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Benoit Stanek - I Was Born In The Wrong Century Chords

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I Was Born In The Wrong Century Chords

(ver. 1)
Benoit Stanek
Intro: E/G# - E/B - D9/A


E            B     C#m/E     A
   I wish I was a friend of Jesus
E              B              C#m/E      A
   Talking to people all day long
E            B     C#m/E       A
   I wish I was a workmate of Cresus
E            B           C#m/E      A
   Earning monache going on (?)


Chorua:
A             B            G#       A
   But I was born in the wrong century
A              B           E
   I did not choose the decade
A         B            G#       A
   I was born in the wrong century 
A         B        E
   I was born too late


E            B     C#m/E          A
   I wish I was a brave, strong knight
E            B                C#m/E      A
   Fighting birds, reflying colush (?)
E                  B  C#m/E      A
   The king would be so satisfied that he would
E           B          C#m/E      A
   Want me to become a Lord


Chorus:
A             B            G#       A
   But I was born in the wrong century
A              B           E
   I did not choose the decade
A         B            G#       A
   I was born in the wrong century 
A         B        E
   I was born too late


E              B      C#m/E         A
   I wish that I ratified the Constitution
E           B                C#m/E      A
   That I wrote the Bill of Rights
E           B       C#m/E     A
   I would hood (?) my whole nation where
E            B                 C#m/E      A
   We would sing and dance all night


Chorus:
A             B            G#       A
   But I was born in the wrong century
A              B           E
   I did not choose the decade
A         B            G#       A
   I was born in the wrong century 
A         B        E
   I was born too late


E            B    C#m/E          A
   I wish I was a dirty songs school boy (?)
E             B                C#m/E      A
   Drinking whisky and playing cards
E           B            C#m/E      A
   I would have my home horse 
E                    B              C#m/E      A
   And ockers (?) filled with light songs 


Chorus:
A             B            G#       A
   But I was born in the wrong century
A              B           E
   I did not choose the decade
A         B            G#       A
   I was born in the wrong century 
A         B   
   I was born 
A         B
   I was born, you know
A         B        E
   I was born too late
A         B        E
   I was born too late            
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