Born At The Right Time (Billy Mitchell)   from:   Here Comes The Neighbourhood
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Capo on 4th

Intro: C, G


1.)
Young men's hope are dashed to Hell it's hard to earn a dime
  C				G
they're kicking their heels and revving their wheels searching for better times
  C						G
me I'm kicking into my prime
Am			 G
'cos I was born at the right time.
 			       C     G


2.)
Old men's thoughts are in the past their future holds no store
 C				G
their lives are left in tatters fighting someone else's war
 C				   G
I wasn't party to that crime
  Am			 G
'cos I was born at the right time.
			       C

Chorus:
Now I'm living on the coastline
 C			   G
I got up from the breadline
		       C
now I'm drinking the good wine
		 	   F
go fishing in the summer time
			  C
sleep all day if I have a mind
			   G
'cos I was born at the right time
			      C	   G
yes I was born at the right time.
			     C


Instrumental:
	 C,  Am, G, C
	(C), Am, G, C
	(C), Am, G, F
	(F), G, C


3.)
I want no part of being young, don't want the wisdom of a sage
    C			  G
while there are songs still to be sung, new words to grace the page
   C				    G
a better age I'll never find
 Am			  G
'cos I was born at the right time.
			      C


Chorus:
Now I'm living on the coastline
 C			   G
I got up from the breadline
		     C
now I'm drinking the good wine
		 	   F
go fishing in the summer time
			  C
sleep all day if I have a mind
			   G
'cos I was born at the right time.
			      C	    G


4.)
And so while wishing that we'll all see better days
 Am				 F
my secret feeling is I'm happy in my ways
 C			   Am	       G
an inner smile comes on me thinking of the past
Am			     F
but I won't sigh for days gone by
 	C
now is where I'm at.
 Am	  	 G      C


Instrumental:



Chorus:
Now I'm living on the coastline
 C			   G
I got up from the breadline
		     C
now I'm drinking the good wine
		 	   F
go fishing in the summer time
			  C
sleep all day if I have a mind
			   G
'cos I was born at the right time
			      C	   G
yes I was born at the right time.
			     C


and I'm sleeping on the coastline
 C			   G
I got up from the breadline
		     C
now I'm drinking the good wine
		 	   F
go fishing in the summer time
			  C
sleep all day if I have a mind
			   G
'cos I was born at the right time
			      C	   
I was born at the right time
			  C
I was born at the right time
			  C
and I was born at the right time
	  		      C


end chords:
  F, C, G,   F, C, G