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I Am What I Am by Jim Croce
I Am What I Am
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
N.C. C
Perhaps, I'll never show this world all I could be
E F G C
I just can't sing to any man the song he wants to hear
F G
And I know that some won't like me
C Am
Others try to be my friend
F G C
But I'm all of me and that's all that I am
[Chorus]
E
And if life is for the living
F G C
Then why can't men be real
F C
'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?
F E
Forgettin' how to feel
F G C
Forgettin' how to feel
[Verse 2]
C F G C
We still live in a time when manners cover what is real
E F G C
There's a basic fact of life that the times cannot conceal
F G
That if some are masqueraders
C Am
Others live in their facade
F G C
But I'm what I am, I cannot be what I am not
[Chorus]
E
And if life is for the living
F G C
Then why can't men be real
F C
'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?
F E
Forgettin' how to feel
F G C
Forgettin' how to feel
[Interlude]
D G
[Verse 3]
C F G C
I may be too honest and offend those who pretend
E F G C
I don't claim I'm always right, that I'm everybody's friend
F G C G Am
Perhaps for them it's easier to be what they are not
F
But I'm what I am
G C
And I just can't play that part
[Chorus]
E
And if life is for the living
F G C
Then why can't men be real
F C
'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?
F E
Forgettin' how to feel
F G C
Forgettin' how to feel
[Outro]
D G C
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