Born in Babylon Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]I came from nothing but not
[D]nothing like nothing
[Em]Nothing, like nobody [D]thought
I was something
[Em]Nothing, like called every [D]name in the book
But for [C]every second guess,
I never [D]gave a second look, look
[Em]I tell myself,

[Verse 2]
[Em]
"Don't let it [D]get to me"
'Cause [Em]if the best they've got,
it's not im[D]pressing me
Then [Em]there's no reason they
should get the [D]best of me
While they were [C]aiming at my words,
they missed [D]the rest of me, see
[C]So how

[Verse 3]
[D]can I stop all [Em]these
Critics from their talking?
[D]The[C] more I do,[D]
the more they [Em]say[D][C]
But there's no [D]way I'm [Em]stopping
So they just keep on talk[D]ing
And [C]who do [D]you think I think I [Em]am?

[Verse 4]
[Em]
I got the feeling that
there's [D]more like me
Born in [Em]Babylon,
[D]but you just got to be free
Shackles [Em]on your feet that
you and [D]me can't see
But you can [C]feel 'em and they're heavy,
so [D]you need that key
[Em]And so you're

[Verse 5]
looking at your [D]hands,
saying
"Man, if I [Em]ditch the system,
these could be [D]mine"
But then your hear a [Em]voice
[D]coming from behind
"Don't even [C]think about
stepping out of [D]line!"
[C]So how

[Verse 6]
[D]can I stop all [Em]these
Critics from their talk[D]ing?[C]
The more I [D]do, the more they [Em]say[D]
[C]Yeah, but there's no
[D]way I'm [Em]stopping
So they just keep on talk[D]ing
And who [C]do [D]you think I think I [Em]am?

[Interlude 1]
Who do you think I am?
[Em][D][Em][D][Em]
[D][C][D]
[Em][D][Em][D]
[Em][D][C][D]
My [Em]friends

[Verse 7]
are deep and they're
[D]all I've got
They stand up [Em]behind [D]me if
you like it or not
And I'm telling [Em]you that the f[D]ire's hot
Can you see [C]that smoke,
and did you [D]hear that shot?
'Cause [Em]it's a

[Verse 8]
war and in the [D]middle I am
So [Em]judge me now with
your [D]pen in hand
'Cause I'm too [Em]busy to
[D]judge another man
I'm tryna [Bm]write the blueprint for all
the [Em]world to understand, and
[C]How

[Verse 9]
[D]can I stop all [Em]these
Critics from their talk[D]ing?[C]
The more I [D]do, the more they [Em]say
The more they [D]say[C]
But there's no [D]way I'm stopping
[Em]So they just keep on talking[D]
[C]Who do [D]you think I think I [Em]am?
Who do you think [D]I a[C]m?

[Verse 10]
How [C]can I [D]stop all [Em]these
Critics from your talking?
[D]The[C] more I do,[D]
the more they [Em]say
They won't [D]stop talk,
[C]won't stop tal[D]k

[Verse 11]
And [D]I r[Em]egret me giving you
any little [D]voice at [C]all
But sav[D]ing this world just
comes [Em]with a cost
And maybe they were right from the [D]start
[C]Maybe I should

[Verse 12]
not be myself
[D]'Cause I'm just giv[Em]ing
these critics help
And it [D]makes [C]me twist my stomach in half
[D]That my pen and his[Em] pen are
put into the same [D]breath
If [C]I never tried to

[Verse 13]
do this at [D]all
Then I think [Em]he'd be out of a job
And [D]maybe I [C]just should've
stayed in [D]bed
Stay out of the [Em]booth and put all
these guitars in the [D]closet
[C]Maybe I should

[Verse 14]
go back [D]to school
But any more [Em]education just
makes me feel like [D]a fool
So I [C]guess I gotta let critics [D]talk
'Cause I won't [Em]stop