Chords for India.Arie - I Choose (lyrics)

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Because you never know what life is gonna take it and you can't change where you've been
But today I have the [D] opportunity to choose
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Here I am now looking at 30 and I got so much to say
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[G] Gotta get this off of my chest.
I gotta let it go today. _ _
I
Was always too [B] concerned about what everybody would say
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[A] But I can't live for _ everybody I gotta live my life for [G] me _ _ _
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_ Be the [D] best that I can _ be
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_ [B] To [Db] be [D] authentic and _ [B] everything
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Don't [E] dictate who _ I _ [Bm] _ [D] am
I _ _ choose _ [Gb] it
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Had [E] I been through some painful things I thought that I would never make it through
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[Ab] Filled up with shame from the top of my head to [G] the soles of my shoes
_ _ I put [D] myself [E] in so many [Em]
chaotic _ _ circumstances
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By the grace of God I've been given so many [Gb] second chances _ _
[Bm] Today I decided to let it all go
_ I'm dropping _ these bags.
I'm making room for [Db] my choice
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[Ab] _ To [E] be the [G] best that I can be
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_ [Bm] To be [D] authentic and [A] _ _ [D] everything
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_ [Ab] My [E] _ past [G] don't _ dictate who [D] I _ am
I _ _ _ _ [Bb] choose
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[Bm] Because you never know what life is gonna take [G] and you can't change _ it
[D] But today I have the opportunity to _ choose
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Release the guilt about my days having the way [E] that it is because life is gonna do what it do
_ And every day [B] I have the opportunity [D] to _ choose
_ _ _ From this day forward [B] I'm going to be [G] _
exactly who I am
_ _ I don't [A] need to change the way [Abm] that I live just [Ab] to get a man on
[B] I even [Am] had a talk with my mom [Abm] and I told her today I'm [G] grown
_ [B] And stay forward every decision that I make
_ _ [A] _ And [E] I choose
To be the [G] best that I can be
[D] I [A] choose
[E] To be courageous and never [B] _ reclaim [E] _ I do
My past [G] don't dictate _ _ who I am
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] I [A]
choose
[B] _ _ [D] And [Abm] I _ _ do
To be the best [G] that I can be [Bm] I _ choose
To be authentic and never [G] reclaim _ _ [Ab] I do
My past [G] don't dictate _ _ who [D] I am _ _ _ I choose
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Because you [Bm] never know what life is gonna take [G] and you can't change it
_ _ _ [D] But [A] today I [Db] have the _ opportunity to [A] _
[G] choose
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Release the guilt about my days having the way that it is because life is gonna do what it do _ _ _ _
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