Why I Am chords by Dave Matthews Band

Chords with lyrics

WHY I AM
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

Such a rockin' song

Standard Tuning

Chords Used
(FROM e TO E MajorE)
G+G| 330023
C majorC| 01023-
Am/B ?(sort of)| 000-2-
FF| 112331
E minorEm| 000220
D MajorD| (DURING THE CHORUS ONLY-->) 2320-- (FOR INTRO ETC.--->) -320--
A minorAm| 01220-

INTRO
FF  E minorEm  D MajorD  C majorC  Am/B

MAIN RIFF
G+G      C majorC  Am/B

G+G                C majorC  Am/B
I grew from monkey into man,
G+G      C majorC  Am/B G+G                   C majorC  Am/B
         Then I crushed 15 million with a wave of my hand.
G+G      C majorC  Am/B  G+G             C majorC  Am/B
         I grew drunk on water turned into wine,
G+G      C majorC  Am/B   G+G                 C majorC  Am/B
        'Till I was slave and master at the same damn time.
G+G      C majorC  Am/B
    It's why I am.
G+G      C majorC  Am/B
    It's why I am.
G+G      C majorC  Am/B G+G                    C majorC Am/B
       Why I am, still here dancing with the GrooGrux King.

E minorEm  D MajorD (BACK TO VERSE) G+G      C majorC  Am/B

REPLAY THE INTRO (FF E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Am/B A minorAm)
Out of my head and into the room hello.

BACK TO MAIN RIFF
W/Funky lil' fill I had to add:
e|12~----10-------------12-10----7-------8-7--|
BB|---------12-12-12-12-12-----8~------------8-|

VERSE and CHORUS are pretty much the same...

FF E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Am/B A minorAm for this...
So when my ghost takes me from you.

You can remember the fool that I am.

FF     C majorC
Don't cry baby,
Am/B  G+G
Don't cry.

BRIDGE

FF            A minorAm
  It's the lose and the win of the world.
C majorC
   Wrong and right,
    G+G
Us and them of the world.
FF            A minorAm         C majorC
  It's the you and the me of the world.
         E minorEm
But, Only one way out of the world.

FF             A minorAm         C majorC
  It's the lose and the win of the world.

Wrong and right,
    G+G
Us and them of the world.
FF            A minorAm         C majorC
   It's the you and the me of the world.
       G+G
Only one way out of the world.

Then MAIN RIFF for the solo (last go around of it has the FF E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Am/B A minorAm)

THEN CHORUS

THEN PLAY THE FF A minorAm C majorC BIT ONCE
THEN BACK to the FF E minorEm D MajorD C majorC Am/B A minorAm 3x
FF     C majorC
Don't cry baby,
Am/B    FF
Don't cry.

To end it all off...
G+G G+G G MajorG G+G