Nerina Pallot - Learning To Breathe

intro : F Gm Am A#

verse : F Gm Am A#
oh , this road is long , this road is wide ,
it takes more than luck to last the ride ,
it takes strength and it takes courage to survive ,
and did someone ever say to you ,
“there’s nothing bound in thought you cannot do?”
well , i’ve seen some things but not all of them came true .

chorus : A# F Dm C
so i don’t want to be the last , i don’t want to be the first ,
don’t want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow ,
and i don’t want to be afraid , don’t want to look away ,
i’m learning to breathe ,
no i don’t want to be the last , i don’t want to be the first ,
i just need a hope and a light to follow ,
like sailors look to stars to find their way home ,
Dm C A#
i’m learning to breathe on my own .

and i know a man who lost his wife ,
this is the way he chooses to describe his life ,
he says , “if i think too much , i find there’s just a hole , ”
but before she went , she left a son ,
he says , “dad , you’re not the only one ,
maybe love is just a requiem for the soul . . . ”

so i don’t want to be the last , i don’t want to be the first ,
don’t want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow ,
and i don’t want to be afraid , don’t want to look away ,
i’m learning to breathe ,
no i don’t want to be the last , i don’t want to be the first ,
i just need a hope and a light to follow ,
like sailors look to stars to find their way home ,
i’m learning to breathe on my own .

A# F
oh , do you still feel small?
A# F
just a speck of life on an ocean wave ,
A# F
does it pull us all?
A# F
does it pull us all?

so i don’t want to be the last , i don’t want to be the first ,
don’t want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow ,
and i don’t want to be afraid , don’t want to look away ,
i’m learning to breathe ,
no i don’t want to be the last , i don’t want to be the first ,
i just need a hope and a light to follow ,
like sailors look to stars to find their way home ,
Dm C F
i’m learning to breathe on my own .