I Was Born On The Day Before Yesterday Chords by The Wiz

[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
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[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ [G] I [G] was _ _ [Am] _
[B] born _ _ [C] the day before [Gm] [A] yesterday.
_ I [G] had holes in my shoes and I [B] was crying the blues.
[Em] And I didn't have no place [C] to stay.
_ _ [Am] [G] But I knew, I knew, [F] I knew I'm gonna [G] make it this [C]
time.
This [F] time they're gonna [C] make it.
Cause [G] I know, I know, [F] I know I'm [G] gonna make [C] it this time.
This time [Dm] they're gonna [C] make it.
[G] I was _ _ [B] born _ _ over on [C] the hill not too [A] _ far away.
[G] Out of freedom of a band, [B] old glove hands, [Em] and the [G] food that had been thrown [C] away.
Yeah, they [F] took a jacket and pants, [G] piled up brown paper bags.
[F] And they filled with raw [G] hands to top off the drag.
They [C] gave me a pencil in eyes, [B] a pencil in the nose.
[Em] Then they stuck me up there and [A] said, strike me a bone.
[C] _ [G] But I knew, I knew, [F] I knew I'm gonna make [C] it this time.
This time they're [Dm] gonna [C] make it.
Cause [G] I know, _ [F] I know, I know I'm gonna [C] make it this time.
This time [Dm] _
[C] they're gonna make it.
Now, [G] _ _ I'm gonna sing water, so you all can hear it.
I'm gonna move my head up, can you feel my spirit?
Can you feel my spirit?
Can you feel my spirit? _ _ _
_ And now that [B] I know that [C] I wasn't born _ [A] yesterday.
And [G] that I was grown and [B] I'm in pain on my own.
[Em] And nothing's gonna [G] get in [C] my way. _
[F] Because I'm gonna get mine, I'm [G] gonna turn things around.
I'm gonna fit myself [F] together, [G] gonna get on down.
And when I [C] feel that rain coming [B] to the bottom of my shoes.
I'm [Em] gonna leave them my clothes, I'll [A] be crying blue.
_ But I [G] knew, I knew, [Am] I knew I'm gonna make it [C] this time.
This time they're gonna make it.
[G] Cause I know, I know, I [F] know I'm gonna make it [C] this _ _ _ [Dm] _
[C] time.
And [G] now, _ I'm gonna sing water, so you all can hear it.
I'm gonna move my head up, can you feel my spirit?
_ Can you feel my spirit?
Can you feel my spirit?
_ Can you feel my spirit?
Can you feel my spirit?
Can you feel my spirit? _ _ _ _ _