Jeff Williams – This Life Is Mine chords

[Intro] (Time Signature: 6/8)
C#m A#m7 Em Dm G#



[Verse 1]
C#m             A#m7     Em          Dm    G#Mirror, can you hear me? Do I, reach you?

C#m             A#m7     Em          F#Are you, even listening? Can I, get through?


          Bm                 F#m           Em       F#There’s a part of me that’s desperate for changes

Bm             F#m            CTired of being treated like a pawn

              Bm               A                 G#m        GBut there’s a part of me that stares back, from inside the mirror

Em                                  F#             A       G#Part of me that’s scared I might be wrong, that I can’t be strong...


C#m                   A#m7            Em         Dm     G#Ooh, ooooh, oooh oooh ooh oooooooooh, ooh ooh, oooooh, oooh



[Chorus]
C#m         B           A              BI’ve been afraid, never standing on my own

C#m              B            A#m7    AI let you be the keeper of my pride

C#m                   B             A#m7           ABelieved you when you told me I was nothing on my own

G#                    A             G#    D#5                        G#     C#mListen when I say, I swear it here today, I will not surrender this life is mine!



[Verse 2]
C#m                                                        A#m7Amazing how you conquered me, chanined me in servility and made me see

    Em                                                              Dm              G#The world the way you told me to, but I was young and didn’t have a way to know the truth

C#m                                                             A#m7Born to live your legcacy, existing just to fill your needs, a casualty

Em                                                         F#Of this so-called “family” that you have turned into a travesty


      Bm              F#m        Em      F#But I don’t intend to suffer any longer

Bm                F#m             CHere’s where your dominion falls apart

    Bm             A            G#m              GI’m shattering the mirror, that kept me split in pieces

     Em                            F#             A          G#That stood between my mind and my heart, this is where I’ll start



[Chorus]
C#m          B          A                BI’m not your pet, not another thing you own

C#m            B              A#m7    AI was not born guilty of your crimes

     C#m            B               A#m7       AYour riches and you influence can’t hold me anymore

G#                             A             G#    D#5                      G#      N.C.I won’t be possessed, burdened by your royal test, I will not surender this life is mine!



[Verse 3] (Time Signature: 4/4)
C#m(Guitar Solo)


C#m                           A#m7                Em                               F#m   A    G#Shame that it took so long to rescue me, from the guilt you used to tie me to your fa - mily tree

  C#m                                       A#m7                   Em                            F#I guess your training failed, you’re not in charge, I’m free, your patriarchal prison won’t hold me


         Bm    F#m      Em      F#           Bm      F#m       CNow this conversation’s finally over, mirror mirror, now we’re done

     Bm        A      G#     G      Em                 F#   A          G#I’ve pulled myself together now, my mind and heart are one,   finally one!



[Chorus]
N.C.                     A               B   C#m            B              A#m7    AI’m not your pet, not another thing you own, I was not born guilty of your crimes

     C#m             B               A#m7        A    G#                             A             G#Your riches and your influence can’t hold me anymore, I won’t be possessed, burdened by your royal test

D#5                      G#      C#mI will not surender this life is mine!