Intro: C F C F C
verse 1
F C F C
There’s a reason why redwood grows
F C F C
There’s a reason why black sheep stray
F C
There’s a reason why roosters crow
F C F C
They were born that way
verse 2
F C F C
You were born to be that perfect man
F C F C
But you were born to make one mistake
F ~ C
You were born to love me as I am
F ~ C F C
And you were born for heartbreak
F C F C
I was born to make you lonely
F C F C
I was born to make you blue
F N.C.
I was born to be that woman, yeah
F N.C. G
Be that woman that
N.C. C F C F C
Ain’t no good for you
G F
Don’t have to try to break your heart
G F
I break your heart, then make a scene___
G F
I don’t know why, I don’t know how
G C F C F C
I don’t know how to be anything but mean
verse 3
F ~ C F C
Like the tip of the rose’s thorn
F C F C
Like the cold of the freezing rain
F ~ C
Some things from the day that they were born
F C F C
Were meant to cause pain
verse 4
F C F C
You were born to be that dreaming kind
F C F C
But you were born to dream awake
F C
You were born to love me blind
F C F C
And you were born for heartbreak
F C F C
I was born to make you lonely
F C F C
I was born to make you blue
F N.C.
I was born to be that woman, yeah
F N.C. G
Be that woman that
N.C. C F C F G F
Ain’t no good for you
G F
Don’t have to try to break your heart
G F
I break your heart and then repeat___
G F
I don’t know why, I don’t know how
G C
I don’t know how to be, I wasn’t born to be sweet
Interlude
C F C F C F C F C
Bridge
F C
You were born to be in that love song
F C
Where everybody keeps asking why
F C
Anybody could be so wrong
F G C
As to love somebody as, as reckless as...
F C
I was born to make you suffer
F C
I was born to make you blue, yeah
F N.C.
I was born to be that woman, yeah
F N.C. G
Be that woman that
N.C. C F C F C
Ain’t no good for you
Verse 5
F C F C
There’s a reason why trade winds blow
F C F C
There’s a reason why branches sway
F ~ C
There’s a reason why fireflies glow
F C
They were born that way