What You Are chords by Jewel

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD  -  Em9Em9

D MajorD

I'm driving around town

Em9Em9

Kinda bored with the windows rolled down

D MajorD

See a girl on a bus stop bench

G+G

Dressed to draw attention

D MajorD

Hoping everyone will stare

Em9Em9

If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear

D/C#

I wish I could hold her, tell her, show her

G+G            A augmentedA

What she wants is already there




D MajorD

A augmentedA star is a star

Em9Em9

It doesn't have to try to shine

D/C#

Water will fall

G+G

A augmentedA bird just knows how to to fly

D MajorD

You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom

D/C#

Or light how to fill up a room

E minorEm

You already are what you are and what you are

D MajorD - Em9Em9 - D MajorD

Is beautiful

D MajorD
Heard a story the other day
Em9Em9
Took place at the local VA
D MajorD
A augmentedA father talking to his dying son
G+G
This was his conversation
D MajorD
It's not supposed to be like this
Em9Em9
You can't go first I can't handle it
D/C#
The boy said Dad now don't you cry,
G+G                      A augmentedA
Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why?

       D MajorD
(You'd say) Gravity is gravity
Em9Em9
It doesn't try to pull you down
D/C#
Stone is stone
G+G
It can't help but hold its ground
D MajorD
The wind just blows, though you can't see
D/C#
It's everywhere like I'll always be
E minorEm
You already are what you are
         D MajorD - Em9Em9 - D MajorD
And what you are is strong enough


E minorEm

Look in the mirror

B minorBm

Now that's another story to tell

E minorEm

I give love to others

A augmentedA

But I give myself hell

E minorEm

I have to tell myself

B minorBm

In every seed there's a perfect plan

Em9Em9

Everything I hoped to be

G+G

I already am


D MajorD
A augmentedA flower is a flower
Em9Em9
It doesn't have to try to bloom
D/C#
And light is light
G+G
Just knows how to fill a room

D MajorD
And dark is dark
Em9Em9
So the stars have a place to shine
D/C#
The tide goes out
G+G
So it can come back another time

D MajorD
Goodbye makes a love so sweet
D/C#
And love is love so it can teach us
E minorEm
We already are what we are
        D MajorD - Em9Em9 - D MajorD
And what we are is beautiful
D MajorD
And strong enough
D MajorD
And good enough
D MajorD - Em9Em9 - D MajorD

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