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I Am What I Am by Jonas Brothers
I Am What I Am
Capo:no capo
verse 1: E E G G
I am what I am, I can't help myself
D D F# F#
And if you don't like it get with somebody else
F F C C
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
F F D D
This is how it is and this is how it's gonna stay
E E G G
Because I am what I am, I know what I'm not
D D F# F#
I'm not the type of guy that doesn't know what good he's got
F F C C
And I won't back down, won't come around
F F D D
Saying that I changed that's just not how it's going down
Chorus: G D C
And I know (I know I know)
G C D
wherever I go (I go I go)
C D G
I know where I sta---nd, I am what I am
G C G C G C D C G C G C G C D C
Hey Hey I am what I am Hey Hey
verse 2: E E G G
I am what I am, what can I say,
D D F# F#
I'm gonna be this way right up until my dying day
F F C C
Because that's how it goes head to my toes
F F D D
And if it doesn't show well I just had to let you know
E E G G
Because I am what I am, and nobody else
D D F# F#
And if you've got a problem better take it somewhere else
F F C C
Because I can't turn back, I'm right on track
F F D D
And if you think you know well then you better check your facts
Chorus: G D C
And I know (I know I know)
G C D
wherever I go (I go I go)
C D G
I know where I sta---nd, I am what I am
G C G C G C D C G C G C G C D C
Hey Hey I am what I am Hey Hey
Bridge: C G C
Oh can't you see, I'm just being me
D
I can't be you and I don't wanna be
C G C
Don't try to get inside my head
C C C C C
'Cuz what you see is what you get
EE GG DD F#F# FF CC FF DD
verse 3: E E G G
I am what I am, I can't help myself
D D F# F#
And if you don't like it get with somebody else
F F C C
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
F F D D
This is how it is right up until my dying day
Chorus: G D C
And I know (I know I know)
G C D
wherever I go (I go I go)
C D G
I know where I sta---nd, I am what I am
G C G C G C D C G C G C G C D C
Hey Hey I am what I am Hey Hey
G C G C G C D C G C
I am what I am Hey Hey I am what I am
G C G C D C G
Hey Hey I am what I am
end on G
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version 2
Capo:no capo
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D#5 F#5
I am what I am, I can't help myself
C#5 C5
And if you don't like it get with somebody else
B5 A#5
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
B5 C#5
This is how it is and this is how it's gonna stay
D#5 F#5
Because I am what I am, I know what I'm not
C#5 C5
I'm not the type of guy that doesn't know how good he's got it
B5 A#5
And I won't back down, won't come around
B5 C#5
Saying that I changed cause that's not how it's going down
B5 F#5 C#5
Cause I know (I know, I know)
B5 F#5 C#5
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
B5 F#5 C#5
I know where I sta--------nd
I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5
Hey! Hey! I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5
Hey! Hey!
D#5 F#5
I am what I am, what can I say?
C#5 C5
I'm gonna be this way right up until my dying day
B5 A#5
Because that's how it goes head to my toes
B5 C#5
And if it doesn't show well I just had to let you know
D#5 F#5
Because I am what I am and nobody else
C#5 C5
And if you've got a problem better take it somewhere else
B5 A#5
Because I can't turn back, I'm right on track
B5 C#5
And if you think you know well then you better check your facts
B5 F#5 C#5
Cause I know (I know, I know)
B5 F#5 C#5
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
B5 F#5 C#5
I know where I sta--------nd
I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5
Hey! Hey! I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5
Hey! Hey!
B5 F#5
Oh can't you see
B5
I'm just being me
D#5 C#5
I can't be you, and I don't want to be
B5 F#5
Don't try to get inside my head
C#5 C#5 C#5 C#5 C#5
Cause what you see is what you get
Solo :
D#5 F#5 C#5 C5
B5 A#5 B5 C#5
D#5 F#5
I am what I am, I can't help myself
C#5 C5
And if you don't like it get with somebody else
B5 A#5
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
B5 C#5
This is how it is right up until my dying day
B5 F#5 C#5
Cause I know (I know, I know)
B5 F#5 C#5
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
B5 F#5 C#5
I know where I sta--------nd
I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5
Hey! Hey! I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5
Hey! Hey! I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5
Hey! Hey! I am what I am
F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 F#5 \ B5 D#5 C#5 G
Hey! Hey! I am what I am
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version 3
Capo:no capo
Tuning: Standard
Chords used:
F5 G#5 D#5 A#/C# C#5 G#
e|-x---x---x----10---x--4--|
B|-x---x---x----11---x--4--|
G|-x---x---8----10---6--5--|
D|-3---6---8----11---6--6--|
A|-3---6---6----x----4--6--|
E|-1---4---x----x----x--4--|
F5
I am what I am
G#5
I can't help myself
D#5
And if you don't like it
A#/C#
Get with somebody else
C#5
I'll never change my ways
G#
It's not a phase
C#5 D#5
This is how it is and this is how it's gonna stay
Because
F5 G#5
I am what I am I know what I'm not
D#5
I'm not the type of guy
A#/C#
That doesn't know how good he's got it
C#5
Ad I won't back down
G#
Won't come around
C#5
Saying that I changed cause
D#5
That's now how it's going down
C#5 G#5 D#5
And I know (I know, I know)
C#5 G#5 D#5
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
C#5 G#5 D#5
I know where I stand
G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5
Hey! Hey!
F5 D#5 G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 F5
Hey! Hey!
D#5 F5
I am what I am
G#5
What can I say?
D#5
I'm gonna be this way
A#/C#
Right up until my dying day
C#5 G#
Because that's how it goes head to my toes
C#5 D#5
And if it doesn't show well I just had to let you know
Because
F5
I am what I am
G#5
And nobody else
D#5
And if you've got a problem
A#/C#
Better take it somewhere else
C#5
Because I can't turn back
G#
I'm right on track
C#5
And if you think you know
D#5
Well then you better check your facts
Because
C#5 G#5 D#5
I know (I know, I know)
C#5 G#5 D#5
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
C#5 G#5 D#5
I know where I stand
G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5
Hey! Hey!
F5 D#5 G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 F5 D#5
Hey! Hey!
C#5 G#5
Oh can't you see
C#5
I'm just being me
F5
I can't be you
D#5
And I don't want to be
C#5 G#5
Don't try to get
D#5
Inside my head
C#5
Cause what you see is what you get
F5 G#5 D#5 A#/C# C#5 G# C#5 D#5
F5
I am what I am
G#5
I can't help myself
D#5
And if you don't like it
A#/C#
Get with somebody else
C#5
I'll never change my ways
G#
It's not a phase
C#5 D#5
This is how it is right up until my dying day
C#5 G#5 D#5
And I know (I know, I know)
C#5 G#5 D#5
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
C#5 G#5 D#5
I know where I stand
G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5
Hey! Hey!
F5 D#5 G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 F5
Hey! Hey!
D#5 G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 F5
Hey! Hey!
D#5 G#5 C#5
I am what I am
G#5 C#5 G#5 C#5 F5
Hey! Hey!
D#5 G#5
I am what I am
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version 4
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:B
Capo:4th fret
[Pre-Chorus]
(Nick Jonas)
Bm D
I am what I am, I can't help myself
A
And if you don't like it, get with somebody else
G
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
A
This is how it is and this is how it's gonna stay
A
Because
[Chorus]
(Nick Jonas)
Bm D
I am what I am, I know what I'm not
A Ab
I'm not the type of guy that doesn't know what he's got
G
And I won't back down, won't come around
A
Saying that I changed 'cause that's not how it's going down
[Post-Chorus]
(Nick Jonas)
G A
'Cause I know (I know, I know)
D A
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
A D A
I know where I stand
A G
I am what I am
G
Hey! hey!
A G
I am what I am
G A
Hey! hey!
[Verse 2]
(Joe Jonas)
Bm D
I am what I am, what can I say?
A Ab
I'm gonna be this way right up until my dying day
G F
Because that's how it goes, head to my toes
G A
And if it doesn't show, well, I just had to let you know
A
Because
[Chorus]
(Nick Jonas & Joe Jonas)
Bm
I am what I am
D
And nobody else
A Ab
And if you've got a problem, better take it somewhere else
G
Because I can't turn back, I'm right on track
A
And if you think you know, well, then you better check your facts
A
Because
[Post-Chorus]
(Nick Jonas & Joe Jonas)
D A
'Cause I know (I know, I know)
D
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
A
I know where I stand
G
I am what I am
G
Hey! hey!
A G
I am what I am
G A
Hey! hey!
[Bridge]
(Joe Jona)
D
Oh, can't you see? I'm just being me
G
I can't be you and I don't wanna be
D
Don't try to get inside my head
G Bm
'Cause what you see is what you get
[Solo]
Bm D A G G A*
[Chorus]
(Nick Jonas)
Bm D
I am what I am, I can't help myself
A Ab
And if you don't like it, get with somebody else
G
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
A
This is how it is right up until my dying day
[Post-Chorus]
(Nick Jonas & Joe Jonas)
G A
And I know (I know, I know)
D
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
A
I know where I stand
A
I am what I am
G
Hey! hey!
Bm G
I am what I am
G
Hey! hey!
D
I am what I am
G
Hey! hey!
A
I am what I am
G
Hey! hey!
[Outro]
A G N.C.
I am what I am
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version 5
Capo:no capo
verse 1:
" i am what i am"...
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---88---1111----66---55---444-----3333----44444444-----66666---|x2
D|---88---1111----66---55---444-----3333----44444444-----66666---|
A|---66----99-----44---33---222-----1111----22222222-----44444---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
chorus:
"and i know"...
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|----4--------6-----|
D|----4---4----6-----|x3
A|----2---4----4-----|
E|--------2----------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------888--666-------|
D|----4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9---888--666-------|x2
A|----4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9---666--444-------|
E|----2--4--6--7--2--4--6--7--2--4--6--7------------------|
verse2:
"i am what i am"...
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---88---1111----66---55---444------3333---44444444----66666--|x2
D|---88---1111----66---55---444------3333---44444444----66666--|
A|---66----99-----44---33---222------1111---22222222----44444--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
chorus:
"because i know"...
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|----4--------6-----|
D|----4---4----6-----|x3
A|----2---4----4-----|
E|--------2----------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------88--6666-------|
D|----4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9---88--6666-------|x2
A|----4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9---66--4444-------|
E|----2--4--6--7--2--4--6--7--2--4--6--7------------------|
bridge:
"o can't you see"
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---------4-----8--4----4-------6---4---4---4---4---4--|
D|--4----4----4-----8--4----4---4---6---4---4---4---4---4--|
A|--2----4----2-----6--6----2---4---4---2---2---2---2---2--|
E|-------2----------------------2--------------------------|
guitar solo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-6-4-8--8-6-4-8-8-66666666-4-6-4-44-6-4-44-66-44-66-88888---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 3:
"i am what i am"...
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---88---1111---66---55---444---3333---44444444----66666---|
D|---88---1111---66---55---444---3333---44444444----66666---|
A|---66----99----44---33---222---1111---22222222----44444---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----4--------6--|
D|----4---4----6--|x3
A|----2---4----4--|
E|--------2-------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------| ----|
B|--------------------------------------------------------| ----|
G|-----------------------------------------88--6666-------| ----|
D|----4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9---88--6666-------|x4 -4--|
A|----4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9--4--6--8--9---66--4444-------| -4--|
E|----2--4--6--7--2--4--6--7--2--4--6--7------------------| -2--|
I am what I am, I can't help myself
And if you don't like it, get with somebody else
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
This is how it is and this is how it's gonna stay
Because I am what I am
I know what I'm not
I'm not the type of guy
That doesn't know how good he's got it
And I won't back down, won't come around
Saying that I changed cause that's not how it's going down
Cause I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
I know where I stand
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I am what I am, what can I say?
I'm gonna be this way right up until my dying day
Because that's how it goes
Head to my toes
And if it doesn't show
Well, I just had to let you know
Because I am what I am
And nobody else
And if you've got a problem, better take it somewhere else
Because I can't turn back, I'm right on track
And if you think you know
Well then you better check your facts
Cause I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
I know where I stand
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I'm just being me
(I can't be you) And I don't want to be
(Don't try to get) Inside my head
'Cause what you see is what you get
I am what I am, I can't help myself
And if you don't like it, get with somebody else
I'll never change my ways, it's not a phase
This is how it is right up until my dying day
Cause I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
I know where I stand
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I am what I am (Hey! Hey!)
I am what I am
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