{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2854142,"song":"I Am What I Am","artist":"Jim Croce","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11645622-i-am-what-i-am-chords-by-jim-croce/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2854142?type=chord","rating":4.65784,"votes":9,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]N.C.                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPerhaps, I'll never show this world all I could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI just can't sing to any man the song he wants to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that some won't like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOthers try to be my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'm all of me and that's all that I am[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd if life is for the living[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen why can't men be real[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nForgettin' how to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForgettin' how to feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe still live in a time when manners cover what is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a basic fact of life that the times cannot conceal[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat if some are masqueraders[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOthers live in their facade[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'm what I am, I cannot be what I am not[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd if life is for the living[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen why can't men be real[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nForgettin' how to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForgettin' how to feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI may be too honest and offend those who pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't claim I'm always right, that I'm everybody's friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPerhaps for them it's easier to be what they are not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm what I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I just can't play that part[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd if life is for the living[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen why can't men be real[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Stead of hidin' in their costumes?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nForgettin' how to feel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForgettin' how to feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD G C","chords":["C","E","F","G","Am","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}