The Way I Am chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics

Capo 2


E MajorE  A augmentedA  E MajorE  A augmentedA  BB
INTRO


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

Verse 2
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     E MajorE          D MajorD A augmentedA
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living,
      E MajorE        BB
Did what I do with willing hands.
      E MajorE           D MajorD  A augmentedA
Some would run, oh but that ain't like me,
     E MajorE         BB        E MajorE  E7E7
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.


Chorus
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     A augmentedA        E MajorE
The way I am, don't fit my shackles,
     BB    E MajorE
The way I am, reality.
               D MajorD  A augmentedA
I can almost see that bobber dancing,
     E MajorE         BB        E MajorE
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am.


E MajorE  A augmentedA  E MajorE A augmentedA  E MajorE E7E7
INSTRUMENTAL


*Repeat Chorus*


    E MajorE         BB      E MajorE    A augmentedA
I just dream and keep on being the way  I am.

   E MajorE     A augmentedA       E MajorE    A augmentedA
Yodelaaaeeeeey,  Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee  (to fade)