Ive Gotta Be Me chords by Sammy Davis Jr.

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
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6/8 time

|C majorC   |    |

 C majorC                Dm7Dm7   G7G7
Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong
     Dm7Dm7         G7G7        C majorC
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
      Dm7Dm7  E minor 7Em7   Dm7Dm7     E minor 7Em7
I gotta be me,    I've gotta be me
        Dm7Dm7 E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7  E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7
What else can I be  but what I  am

      C majorC          Dm7Dm7 G7G7
I want to live, not merely survive
      Dm7Dm7
And I won't give up this dream
  G7G7          C majorC
Of life that keeps me alive
      Dm7Dm7 E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7      E minor 7Em7
I gotta be me,   I gotta be me
         Dm7Dm7 E minor 7Em7  Dm7Dm7 Dm7/G C majorC  FF C majorC
The dream that I see makes me what I am


       B7B7   E7E7        A minorAm  Am7Am7
That far-away prize,  a world of success
      Dm7Dm7     G7G7    Cmaj7Cmaj7 C6C6
Is waiting for me if I heed the call
        Dm7Dm7           E minor 7Em7  Am7Am7
I won't settle down,  won't settle for less
              D7D7      Dm7Dm7     G7G7
As long as there's a chance  that I can have it all


       C majorC            Dm7Dm7 G7G7
I'll go it alone, that's how it must be
      Dm7Dm7        G7G7
I can't be right for somebody else
           C majorC
If I'm not right for me
      Dm7Dm7  E minor 7Em7    Dm7Dm7       E minor 7Em7
I gotta be free,   I've gotta be free
     Dm7Dm7    E minor 7Em7   Dm7Dm7
Daring to try,  to do it or die
   Dm7/G C majorC    DbDb
I've gotta be me

                   EbM7Ebm7  Ab7Ab7
I'll go it alone, that's how it must be
      EbM7Ebm7       Ab7Ab7
I can't be right for somebody else
         DbDb
If I'm not right for me
      EbM7Ebm7 Fm7Fm7       EbM7Ebm7   Fm7Fm7
I gotta be free,   I just gotta be free
     EbM7Ebm7  Fm7Fm7
Daring to try, to do it or

|EbM7Ebm7 Ebm7/Ab  |EbM7Ebm7 Ebm7/Ab |EbM7Ebm7 Ebm7/Ab7 |EbM7Ebm7
die ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .

  Ebm7/Ab |DbDb    |GbGb    |DbDb    |GbGb    |DbDb ........!
I gotta   be  me . . . . . .