Kimberley chords by John Butler

Capo: 3rd fret

D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am strong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song
D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am belong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song



Harmonica Bridge: (D-D-Bm-G) x4

 D                        Bm          G
Tell you a story, about a girl named Kimberly
 D                               Bm             G
Who all the cowboys wanted cause she was wild and free
 D                                         Bm         G
But now theres fussing and theres fighting We all taking sides
 D                                               Bm          G
While the cowboys are playing their old games of conquer and divide. You see



D                        Bm        G
Kimberly was special, a rare and wild soul
       D                             Bm            G
Nearly every man who met her, their hearts she always stole
              D                              Bm            G
But there are always those exceptions of the cold and callous kind
     D                        Bm                  G
That wanted just her body and leave the mess for us behind



        D                          Bm       G
Now the prince of the cowboys, his name was Barnett
   D                                      Bm        G
He wanted to leave his mark, you know, so we did not forget
            D               Bm   G
So he said "Mine mine mine, all for me"
     D                           Bm             G
It's great to be a cowboy in the wild west roaming free


      D                                   Bm            G
So he brandished all his bullets he put a gun right to our head
 G            D                                        Bm
He said "I'm giving you all a choice now, you're either with me or your
G
dead
           D                            Bm          G
You know I got to have this kim, I cant get her off my mind
    D                            Bm G
And I aint gonna stop until shes mine, mine"




Em           G
Where do i stand?
         Bm                  A
Got this hole in my heart and a line drawn in the
Em              G
sand. It's all gray.
         Bm                   A           G
There are no black and whites so who am I to say



D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am strong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song
D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am belong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song



Harmonica Bridge: (D-D-Bm-G) x4


        D                          Bm        G
Now its come to a showdown and its all push and pull
         D                                   Bm               G
Got these lawyers having field day while the cowboys are funding schools
         D                               Bm           G
I guess it boils down to how you see it, do you see Kimberly,
        D                                        Bm          G
Or just another god damn hole in the ground just another opportunity?



Em           G
Where do i stand?
         Bm                  A
Got this hole in my heart and a line drawn in the
 Em             G
sand. It's all gray.
         Bm                   A           Em
There are no black and whites so who am I to say

        G
You are wrong
        Bm               A             Em
but you never know what you got until its gone
        G
And one day
      Bm                         A               G
the little people will ask what you did and what we said



D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am strong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song
D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am belong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song
D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am strong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song
D                  Bm
I am what I am and I am belong
        G
Cause I got my land and I got my song