Nichole Nordeman - Brave

^D The gate is^A wide, the road is^Bm paved to mod^Geration ^D The crowd is^A kind and quick to^Bm pull you i^Gn ^D Welcome^A to the middle ground,^Bm it's safe and^G sound ^D And until^A now it's where^Bm I've bee^Gn Cuz it's been^Em7/B fear, that ties me down to^A everything But it's been^Em7/B love, Your love, that^G cuts the^A strings

^D So long,^A status quo,^Bm I think I've^G just let go ^D You make^A me wanna be^G brave^{D A D} The way it^A always was,^Bm is no longer^G good enough ^D You make^A me wanna be^G brave^D, ^{A G} Brave^D, ^{A G} Brave,

^D I am^A small, and I^Bm speak when I'm^G spoken to ^D But I am^A willing to^Bm risk it^G all, ^D To say Your^A name just Your^Bm name, And I'm^G ready to^D go, even^A ready to^G fall Why did^Em7/B I take this foul^A compromise Why did^Em7/B I try to keep it^G all i^Anside

^D So long,^A status quo,^Bm I think I've^G just let go ^D You make^A me wanna be^G brave^{D A D} The way it^A always was,^Bm is no longer^G good enough ^D You make^A me wanna be^G brave^D, ^{A G} Brave^D, ^{A G} Brave,

^F# I've never known a fire that^Bm didn't begin with a flame ^F# And every storm will start with^Bm just a drop of rain But if^D You believe in^A me,^E that changes^G everythin^Dg ^{Dsus4 D Dsus4}

^D So long,^A status quo,^Bm I think I've^G just let go ^D You make^A me wanna be^G brave, Oh, I^D wanna be^A brave ^D The way it^A always was,^Bm is no longer^G good enough ^D You make^A me wanna be^G brave^D, ^{A G} Brave^D, ^{A G} Brave^D, ^{A G} Brave