Born To Die Chords Version 4 - Lana Del Rey

Intro

(Piano plays the chorus progression once through before coming to the G chord for the first verse.) C Em D C

Verse 1

G D Feet don't fail me now, G D Take me to that finish line, C Em Yo my heart it breaks, every step that I take, D D But I'm hoping that them gates, they'll tell me that you're mine,

Verse 2

G D Walking through the city streets, G D Is it by mistake or design, C Em That I feel so alone, every friday night, D D You make me feel at home, so I tell you you're mine,

Chorus

C Em D Don't make me sad, don't make me cry, C Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, C I don't know why Em D Keep makin' me laugh, let's go get high, C C The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime

Bridge 1

Em Take a walk on the wild side, D Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain, C You like your girls insane C Em D Choose your last words, this is the last time, C Em Cause you and I, we were born to die

Verse 3

G D Lost but now I'm found, G D I can see where once I was blind, C Em I was so confused, as a little child, D D Trying to take what I could get, scared that I'd never find, All those answers, honey

Chorus

Bridge 1

Em Take a walk on the wild side, D Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain, C You like your girls insane C Em D Choose your last words, this is the last time, C C Cause you and I, we were born to die,

Bridge 2

Em We were born to die, D We were born to die, C We were born to die,

Bridge 3

Am Em So come and take a walk on the wild side, D Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain, D You like your girls insane,

Chorus

Bridge 1

Em Take a walk on the wild side, D Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain, C You like your girls insane

Outro

C Em D C 2x through 4 measures of non-lexical vocables (ah-ah-ahs, vocal flairing) C Em D C x1 to close ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Alternatives and Personal Preferences~ Verse 1, 2 & 3 Some of the chords are arpeggiated, particularly in the opening verses. I like to mix in some fingerpicking throughout the song to make the guitar parts a little more interesting, and to match the vocal dynamics. Most of them are fairly simple argpeggios straight up and down the chord shape. I use the "all-finger G" and a pause before the Ds, with the bottom two strings sounding at once. G D G D C Em D D

{tab: e|--------3-|-------2--|--------3-|-------2--|--------0-|--------0-|-------2--|-------2--|}

{tab: B|------3---|-------3--|------3---|-------3--|------1---|------0---|-------3--|-------3--|}

{tab: G|----0-----|-----2----|----0-----|-----2----|----0-----|----0-----|-----2----|-----2----|}

{tab: D|----------|---0------|----------|---0------|----------|----------|---0------|---0------|}

{tab: A|----------|----------|----------|----------|--3-------|----------|----------|----------|}

{tab: E|--3-------|----------|--3-------|----------|----------|--0-------|----------|----------|}

The optional verse from x_loudvoice's tab (Ver. 3) also works fantastically well here: G D G D C Em D D

{tab: E|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|------2-|---2----|}

{tab: b|-----0-|-----3-|-----0-|-----3-|-----1--|-----0--|-----3--|---3----|}

{tab: g|----0--|----2--|----0--|----2--|----0---|----0---|----2---|---2----|}

{tab: d|---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2----|---2----|---0----|---0----|}

{tab: a|--2----|--0----|--2----|--0----|--3-----|--2-----|--------|--------|}

{tab: e|-3-----|-------|-3-----|-------|-0------|--------|--------|--------|}

All credit to x_loudvoice for the above tablature. Chorus and Bridges Because the main progression ends on a C, sometimes I'll emd on a Cmaj7 chord before starting the progression again on the C, just for some variation. C Em D Cmaj7

{tab: e|---0---|---0---|---2---|---0---|}

{tab: B|---1---|---0---|---3---|---0---|}

{tab: G|---0---|---0---|---2---|---0---|}

{tab: D|---2---|---2---|---0---|---2---|}

{tab: A|---3---|---2---|---x---|---3---|}

{tab: E|---x---|---0---|---x---|---x---|}

Intro, Whole Song I play a Dadd4 along with the intro piano in place of the D because I feel it fits the piano a little nicer. Adding some open Dadd4s and Dsus2s can help make your progression a little more interesting. Dadd4 Dsus2

{tab: e|---2---|---0---|}

{tab: B|---3---|---3---|}

{tab: G|---0---|---2---|}

{tab: D|---0---|---0---|}

{tab: A|---x---|---x---|}

{tab: E|---x---|---x---|}

Bridge 1 & 3 On some live versions Elizabeth changes "kiss" for "f**k" in the last run through of this part. Not a big change but it's sexier so I use it. If you don't identify as female and want to make the song gender-neutral, I find "you make me go insane" fits perfectly as an alternative lyric. Am Em So come on take a walk on the wild side, D Let me f**k you hard in the pouring rain, D You make me go insane,