Not Strong Enough

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro: Gb

Verse 1:
Db          Absus4          Ebm7        Bbm
Black hole opened in the kitchen
Db     Ab                    Ebm7       Bbm
Every clock’s a different time
Db         Ab              Ebm7      Bbm        Db
It would only take the energy to fix it
   Ab         Ebm7   Bbm
I don’t know why I am

Chorus:
     Gb     Db
The way I am
     Ab                       Gb
Not strong enough to be your man
    Gb       Db
I tried, I can’t
      Ab              Bbm      Ab
Stop staring at the ceiling fan and
Gb          Db     Ab              Bbm      Absus4
Spinning out about things that haven’t happened
Gb         Db      Ab
Breathing in and out

Verse 2:
Db     Ab                  Ebm7     Bbm
Drag racing through the canyon
Db        Ab               Ebm7       Bbm
Singing “Boys Don’t Cry”
Db     Ab               Ebm7                Bbm          Db
Do you see us getting scraped up off the pavement?
  Ab         Ebm7   Bbm
I don’t know why I am

Chorus:
    Gb     Db
The way I am
      Ab                       Gb
Not strong enough to be your man
   Gb      Db
I lied, I am
      Ab             Bbm  Ab
Just lowering your expectations
Gb      Db         Ab              Bbm      Absus4
Half a mind that keeps the other second guessing
Gb         Db      Ab
Close my eyеs and count

Bridge:
   Db   Db   Db   Db
   Gb   Gb   Gb   Gb

Db
Always an angel, never a god
Db
Always an angеl, never a god
Gb
Always an angel, never a god
Gb
Always an angel, never a god
Db
Always an angel, never a god
Db
Always an angel, never a god
Gb
Always an angel, never a god
Gbm
Always an angel, never a god
Db
Always an angel, never a god
Db
Always an angel, never a god
Gb
Always an angel, never a god
Gbm
Always an angel, never a god

Chorus:
           Gb     Db      Ab     Gb
I don’t know why I am the way I am
         Gb                Db
There’s something in the static
         Ab                Bbm7    Absus4
I think I’ve been having revelations
Gb       Db         Ab
Coming to in the front seat, nearly empty
          Gb           Db                 Ab
Skip the exit to our old street and go home
Gb       Db      Ab           Gb
     Go home alone
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Album: the record

From the same album
  1. Cool About It
  2. Leonard Cohen
  3. Letter To An Old Poet
  4. Not Strong Enough
  5. True Blue
  6. We’re In Love
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~Tuesday 29th of April~

Biography

American indie singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus formed themselves a band under the name Boygenius. Their first EP, the eponymous Boygenius, was released in November 2018.

“When we met, Lucy and Phoebe and I were in similar places in our lives and our musical endeavours, but also had similar attitudes toward music that engendered an immediate affinity”, says Baker. “Lucy and Phoebe are incredibly gifted performers

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