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 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! 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: Every cell is transforming. And returning to original concepts to construct, And then I started to shapeshift, And the animals within me grew tails and the talons I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, To the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom, And then I traveled dimensions, In the places I rode upon elephants and zebras Break I: Elephants and zebras Verse II: Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah What it would be like to always have clean water, And if you left the trees standing, And they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply Well I traveled across Native America, I saw the sickness taking form in all the small children Well if I could give you my people, yeah, Well a piece of my peace will be with you always, If I could give you my people, yeah, Well a piece of my peace will be with you always, Break II: Be with you always Be with you always Bridge: I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing, So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music, Then I stopped and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it, I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it, I prayed for guidance now give me the music And it definitely matters how you look at it, And it definitely matters how you look at it, So if you think you can risk it, well, What an opportunity to be free of it, Well if you think you can risk it, well, What an opportunity to be free of it Break: Verse III: I heard, I heard yeah the wild horses, I were blazing trails through uncertain territory, I take a toke and reflect with coyote, and were dreaming up new ways to bring all the outcasts home, I take my place in the choir, I was singing the songs of freedom and progress And we're delivering the babies yeah, And we're building up the next seven generations Said we're delivering the babies yeah, And we're building up the next seven generations Break: Seven generations Seven generations Bridge: I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing, So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music, Then I stopped and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it, I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it, I prayed for guidance now give me the music And it definitely matters how you look at it, And it definitely matters how you look at it, So if you think you can risk it, well, What an opportunity to be free of it, Well if you think you can risk it, well, What an opportunity to be free of it Break: Coda: Mouthing off, Such aggressive behavior, I'm sounding off, Holding my temper, It comes in waves, My enemies swim close to me, My heart's displaced, Connected to such bravery, My hunger waits, I cannot swallow, I cannot swallow, I am all over the place, My spirit bellows, My spirt bellows, I am on my way, My body follows, my body follows, Written on my face, 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...