[Bm] [F#m] [C#] [F#] [C#] [F#m]
I have [Bm]earth in my voice, dear
the [F#m]world is my oyster and [C#]I am its pearly white [F#m]smile
I have [Bm]fortune and freedom and [F#m]men when I need them
My [C]life has c[Bm]harmed for a [C#]while
But[Bm] when I was young and o[F#m]bedient and dumb
I was [Bm]led to do [C#]terrible [F#m]things
By the [Bm]state and the church and my [F#m]mother who urged me
To [Bm]give up my dreams for a [C#]ring[Ab][C#]
[(G)]Tiny little [F#m]girl, yearning for the world, settled for a [Bm]wedding
Tiny little [C#]groom, marching to his doom, never [F#m]understanding
Tiny little [Bm]wife, tiny little l[C#]ife, tiny little [F#m]ending
I was [Bm]building a prison
I [C#]could have been living a [B#]life[C#][F#][C#][F#m]
[(G)]Lonely little [F#m]man, playing with your hand, wishing you were [Bm]bolder
Secrets in a [C#]jar, fear of who you are weighing on your [F#m]shoulder
Holding it [Bm]inside, holding very [C#]tight, slowly growing [F#m]older
You're [Bm]building a prison, you [C#]could have been living a [F#m]life
The [Bm]world is so wide and [F#m]before we have died [C#]we will only have one tiny [F#m]taste
If you [Bm]run off and hide like a [F#m]whimpering child, [(G)]just [Bm]think of the [Am]life you could [C#]waste
[D] [C#/B] [F#m]
[Bm] [C#] [F#m]
Break [Bm]out of your prison
It's [F#m]time to start living
You've [C#]only been given one [F#]life
[G]You've o[Bm]nly been [C#]given one [F#m]life
[Bm]You've only been [C#]given [B]one [Bm]life
[Bm] [F#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#m]
I have [Bm]earth in my voice, dear
the [F#m]world is my oyster and [C#]I am its pearly white [F#m]smile
I have [Bm]fortune and freedom and [F#m]men when I need them
My [C]life has c[Bm]harmed for a [C#]while
But[Bm] when I was young and o[F#m]bedient and dumb
I was [Bm]led to do [C#]terrible [F#m]things
By the [Bm]state and the church and my [F#m]mother who urged me
To [Bm]give up my dreams for a [C#]ring[Ab][C#]
[(G)]Tiny little [F#m]girl, yearning for the world, settled for a [Bm]wedding
Tiny little [C#]groom, marching to his doom, never [F#m]understanding
Tiny little [Bm]wife, tiny little l[C#]ife, tiny little [F#m]ending
I was [Bm]building a prison
I [C#]could have been living a [B#]life[C#][F#][C#][F#m]
[(G)]Lonely little [F#m]man, playing with your hand, wishing you were [Bm]bolder
Secrets in a [C#]jar, fear of who you are weighing on your [F#m]shoulder
Holding it [Bm]inside, holding very [C#]tight, slowly growing [F#m]older
You're [Bm]building a prison, you [C#]could have been living a [F#m]life
The [Bm]world is so wide and [F#m]before we have died [C#]we will only have one tiny [F#m]taste
If you [Bm]run off and hide like a [F#m]whimpering child, [(G)]just [Bm]think of the [Am]life you could [C#]waste
[D] [C#/B] [F#m]
[Bm] [C#] [F#m]
Break [Bm]out of your prison
It's [F#m]time to start living
You've [C#]only been given one [F#]life
[G]You've o[Bm]nly been [C#]given one [F#m]life
[Bm]You've only been [C#]given [B]one [Bm]life
[Bm] [F#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#m]
