I Am What I Am Chords by Gloria Gaynor

I am what I am, I am my own special creation
[C] _
So _ come take [E] a look, give me [A#] the hook or the [Gm] ovation
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[Fm] It's my _ _ [Dm] _ world that I [C] want to have a little pride [F] in
My _ [A] world, and it's [A#] not a place I [Gm] have [C] to hide in
[F] Life's not worth a [Am] damn till you can [A#] _ say
[Gm] I am [C] _ _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [C] _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ what [A] I am, I am my own special creation
I don't [A#] want praise, I don't [G] want pity
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[F] I bang my [A] own drum, some think [A#] it's noise, I think [G] it's pretty
[C] And [F] so [Em] what if [Dm] I love it, sparkle and it [F] bangles
Why not [Gm] try to see things from [C] a different angle
[F] _ Your life is [Am] a jam till you [A#] can shout out
[G] I _ [C] _ _
[F] am _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ what [Am] I am, and what [A#] I am needs no [Gm] excuses
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[F] I feel my [Am] own deck, sometimes [A#] the ace, sometimes [Gm] the [C] deuces
[F] It's one [C] life and [Dm] there's no return and no [F] deposit
One life so [Gm] it's time to [C] open up your [F] closet
Life's not worth [Am] a damn till you [A#] can shout out
[Gm] I _ [C] _ _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ am what I [C#] am, _ _ _ [C] I am my own [Dm] _ _
[F] special creation
I don't want [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ praise, _ _
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ I don't want pity _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ I bang my own drum, _ sometimes _ _ _ _ the _ ace, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ sometimes the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ deuces _ _ _ _ _
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[G] I am [Bm] what I am, and [C] what I am needs [Am] no excuses _ _
[G] I feel [Bm] my own deck, _ [C] sometimes the ace, [Am] sometimes the _ deuces
[G] It's one life [Em] and there's no return and no deposit
[G] _ One life [Am] so it's time to open up your [G#] closet
_ Life's not _ [Cm] worth a damn till you [C#] can shout out
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ Who [F#] I am, _ _ [Fm] _ [C#] who [F#] I [C#] am
_ [G#] _ I am, I am, [F#] I am good
_ [F] _ [C#] I am, I am, [F#] I am [C#] strong
_ [G#] _ I am, I am, [F#] I am _ weak
[F] _ [C#] I am, I am, [F#] I belong
_ _ [G#] _ Who I am, [F#] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#] who _ _ [Fm] I [C#] am
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [G#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [G#] Who, [F#] who, who, who, [Fm] who I [C#] am _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [G#] I am, I am, [F#] I am good
I [Fm] _ [C#] am, I am, [F#] I am strong
_ [D#] _ [G#] I am, I [F#] am, I am good _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] as you
I am, [D#] [G#] I _ _
[D#m] am, [F#] _ _ [Fm] I [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [G#] am weak _
[F#] _ I am, _ [Fm] _ _ [C#] I am, [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ I am strong
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _