Verse D Once I was a dyin breed D Chewin on an ancient leaf D Before we took the notion A To keep up with the times G A And leave âem all behind G A Chisel to the paper G A Tattoos on the ether D Fadinâ in the life Verse D All the while I gorge my gut D Come the time that I would rut D Runnin high and low A To find my prehistoric queen G A To keep me warm 'til spring G A When I go out with my friends G A To graze the land and wonder D When I'd see your face againVerse D Once I was a broken heart D Once I tore your heart apart D Once my heart put out A Before I ever got to breathe G A And my soul returned to sea G A To come to Earth again G A Clucking out a living G A As a favorite laying henBm G today I met my doom A D I took one in the boiler room Bm G To put food on the table A D Of a dying breed of manVerse D Once I was and you were too D And we were both the word of truth D We built this world together A With a loud and mighty bang G A Lord, it sounded like a train G A It echoed oâer the land G A We came up with the game we play D Of being born againBm G One day I met my doom A D A fox got in the chicken coop Bm G Doing all he knew to do A D To feed a hungry den Bm G On and on down the line A D Iâve swam canals and ? Bm G Plenty of births along this ride A D Of being born again