Intro:
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Verse 1D
Livin' in the borderland
A
I don’t feel like a boy, I don’t feel like a man
D
In the things I don’t understand
BmA
Things like love, like the law
E (hold chord for 8 counts)
Like the law of the jungle
D
Are we all animals?
Are we all animals
sharpening our teeth and claws
|B - - -| - - |
Stocking up on cannonballs
D
Living like nobody knows
A
They can’t hold on
Bm
to love
A
And live by the law,
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the law of the jungle
Pre-ChorusD
Help me Holy Jesus
G
Won’t you show me how to live
A
I’ve got monsters at my table
G
I’ve got Bibles bent like shivs
D
Help me Holy Lord
G
I see the light of heaven’s porch
D
But so many of us are born here
G
Outside your chain link fence
ChorusE (4 counts) A (4 counts)
Living in the borderland
A
You gotta fend for yourself,
G
Let the dogs eat the other man
DG
Living in the borderland
A
You gotta take what you get,
G
Gotta get what you can
Verse 2D
Are we all dangerous
Are we all dangerous lost boys shoring up
A
Pockets full of fairy dust
D
Suffering the wanderlust
ABm
They all get crushed without love
A
By the law,
D
the law of the jungle
(Interlude: |D - - -|G - - -|A - - -|G - - -|)
Pre-ChorusD
Help me Holy Jesus
G
Won’t you show me how to live
A
I’ve got monsters at my table
G
I’ve got Bibles bent like shivs
D
Help me Holy Lord
G
I see the light of heaven’s porch
A
But so many of us are born here
G
Outside your chain link fence
ChorusDG
Living in the borderland
A
Gotta fight like a boy,
G
Gotta run like a man
DG
Living in the borderland
A
Gotta take what you get,
G
Gotta get what you can
BridgeBm
You can’t hold on
A
Can’t hold on ... to love
Bm
You can’t hold on
A
You can’t hold on ... and live
By the Law
Interlude 4x: |D - - -|G - - -|A - - -|G - - -|)
Outro: D
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