[Verse 1]
F Bb A
All the kids run around playing free and fun, while the dogs lap around the can
F Bb A
Falling down, climbing trees, swimming in the river, no life jacket on their backs
F Bb A
Daughters sharpen their knives and they hunt for food, others watch their children grow
F Bb A
Mothers going to work and they shake the hands of a corporate tycoon's ghost
[Chorus]
Bb F C
And I'm afraid (ahhhh)
Bb F C
I'm so afraid (ahhhh)
Bb C
What if I lose?
F Am
Is what I think to myself
F Bb
I'm fine in my shell
A
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you
[Verse 2]
F Bb A
I'm a gift and a curse to the wilderness when the leaves only turn to brown
F Bb A
The birds fly high and they wink at all of the grandmothers on the ground
F Bb A
Rain pours down in the village dens, my cousins fetch for lunch
F Bb A
While I sit in my room writing letters to my church and things and such
[Chorus]
Bb F C
And I'm afraid (ahhhh)
Bb F C
I'm so afraid (ahhhh)
Bb C
What if I lose?
F Am
Is what I think to myself
F Bb
I'm fine in my shell
A
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you
[Refrain]
F Bb
Cousins all in the creek
A
Ridin' high, ride with me
F Bb A
And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah
[Chorus]
Bb F C
And I'm afraid (ahhhh)
Bb F C
I'm so afraid (ahhhh)
Bb C
What if I lose?
F Am
Is what I think to myself
F Bb
I'm fine in my shell
A F
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you
[Refrain]
F Bb
Cousins all in the creek
A
Ridin' high, ride with me
F Bb A
And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah
