I Can Only Be Me

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Title: I Can Only Be Me
Artist: Eva Cassidy
Album: Imagine
Tabbed by: Stuart Lowe
Chords, in order of appearance:
G9 x x 5 4 3 5
G x x 5 4 3 3
Am7b5 x 0 5 0 4 3
Am7b5* x 0 5 2 4 3
Eb7 x x 1 3 2 3
C#7 x 4 3 4 2 x
C7 x 3 2 3 1 x
Fm 1 3 3 1 1 1
G#7 4 6 4 5 4 4
Bbm7 x 1 3 1 2 1
C9 x 3 2 3 3 x
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
F7 1 3 1 2 1 1
Eb x 6 5 3 4 3
D9 x 5 4 5 5 x
Gm7 x x 3 3 3 3
Gm6 x x 2 3 3 3
Fm9 1 3 1 1 1 3
Fm7 1 3 1 1 1 1
Cm7/G 3 3 5 3 4 3
D7 x 5 7 5 7 5
G* 3 5 5 4 3 3
Em7 0 2 0 0 0 0
Am7 x 0 2 0 1 0
D9/A x 0 0 2 1 0
Gmaj9 x x 4 4 3 5
Esus4 x x 0 4 5 5
E x x 6 4 5 4
Am7* x 0 2 0 1 3
Gm 3 5 5 3 3 3
Bb7 6 8 6 7 6 6
Cm7 8 10 10 8 8 8
* denotes a second version of a chord.
Intro, repeat twice:
|-5-----5p4-----|-3------3------|-5-----5p3-----|-3-------------|
|-3-----3---3---|-3------3------|-4-----4---4---|-4-----4-------|
|-4-----4-----5-|-4------4------|-0-----0-----5-|-0-----5-------|
|-5-----5-------|-5------5------|-5-----5-------|-5-------------|
|---------------|---------------|-0-----0-------|-0-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Verse 1:
G9 G
Am7b5 Am7b5*
Butterflies begin from having been a larva
G9 G Eb7
Am7b5 Am7b5*
As a child is born from being in a mother's womb
C#7 C7 Fm G#7 Bbm7
But how many times have you wished you were some other
C9 F F7
Someone than who you are
Chorus 1:
Eb D9 Gm7Gm6 Fm9 Fm7Cm7G
/
Yet who's to say that if all were uncovered,
D7 G Em7Am7
*
You will like what you see.
D9A Gmaj9Esus4E Am7
/ *
You can only be you,
D9A G9
/ (then play intro once)
as I can only be me.
Verse 2:
G9 G
Am7b5 Am7b5*
Flowers cannot bloom until it is their season
G9 G Eb7
Am7b5 Am7b5*
As we would not be here unless it was our destiny
C#7 C7 Fm G#7 Bbm7
But how many times have you wished to be in spaces
C9 F F7
Time, places than what you were
Chorus 2:
Eb D9 Gm Bb7
Yet who's to say with unfamiliar faces
Cm7 D7 G Em7Am7
*
You could any more be
D9A Gmaj9Esus4E Am7
/ *
Loving you that you'd see
D9A Gmaj9Esus4E Am7
/ *
You can only be you,
D9A G9
/ (then play intro twice)
as I can only be me. Oooh . . .
G
*
I can only be me

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Free chords for I Can Only Be Me by Eva Cassidy. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Title:     I Can Only Be Me
Artist:    Eva Cassidy
Album:     Imagine
Tabbed by: Stuart Lowe
Chords, in order of appearance:
G9        x x 5 4 3 5
G         x x 5 4 3 3
Am7b5     x 0 5 0 4 3
Am7b5*    x 0 5 2 4 3
Eb7       x x 1 3 2 3
C#7       x 4 3 4 2 x
C7        x 3 2 3 1 x
Fm        1 3 3 1 1 1
G#7       4 6 4 5 4 4
Bbm7      x 1 3 1 2 1
C9        x 3 2 3 3 x
F         1 3 3 2 1 1
F7        1 3 1 2 1 1
Eb        x 6 5 3 4 3
D9        x 5 4 5 5 x
Gm7       x x 3 3 3 3
Gm6       x x 2 3 3 3
Fm9       1 3 1 1 1 3
Fm7       1 3 1 1 1 1
Cm7/G     3 3 5 3 4 3
D7        x 5 7 5 7 5
G*        3 5 5 4 3 3
Em7       0 2 0 0 0 0
Am7       x 0 2 0 1 0
D9/A      x 0 0 2 1 0
Gmaj9     x x 4 4 3 5
Esus4     x x 0 4 5 5
E         x x 6 4 5 4
Am7*      x 0 2 0 1 3
Gm        3 5 5 3 3 3
Bb7       6 8 6 7 6 6
Cm7       8 10 10 8 8 8
* denotes a second version of a chord.
Intro, repeat twice:
Verse 1:
Chorus 1:
Verse 2:
Chorus 2:

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