F                               Bb                                          A
All the kids run around playing free and fun, while the dogs lap around the can
F                                      Bb                                    A
Falling down, climbing trees, swimming in the river, no life jacket on their backs
          F                             Bb                                         A
Daughters sharpen their knives and they hunt for food, others watch their children grow
        F                      Bb                                      A
Mothers going to work and they shake the hands of a corporate tycoon's ghost

[Chorus]
        Bb      F   C
And I'm afraid (ahhhh)
       Bb      F    C
I'm so afraid (ahhhh)
          Bb    C
What if I lose?
         F            Am
Is what I think to myself
    F           Bb
I'm fine in my shell
    A
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you

[Verse 2]
      F                       Bb                                      A
I'm a gift and a curse to the wilderness when the leaves only turn to brown
    F                        Bb                                    A
The birds fly high and they wink at all of the grandmothers on the ground
 F                     Bb                                    A
Rain pours down in the village dens, my cousins fetch for lunch
        F                      Bb                                  A
While I sit in my room writing letters to my church and things and such

[Chorus]
        Bb      F   C
And I'm afraid (ahhhh)
       Bb      F    C
I'm so afraid (ahhhh)
          Bb    C
What if I lose?
         F            Am
Is what I think to myself
    F           Bb
I'm fine in my shell
    A
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you

[Refrain]
F            Bb
Cousins all in the creek
                      A
Ridin' high, ride with me
F                        Bb                  A
And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah

[Chorus]
        Bb      F   C
And I'm afraid (ahhhh)
       Bb      F    C
I'm so afraid (ahhhh)
          Bb    C
What if I lose?
         F            Am
Is what I think to myself
    F          Bb
I'm fine in my shell
    A                                  F
I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you

[Refrain]
F            Bb
Cousins all in the creek
                      A
Ridin' high, ride with me
F                        Bb                  A
And the rain pours down, the ghetto dancin', yeah