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Why I Am Chords by Dave Matthews Band

Why I Am chords by Dave Matthews Band

Guitar chords with lyrics

WHY I AM
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

Such a rockin' song

Standard Tuning

Chords Used
(FROM e TO E)
G| 330023
C| 01023-
Am/B ?(sort of)| 000-2-
F| 112331
Em| 000220
D| (DURING THE CHORUS ONLY-->) 2320-- (FOR INTRO ETC.--->) -320--
Am| 01220-
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INTRO
F   Em   D   C   Am/B

MAIN RIFF
G            C   Am/B

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

Em   D  (BACK TO VERSE) G            C   Am/B

REPLAY THE INTRO (F Em D C Am/B Am)
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--|
B|---------12-12-12-12-12-----8~------------8-|

VERSE and CHORUS are pretty much the same...

F Em D C Am/B Am for this...
So when my ghost takes me from you.

You can remember the fool that I am.

F         C
Don't cry baby,
Am/B   G
Don't cry.

BRIDGE

F                        Am
   It's the lose and the win of the world.
C
      Wrong and right,
       G
Us and them of the world.
F                       Am                 C
   It's the you and the me of the world.
                  Em
But, Only one way out of the world.

F                         Am                 C
    It's the lose and the win of the world.

Wrong and right,
       G
Us and them of the world.
F                        Am                  C
     It's the you and the me of the world.
             G
Only one way out of the world.

Then MAIN RIFF for the solo (last go around of it has the F Em D C Am/B Am)

THEN CHORUS

THEN PLAY THE F Am C BIT ONCE
THEN BACK to the F Em D C Am/B Am 3x
F         C
Don't cry baby,
Am/B        F
Don't cry.

To end it all off...
G  G G G

Dave Matthews Band chords for Why i am

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