Chords for Larry Norman - Born To Be Unlucky - [Lyrics]

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_ _ _ _ [E] I was born about 18 years ago in a little wooden shack.
I was born about 18 years ago on the wrong side of the track.
[A] I never knew my father and I never had a home.
But [E] I don't know where I came from and I don't know where I'm going.
I [G#] was born to be unlucky from [A] my shoulder to my shoes.
And [F#] I guess I'm stuck with my unlucky [B] _
blues.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] When I was just a young boy [Em] I worked raised on [E] beans and trout.
_ And on my seventh birthday, well, my mama, she kicked me out.
_ [A] They _ say I'm good for nothing.
_ No one treats me kind.
_ _ [E] I don't care, because pretty soon I'm going to leave that world behind.
_ I [G#] was _ born to be unlucky from [A] my shoulder to my shoes.
_ [F#] And I guess I'm stuck with my unlucky [B] blues.
_ I [C#] _ _ _ [E] _ _
jumped into the river to try to put myself away. _ _ _
A man jumped in and saved me. _
Boy, what a perfect [F#] day.
_ _ [A] _
He dragged me to the river's edge.
He said he knew I had a need.
Then [E] he pulled out a soggy Bible and that man began to read.
_ [B] Well, he told me things I did not know.
[A] I'm glad I did not die.
_ [E] Because he told me God's my father and my [B] real home is in the sky.
And [E] I said,
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] he said I've done a very foolish thing to try to drown myself and die.
And I told him I was glad he happened to be [Em] passing by.
_ _ [A] He said God would forgive me, so I repented of my sin.
Then [E] he said I must be baptized, _ and he drove me in again.
_ [G#] Oh, I was born to be unlucky from [A] my shoulders to my shoes.
I [F#] thought I must be stuck with these unlucky [B] blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Oh, shit. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] My life has changed in many ways.
I'm such a different man.
_ _ But I know now who my father is, and I know just where I stand.
_ _ _ [A] _ With one foot up in heaven _ _ and one foot down.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] I traveled through this world of ours.
I tried to spread God's word around.
_ I was [G#] _
born to be unlucky from [A] my shoulders to my shoes.
_ [F#] But I came unstuck [B] from my unlucky [A] _
blues.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, _ _ _ maybe you [E] can too. [A] Alright!
_ _ [G] Woo! _
[E] It's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ just the beginning. _