Born Tough chords
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[Intro]
A E
[Verse 1]
A D E A D E
Well, my daddy always told me I was living in a man's world
A D E A D
But that don't mean there ain't room for a big-hearted girl
E A D E A D
So my mama took me pickin' said that we could buy a set of tools
E A D E A D
So that I could build my own life and play by my own rules
E D A E
I was set in my ways, I had made up my mind
D A E
I was filing for divorce by the age of 29
D A E
Couldn't see the light at the end of the road
D E
Had to stop to think of how the story goes
[Chorus]
A
I was born tough, torn up
D E
Hardened by time
A
I've been let down, all around
D
Discouraged by life
E D
And it gets hard not to cry
E
So I have a thousand times
D A
Well, I was born tough
[Verse 2]
A D E A D
Well, I can say for certain I was hell-bent on leaving town
E A
So I hitched myself a trailer
D E A D
Packed the things I couldn't live without
E D E A
I was bound and determined to never go back there
D A E
Didn't matter to me then, could have been anywhere
D
Things are different now
E
It just don't feel the same
D E
When they call me by my old name
[Chorus]
A
I was born tough, torn up
D E
Hardened by time
A
I've been let down, all around
D
Discouraged by life
E D
And it gets hard not to cry
E
So I have a thousand times
A
And I can hold on for so long
D
And never let go
E A
I can ride out, shoot the lights out
D
And close out the show
E D
But when I say I've had enough
E
Darling don't you call my bluff
D A
Cause I was born tough
D A
I was born tough
[Interlude]
D A D A
[Bridge]
D A E
I know it ain't easy
D A E
And no one ever said it should be
D E
But that don't mean it ain't worth believing in someone or something
[Out-Chorus]
A
I was born tough, torn up
D E
Hardened by time
A
I've been let down, all around
D
Discouraged by life
E D
And it gets hard not to cry
E
So I have a thousand times
A
And I can hold on for so long
D
And never let go
E A
I can ride out, shoot the lights out
D
And close out the show
E D
But when I say I've had enough
E
Darling don't you call my bluff
D
Yeah, when I say I've had enough
E
Darling, don't you call my bluff
D A
Cause I was born tough
D A
I was born tough
D A
I was born tough
D A
I was born tough