So Afraid

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 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 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 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 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 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 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