I Choose chords by India.Arie

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D
Because you never know where life is gonna take you
         D
And you can't change where you've been
      D
But today, I have the opportunity to choose


Verse 1:
Bm
Here am I now looking at 30 and I got so much to say
Bm
I gotta get this off of my chest, I gotta let it go today
Bm                                 E
I was always too concerned about what everybody would think
Bm
But I can't live for everybody, I gotta live my life for me.(Yeah)   G
Bm
I pitched a fork in the road of my life
                                  B
And ain't nothing gonna happen unless I decide

Chorus:
         E                         A
(And I choose) to be the best that I can be
     D                               E
(I choose) to be authentic in everything I do
                A           D
My past don't dictate who I am
     A
I choose. (Yeah)


Verse 2:
Bm                         A
I done been through some painful things
               E
I thought that I would never make it through
Bm
Filled up with shame from the top of my head
E
To the soles of my shoes
Bm                   A    E
I put myself in so many chaotic circumstances
B
But by the grace of God I've been given so many second chances
Bm
But today I decided to let it all go
Bm
I'm dropping these bags, I'm making room for my joy


Chorus::
          E                        A
(And I choose) to be the best that I can be
      D                              B
(I choose) to be authentic in everything I do     E
               A            E
My past don't dictate who I am
     B
I choose


Post Chorus:
 E
Because you never know where life is gonna take you
          A
And you can't change where you've been
      D                Bm
But today, I have the opportunity to choose. (Hey ey)   B
E
Released the guilt about why things happen the way they do

Cos life is gone do what it do
       A
And everyday, I have the opportunity to choose     D


Brigde:
B                                       G
From this day forward I'm going to be exactly who I am
B                                        E
I don't need to change the way that I live just to get a man. (NO!)
Bm       A                            E
I even had a talk with my mama and I told her the day I'm grown
B
"From this day forward, every decision I make will be my own." And hey!


Chorus:
        E                          A
(And I choose) to be the best that I can be
       D                             B
(I choose) to be courageous in everything I do     E
               Em      A    Bm       B
My past don't dictate who I am. I choose
         E                         G
(And I choose) to be the best that I can be
     Em                         A
(I choose) to be authentic in everything I do     E
                G            D       E
My past don't dictate who I am. I choose


Post Chorus:
E                   A
Because you never know where life is gonna take you and you can't change where you've been
     Bm
But today, I have the opportunity to choose. (Hey ey)     B
 E
Released the guilt about why things happen they way they did cuz life is gone do what it do A

And everyday, I have the opportunity to choose