Risk It

	  		Standard tuning. 
Fun 4 chord song, intermediate only for the voicings, but if you got bar chords down, it should be easy. 
Play A F#m and D as bar chords, E open. 
Rhythm is down, up-down-up-down, up-down-up-down, up for each chord during the breaks ("elephants and  
zebras," "be with you always," etc.) and Chorus ("and it de-fi-NIT-ly matters...").   
Verse, bridge, and coda are just downstrokes, with palm-muting... 
...or play it how like.  Have fun! 

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   A    E   F#m   D 
E--5----0----2----5--| 
B--5----0----2----7--| 
G--6----1----2----7--| 
D--7----2----4----7--| 
A--7----2----4----5--| 
E--5----0----2----5--| 


Verse I: 
A             E 
Every cell is transforming. 
     F#m                  D 
And returning to original concepts to construct, 
A                      E 
And then I started to shapeshift, 
        F#m                    D 
And the animals within me grew tails and the talons 
A                       E  
I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, 
       F#m                      D 
To the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom, 
A                      E 
And then I traveled dimensions, 
       F#m                D 
In the places I rode upon elephants and zebras 

Break I: 
A E F#m D 
        Elephants and zebras 

Verse II: 
A                           E 
Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah 
F#m                        D         
What it would be like to always have clean water, 
A                         E 
And if you left the trees standing, 
         F#m                     D 
And they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply 
A                               E 
Well I traveled across Native America, 
          F#m                     D      
I saw the sickness taking form in all the small children 
A                           E 
Well if I could give you my people, yeah, 
F#m                           D 
Well a piece of my peace will be with you always, 
A                      E 
If I could give you my people, yeah, 
F#m                           D 
Well a piece of my peace will be with you always, 

Break II: 
A E F#m D 
        Be with you always 
A E F#m D 
        Be with you always 

Bridge: 
D                        E                  D 
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, 
  E 
I needed some healing, 
     D                          E 
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music, 
       D                                   E 
Then I stopped and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it, 
D                          E 
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it, 
D                         E 
I prayed for guidance now give me the music 
 
A                    E  
And it definitely matters how you look at it, 
F#m                  D 
And it definitely matters how you look at it, 
A                       E 
So if you think you can risk it, well, 
F#m                 D     
What an opportunity to be free of it, 
A                         E 
Well if you think you can risk it, well, 
F#m                 D 
What an opportunity to be free of it 


Break: 
A E F#m D 
A E F#m D 

Verse III: 
A                         E 
I heard, I heard yeah the wild horses, 
       F#m                      D 
I were blazing trails through uncertain territory, 
A                  E 
I take a toke and reflect with coyote, 
        F#m                            D                          
and were dreaming up new ways to bring all the outcasts home, 
A                      E 
I take my place in the choir, 
      F#m                  D 
I was singing the songs of freedom and progress 
A                        E 
And we're delivering the babies yeah, 
F#m                            D 
And we're building up the next seven generations 
A                         E 
Said we're delivering the babies yeah, 
F#m                            E 
And we're building up the next seven generations 

Break: 
A E F#m D 
        Seven generations 
A E F#m D 
        Seven generations 

Bridge: 
D                        E                  D 
I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, 
  E 
I needed some healing, 
     D                          E 
So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music, 
       D                                   E 
Then I stopped and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it, 
D                          E 
I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it, 
D                         E 
I prayed for guidance now give me the music 
 
A                    E  
And it definitely matters how you look at it, 
F#m                  D 
And it definitely matters how you look at it, 
A                       E 
So if you think you can risk it, well, 
F#m                 D     
What an opportunity to be free of it, 
A                         E 
Well if you think you can risk it, well, 
F#m                 D 
What an opportunity to be free of it 


Break: 
A E F#m D 
A E F#m D 

Coda: 
A        E 
Mouthing off, 
F#m               D 
Such aggressive behavior, 
    A        E 
I'm sounding off, 
F#m         D 
Holding my temper, 
   A        E 
It comes in waves, 
    F#m         D 
My enemies swim close to me, 
   A          E 
My heart's displaced, 
F#m               D 
Connected to such bravery, 
   A      E 
My hunger waits, 
   F#m                D 
I cannot swallow, I cannot swallow, 
     A            D 
I am all over the place, 
   F#m                D 
My spirit bellows, My spirt bellows, 
     A     E 
I am on my way, 
   F#m              D 
My body follows, my body follows, 
        A     E 
Written on my face, 
     F#m            D 
Well do not follow, do not follow... me 


...if you like, you can play a break and go into a rendition of Matisyahu's "One Day" using the same chords, 
like Nahko does in the live youtube videos...