go where I go, where I go, where I go, where I go

C Dm C Dm E

'Cause I'm a foreigner everywhere I roam (Hey)

Am Gm C Dm C

But I see in you what I see in myself

Dm E

Written in the marrow of my bones

[Chorus]

Got a heart that's primal

(There’s nowhere else I’d rather be)

Cause yeah, I need your love

(Pulling me up on my feet)

C Dm C Dm E

| |

For my survival

('Til the bright lights come for me)

Hey, life's got me on trial

(There’s nowhere else I’d rather be)

I confess I've been messed up

(Wandering down the street)

C Dm C Dm E

| |

In denial

('Til the bright lights come for me)

[Post-Chorus]

Am Gm

This is what it means to be human

C Dm C Dm E

I don't know much, but I know this much is true (Hey)

Am Gm

This is what it means to be human

C Dm C Dm E

I don't know much, but I know that I hurt as much as you

[Chorus] x2

I got a heart that's primal

Gm C Dm C Dm E

| |

Cause yeah, I need your love for my survival

E Am

Heeey-ey. Life's got me on trial

Gm C Dm C Dm E

| |

I confess I've been messed up in denial

[Outro]

Am Gm

Human, human

Dm E

(I don't know much, but I know that I hurt as much as you)

Am Gm

Human, human

C Am

Human, human

N.C.

Human, human

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