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Im Only Me When Im With You

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[Intro]
G
[Verse]
 GFriday night beneath the staD/F#rs
 In a field behind your yCard
 You and Em/BI are painting piAmctures in the skDy
 GAnd sometimes we don't say a thinD/F#g
 Just listen to the crickets Csing
 EveryEm/Bthing I need is rAmight here by my sDide
[Pre-Chorus]
And CI know everyG/Bthing about you
AmI don't wanna Dlive without you
[Chorus]
I'm Gonly up when you're not down
Don't Dwanna fly if you're still on the grEmound
It's Clike no Gmatter Cwhat I Ddo
Well you Gdrive me crazy half the time
The Dother half I'm only trying to
EmLet you Cknow that Gwhat I Cfeel is Dtrue
And CI'm only G/Bme when ID'm with yGouD  Em  C  G  D  Em  C  
[Verse]
 GJust a small town boy and girD/F#l
 Living in a crazy wCorld
 Trying to Em/Bfigure out what iAms and isn't tDrue
 GAnd I don't try to hide my tearD/F#s
 The secrets all my deepest fCears
 Through it Emall nobody Amgets me like you Ddo
[Pre-Chorus]
And Cyou know everyG/Bthing about me
You Amsay that you can't Dlive without me
[Chorus]
I'm Gonly up when you're not down
Don't Dwanna fly if you're still on the grEmound
It's Clike no Gmatter Cwhat I Ddo
Well you Gdrive me crazy half the time
The Dother half I'm only trying to
EmLet you Cknow that Gwhat I Cfeel is Dtrue
And CI'm only G/Bme when DI'm with GyDouEm  C  G  D  Em  C  
[Bridge]
 EmWhen I'm with anybody else
 CIt's so hard to be myAmself
 And only you can Ctell
[Chorus]
That I'm Gonly up when you're not down
Don't Dwanna fly if you're still on the grEmound
It's Clike no Gmatter Cwhat I Ddo
Well you Gdrive me crazy half the time
The Dother half I'm only trying to
EmLet you Cknow that Gwhat I Cfeel is Dtrue
And I'm Conly meD  
Who I Emwanna beC  
Well I'm Conly Em/Bme when I'Dm with yoGuD  Em  C  
With GyoDu,   Em    Coh ho Gho yeah 

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Im Only Me When Im With You

by Taylor Swift

Lyrics & chords · Original key

[Intro]

[Verse]

G D/F#

Friday night beneath the stars

In a field behind your yard

Em/B Am D

You and I are painting pictures in the sky

G D/F#

And sometimes we don't say a thing

Just listen to the crickets sing

Em/B Am D

Everything I need is right here by my side

[Pre-Chorus]

C G/B

And I know everything about you

Am D

I don't wanna live without you

[Chorus]

I'm only up when you're not down

D Em

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

C G C D

It's like no matter what I do

Well you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only trying to

Em C G C D

Let you know that what I feel is true

C G/B D G D Em C G D Em C

And I'm only me when I'm with you

[Verse]

G D/F#

Just a small town boy and girl

Living in a crazy world

Em/B Am D

Trying to figure out what is and isn't true

G D/F#

And I don't try to hide my tears

The secrets all my deepest fears

Em Am D

Through it all nobody gets me like you do

[Pre-Chorus]

C G/B

And you know everything about me

Am D

You say that you can't live without me

[Chorus]

I'm only up when you're not down

D Em

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

C G C D

It's like no matter what I do

Well you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only trying to

Em C G C D

Let you know that what I feel is true

C G/B D G D Em C G D Em C

And I'm only me when I'm with you

[Bridge]

When I'm with anybody else

C Am

It's so hard to be myself

And only you can tell

[Chorus]

That I'm only up when you're not down

D Em

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

C G C D

It's like no matter what I do

Well you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only trying to

Em C G C D

Let you know that what I feel is true

C D

And I'm only me

Em C

Who I wanna be

C Em/B D G D Em C

Well I'm only me when I'm with you

G D Em C G

With you, oh ho ho yeah

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The chords for "Im Only Me When Im With You" show the original chord names (including G, D/F#, C, Em/B, Am, D). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.