India Arie - Break the Shell Chords

_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ I [C] met a prophet, dark [G] as the night.
She could see into [Am] my soul.
Said [F] she'd been watching and had [G] some advice.
She said shadows [Am] make you whole.
A life [F] without pain is a wolf [G] in sheep's clothes.
[C] Cause if you [G] listen to [Am] the [E] lessons [D] that it holds, you'll [F] find the gold.
_ [G] Child, it's [Am] time to [Em] break the shell.
[F] Life's [E] gonna hurt, [F] but it's meant [G] to be felt.
You [C] cannot [G] touch the sky [Am] from [Em] inside yourself.
_ [F] You [E] cannot [F] fly until [G] you [C] break the shell. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ I can [F] remember when I [G] was a child.
How the grown folks seemed [Am] so crazy.
Why are they [F] so angry?
Why are they [G] so loud? _
And when I grow up, that's never [Am] ever gonna be me.
That [F] was the moment that [G] I decided
[C] that I would build [G] a wall [Am] just shy [Abm] of six [D] feet tall.
Too strong [F] to fall. _
[C] Child, [G] it's [Am] time to [Em] break the shell.
[F] Life's [E] gonna hurt, [F] but it's meant to [G] be felt.
You [C] cannot touch [G] the sky [Am] from inside [Em] yourself.
[F] You [E] cannot [F] fly until [G] you break [C] the shell. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ Courage is [C] not being hard.
_ _ _ _ It's time [E] to peel back all of the layers
you [Am] put between your [D] way to be _ and who [F] you _ are.
And go be who [Fm] you _ _ are. _ _ _
[Am] _ So much [F] disappointment to finally _
[G] understand
that [Em] there ain't no such thing [Am] as perfect.
We're all simply [C] doing the best that [G] we can.
And we [C] have a choice [G] to live [Am] or truly [E] be [D] alive. _
[C] This _ is your life.
Child, [G] it's time [Am] to break [Em] the shell.
_ [F] Life's gonna [E] hurt, but [F] it's meant to [G] be felt.
You [C] cannot touch [G] the sky [Am] from inside [Em] yourself.
[F] You cannot [E] fly [F] until [G] you break [C] the shell.
Child, [G] it's time [Am] to break [Em] the shell.
[F] Life's gonna [E] hurt, but [F] it's meant to [G] be felt.
You [C] cannot touch the [G] sky [Am] from inside [Em] yourself.
[F] The bird cannot [E] fly [F] until [G] it breaks [C] the shell. _ _
_ _ _ Do [G] with these [Am] words what you [E] will.
[F] It's time for [C] us [D] to be for real.
[Am] You'll be [C] stuck on the [D] ground until [C] you [G] finally break [C] the shell. _ _ _ _ _