Apr162023

Big Thief – Born For Loving You Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG Em CDadd4add9Am

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[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
          G
After the first stars formed,
            Em
 after the dinos fell
          C
After the first light
                  Dadd4add9
 flickered out of this motel
G          Em
1991 momma pushing like hell
C                    Dadd4add9
Tangled in blood and vine
        G
From my first steps to
    Em
 my first words
   C
To walking around
 Dadd4add9
looking at birds
       G
To the teenage nightmare,
   Em
 mine and yours
C                    Dadd4add9
Thank God we made it through

[Chorus]
             G
'Cause I was born for
        C
loving you
          G
It's just something
                C
I was made to do
        Am
Doesn't matter what
              C
dreams come true
      G        C
I was born for loving you

[Verse 2]
G               Em
Now we're here, but
where is here?
     C
When sometimes
         Dadd4add9
we both disappear
G                Em
Into that shadow box of fear
C               Dadd4add9
That tiny-holed abyss
         G
From the first kiss
        Em
 to the first fck
C
I don't think it's
 Dadd4add9
 just good luck
G
Take me to the back
         Em
 of your pick-up truck
C                  Dadd4add9
Show me a thing or two

[Chorus]
             G
'Cause I was born
            C
 for loving you
          G
It's just something
               C
 I was made to do
        Am
Doesn't matter what
              C
dreams come true
      G        C
I was born for loving you

[Interlude]
G C G C Am C G C

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[Verse 3]
         G
When the hard times
              Em
come and the hard
times stay
          C
When they stick around
     Dadd4add9
 and won't go away
        G
When it seems there's
                     Em
 nothing you can do or say
C               Dadd4add9
Nowhere you can turn
         G
From the last breath
       Em
of my first death
        C
To this lifetime and
  Dadd4add9
 lifetimes left
G
Congratulations,
 Em            C
 no regrets
     Dadd4add9
It's true

[Chorus]
      G               C
I was born for loving you
          G
It's just something
                C
 I was made to do
        Am
Doesn't matter what
             C
 dreams come true
      G               C
I was born for loving you
      G               C
I was born for loving you
          G
It's just something
               C
 I was made to do
        Am
Doesn't matter what
             C
 dreams come true
      G               C
I was born for loving you
      G               C
I was born for loving you
      G               C
I was born for loving you
      G               C
I was born for loving you
      G               C
I was born for loving you

[Outro]
G Em C Dadd4add9 G Em C
Dadd4add9
G Em C Dadd4add9 G

How to play Born For Loving You: key, chords and progression

These are Born For Loving You chords by Big Thief on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Born For Loving You by Big Thief keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 4 chords: G, Em, C and Am.

Listen for G – Em – C – G (V – iii – I – V in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – mi – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.