I Am What I Am

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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
        
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