{"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":760847,"song":"The Way I Am","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/760847-the-way-i-am-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/760847?type=chord","rating":4.84317,"votes":281,"content":"Capo 2\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWish I were down on some blue bayou,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith a bamboo cane stuck in the sand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut the road I'm on, don't seem to go there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I just dream and keep on being the way I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWish I enjoyed what makes my living,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDid what I do with willing hands.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome would run, oh but that ain't like me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo I just dream and keep on being the way I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe way I am, don't fit my shackles,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe way I am, reality.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can almost see that bobber dancing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I just dream and keep on being the way I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe way I am, don't fit my shackles,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe way I am, reality.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can almost see that bobber dancing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I just dream and keep on being the way I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nI just dream and keep on being the way   I am.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYodelaaaeeeeey,   Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee   (to fade) [/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2\n\n[Intro]\nE    A    E   A   B\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE   A   E  A   E  E7\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B","D","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}