Merle Haggard - The Way I Am

By axehappy - axehappyuk at yahoo.co.uk


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Db      =   x46664        E     =   022100

F#7     =   242352

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INTRO


Verse 1
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            F#                E  B
Wish I were down on some blue bayou,
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With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand.
                 F#                E  B
But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there,
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So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.


Verse 2
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         F#                  E  B
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living,
           F#              Db
Did what I do with willing hands.
           F#                     E    B
Some would run, oh but that ain't like me,
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So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.


Chorus
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          B                F#
The way I am, don't fit my shackles,
          Db       F#
The way I am, reality.
                             E   B
I can almost see that bobber dancing,
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So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.



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INSTRUMENTAL



*Repeat Chorus*


       F#                Db           F#       B   
I just dream and keep on being the way   I am.

     F#         B              F#       B
Yodelaaaeeeeey,   Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee   (to fade)