INTRO: E -7---------|---7-------| B ---7-5-7-0-|-0---7-5-7-| G -----------|-----------| D -----------|-----------| A -----------|-----------| E -----------|-----------| E F#m A E VERSE: E F#m Show 'em who's boss with your smoker's cough A E Give it to 'em early in the mornin' E F#m You smell like salt and cotton balls A E Baked in the high blue sun E F#m The river runs wide and crooked at times A E Swells up with the hurricane rain E F#m I don't mind, it doesn't happen all the time A E I was born to bare a hurricane A E I was born to bare a hurricane CHORUS: F#m They say you can't foresee the weather A E But you can stand in the wind E F#m You can thank the sky when the cotton grows high A E Curse the dirt when it's dead again A E E A A Curse the dirt whеn it's dead again POST-CHORUS: E F#m Life is suffering F#m A But lovе and family E F#m Make hard work in the hot sun A Okay when the day is done E F#m A E E F#m A E VERSE: E F#m Abel killed Cain and took the remains A E To drop out deep in the ocean E F#m Came back covered in the poor boy's blood A E But nobody said a thing E F#m You know his blood runs wild and crooked at times A E Swells up like the hurricane rain E F#m I don't mind it doesn't happen all the time A E I was born to be a hurricane A E I was born to be a hurricane CHORUS: F#m They say you can't foresee the weather A E But you can stand in the wind E F#m You can thank the sky when the cotton grows high A E Curse the dirt when it's dead again A E A A Curse the dirt whеn it's dead again POST-CHORUS: E F#m Life is suffering F#m A But lovе and family E F#m Make hard work in the hot sun A E E Okay when the day is done OUTRO: E E A B E F#m A E E F#m A E E F#m A E E F#m A E A A A E X