Nikki Lane - Born Tough Chords

[Intro]
A  E
 
 
[Verse 1]
         A                          D           E     A     D E
Well, my daddy always told me I was living in a man's world
    A                           D          E           A    D
But that don't mean there ain't room for a big-hearted girl
E     A                              D              E      A     D
So my mama took me pickin' said that we could buy a set of tools
E               A                     D          E   A     D
So that I could build my own life and play by my own rules
E     D                     A          E
I was set in my ways, I had made up my mind
      D                         A      E
I was filing for divorce by the age of 29
D                             A          E
Couldn't see the light at the end of the road
       D                           E
Had to stop to think of how the story goes
 
 
[Chorus]
      A
I was born tough, torn up
D           E
Hardened by time
              A
I've been let down, all around
   D
Discouraged by life
E           D
And it gets hard not to cry
     E
So I have a thousand times
            D    A
Well, I was born tough
 
 
[Verse 2]
A                                 D            E       A    D
Well, I can say for certain I was hell-bent on leaving town
E    A
So I hitched myself a trailer
           D                 E        A   D
Packed the things I couldn't live without
E     D                       E             A
I was bound and determined to never go back there
       D                                  A  E
Didn't matter to me then, could have been anywhere
D
Things are different now
                       E
It just don't feel the same
          D                 E
When they call me by my old name
 
 
[Chorus]
      A
I was born tough, torn up
D           E
Hardened by time
              A
I've been let down, all around
   D
Discouraged by life
E           D
And it gets hard not to cry
     E
So I have a thousand times
          A
And I can hold on for so long
    D
And never let go
E       A
I can ride out, shoot the lights out
    D
And close out the show
E          D
But when I say I've had enough
              E
Darling don't you call my bluff
            D    A
Cause I was born tough
      D    A
I was born tough
 
 
[Interlude]
D A    D A
 
 
[Bridge]
D               A    E
I know it ain't easy
D                       A         E
And no one ever said it should be
D                                               E
But that don't mean it ain't worth believing in someone or something
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
      A
I was born tough, torn up
D           E
Hardened by time
              A
I've been let down, all around
   D
Discouraged by life
E           D
And it gets hard not to cry
     E
So I have a thousand times
          A
And I can hold on for so long
    D
And never let go
E       A
I can ride out, shoot the lights out
    D
And close out the show
E          D
But when I say I've had enough
              E
Darling don't you call my bluff
             D
Yeah, when I say I've had enough
               E
Darling, don't you call my bluff
            D    A
Cause I was born tough
      D    A
I was born tough
      D    A
I was born tough
      D    A
I was born tough