• Song:

    The Way I Am

  • Artist:

    Merle Haggard

  • Album:

    The Way I Am

Capo 2


E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) BINTRO (x2444x@1)

Verse 1
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             E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)AWish (x02220@1)I were down on some blue bayou,
              E (022100@1)               BWith (x2444x@1)a bamboo cane stuck in the sand.
                 E (022100@1)               D (xx0232@1)ABut (x02220@1)the road I'm on, don't seem to go there,
          E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)             ESo (022100@1)I just dream and keep on being the way I am.


Verse 2
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         E (022100@1)                 D (xx0232@1)AWish (x02220@1)I enjoyed what makes my living,
           E (022100@1)             BDid (x2444x@1)what I do with willing hands.
           E (022100@1)                    D (xx0232@1)  ASome (x02220@1)would run, oh but that ain't like me,
          E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)             E (022100@1)  E7So (020130@1)I just dream and keep on being the way I am.


Chorus
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          A (x02220@1)              EThe (022100@1)way I am, don't fit my shackles,
          B (x2444x@1)      EThe (022100@1)way I am, reality.
                             D (xx0232@1) AI (x02220@1)can almost see that bobber dancing,
          E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)             ESo (022100@1)I just dream and keep on being the way I am.



E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)E7INSTRUMENTAL (020130@1)


*Repeat Chorus*


       E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)          E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1) 
I just dream and keep on being the way   I am.

     E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)      AYodelaaaeeeeey, (x02220@1)  Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee   (to fade) 

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