To Be Human Chords by Marina and The Diamonds
[Verse 1]
F#m C#
The pagodas and the palaces
F#m7 C#
Dressed in gold leaf hide the damages
F#m C#
Spot the Geisha as she balances
D A
Life's a cakewalk, full of challenges
F#m C#m
Go to Russia, see the Red Square
D A
Lenin's body lying dead there
F#m C#
From Kyoto, Hiroshima
D A
Watch the black cloud crawling nearer
[Pre-Chorus 1]
D A
There were riots in America
C#7 F#m
Just when things were getting better
D A
All the things I've done and seen
C# F#m
Still I don't know what life means
[Chorus]
F#m D A C#7
All the people living in, living in the world today
F#m D A C#7 F#m
We're united by our love, we're united by our pain (Ooh)
D A E
All the things that I've done and I've seen
F#m D A E
Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
[Verse 2]
F#m C#
Fly to Athens, pass the Parthenon
D C#
See the village where my father's from
F#m C#7
To Chicago from Angola
D A
São Paulo to Verona
[Pre-Chorus 2]
D A
And anywhere you go, you'll see (Ooh)
C#7 F#m
People are just like you and me (Ooh)
D A
All the things I've done and seen
C# F#m
Still, I don't know what life means
[Chorus]
F#m D A C#7
All the people living in, living in the world today
F#m D A C#7 F#m
We're united by our love, we're united by our pain (Ooh)
D A E
All the things that I've done and I've seen
F#m D A E
Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
F#m
To be human
D A C#7 F#m
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
D A C#7 F#m
(Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
F#m D A E
Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
F#m D A E
To be human, a real human being
[Bridge]
C# F#m C# F#m
I like to think about how we all look from afar
A D A E
People driving fancy cars look like beetles to the stars
C# F#m C# F#m
The missiles and the bombs sound like symphonies gone wrong
A D A E
And if there is a God, they'll know why it's so hard
[Chorus]
F#m
To be human
D A C#7 F#m
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
D A C#7
(Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)
F#m
To be hu-
D A E
Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
F#m D A E
To be human, a real human being
[Outro]
F#m D A C#7
(To be human)I want connection, ooh
F#m D A C#7
I wanna feel human again
F#m D A C#7
(To be human)Lost my direction, ooh
F#m D A C#7
I wanna feel human again
F#m D A C#7
To be human
F#m D A C#7
To be human
F#m D A C#7
To be human
F#m D A C#7
To be human
F#m
