Chords with lyrics
"Who I 
A minorAm Hates Who I've Been"
By: Relient K
Tabbed by: John McPherson - Baylor U.
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The chords used are largely inversions of A2, in which the 
D MajorD and 
G+G strings are pressed
down in the second fret. Then you can slide up to the fourth fret for B2, and don't
bar-just use your forefinger to press second fret 
A augmentedA string (bass 
BB) and mute the
string. Move your fingers up just like this to hit 
C# minorC#m (you don't have to hit the BB
string to get the minor-it's redundant).
The chord I reference as 
E MajorE is this same setup moved up to the forefinger in the 7th
fret and the others in the 9th, not muting the E-string. Low E MajorE is just normal E MajorE in the
first/second fret.
Feel free to add anything to this or to change it, but I think it's pretty darned closen
to the studio recording they did, 'cause I listened to it about 50 times... God Bless
Intro:
Solo: (actual notes on strings-not chords)
E MajorE BB 
G#G# BB 
F#F# BB E MajorE BB 
D#D# BB E MajorE BB F#F# BB D#D# BB D#D# BB E MajorE BB D#D# BB E MajorE BB F#F# BB G#G# BB D#D# BB E MajorE B(x2)
Then: E MajorE & BB | E MajorE & BB | D#D# & BB
Chords: A2 B2 C# minorC#m E MajorE A2 B2 C# minorC#m E MajorE A2 B2
(Verse 1)
E MajorE
I watched the proverbial sunrise
A2
coming up over the Pacific and
C# minorC#m
you might think I'm losing my mind,
B2
but I will shy away from the specifics...
A2 B2 C# minorC#m
'cause I don't want you to know where I am
A2 B2
'cause then you'll see my heart
C# minorC#m
in the saddest state it's ever been.
A2 B2
This is no place to try and live my life.
[Pre-Chorus]
lowE E MajorE B2 
B/D#B/D#
Stop right there. That's exactly where I lost it.
A2 C# minorC#m B2
See that line. Well I never should have crossed it.
lowE E MajorE B2 B/D#B/D#
Stop right there. Well I never should have said
A/G# A2
that it's the very moment that
B2
I wish that I could take back.
[Chorus]
E MajorE B2 C# minorC#m
I'm sorry for the person I became.
B2 E MajorE
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change.
B2 C# minorC#m
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
A2
'cause who I am hates who I've been.
B2 (Intro)
Who I am hates who I've been.
(Verse 2)
E MajorE
I talk to absolutely no one.
A2
Couldn't keep to myself enough.
C# minorC#m
And the things bottled inside have finally begun
B2
to create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up.
E MajorE
I heard the reverberating footsteps
A2
sinking up to the beating of my heart,
C# minorC#m B2
and I was positive that unless I got myself together,
I would watch me fall apart.
A2 B2 C# minorC#m
And I can't let that happen again
A2 B2
'cause then you'll see my heart
C# minorC#m
in the saddest state it's ever been.
A augmentedA B2
This is no place to try and live my life.
[Pre-Chorus x2]
[Chorus]
E/G# A2 B2
Who I am hates who I've been
B2/C C# minorC#m
and who I am won't take the second chance you gave me.
A2 E MajorE
Who I am hates who I've been
B2
'cause who I've been only ever made me...
E MajorE B2 C# minorC#m
So sorry for the person I became.
B2 E MajorE
So sorry that it took so long for me to change.
B2 C# minorC#m
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
A2
'cause who I am hates who I've been.
B2 (intro)
Who I am hates who I've been.
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