The Way I Am Chords

by Merle Haggard
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 2nd fret
Author bigsax [a] 61.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 22, 2016

Chords

E
A
B
D
E7

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Capo 2
 
[Intro]
E    A    E   A   B
 
[Verse 1]
             E                D  A
Wish I were down on some blue bayou,
              E                 B
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand.
                 E                 D  A
But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there,
          E                 B               E
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.
 
[Verse 2]
         E                   D  A
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living,
           E               B
Did what I do with willing hands.
           E                      D    A
Some would run, oh but that ain't like me,
          E                 B               E    E7
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.
 
[Chorus]
          A                E
The way I am, don't fit my shackles,
          B        E
The way I am, reality.
                             D   A
I can almost see that bobber dancing,
          E                 B               E
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.
 
[Instrumental]
E   A   E  A   E  E7
 
[Chorus]
          A                E
The way I am, don't fit my shackles,
          B        E
The way I am, reality.
                             D   A
I can almost see that bobber dancing,
          E                 B               E
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.
 
       E                 B            E        A
I just dream and keep on being the way   I am.
     E          A              E        A
Yodelaaaeeeeey,   Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee   (to fade) 
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The Way I Am – Merle Haggard
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Dudley1955
Merle & George did it in the key of G with the chorus between each verse
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