The Way I Am Chords by Status Quo
Tempo:
108.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[F] [C] [G] I've been cheated, [C] been [F] mistreated, been ashamed of whatever [C] I've been.
[G] Seen the good [C] times, lived the bad [F] times, [G] now I'm looking [F] at the [C] same old end.
[A] I ain't got [G] no money, [C] ain't got [D] no degree, [A] but I got me [G]
somebody, [C] she's taking care [D] of me.
[Am] And she told me [G] that she wants me [C] again and again [D] and again and [G] again and I
She understands the way [Em] I am, [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make me [Em] cry, [F] she wants [C] me for the way [G] I am.
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [G] Used to be so, [C] but I did not [F] know, [G] hate the chances [C] then they came my way.
[G] Now I live [C] like there's [G] no tomorrow, [F] [G] what is gone [C] belongs to yesterday.
[A] Don't got [B] no big car, [C] ain't got no [D] jet plane, [Am] but I got me [G] that one thing [C] that I'm gonna take [D] away.
[A] She told me [G] that she loves [C] me over and [D] over and [G] over and over and
She understands the way [Em] I am, [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make [Em] me cry, [F] she wants [C] me for the [G] way I am.
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [F]
[C] [Am] Well I [G] ain't got [C] everything, twenty [D] and five, [Am] but I got [G] everything [C] that I need to [D] get by.
[A] Cause she told me [G] that she loves me [C] forever and [D] ever and ever and ever [A] and
She understands the way [F#m] I am, [B] I can [A] see [D] it [E] in her eyes.
[A]
She never tried to make me [F#m] cry, [B] she [D] doesn't break [E] my [A] hand.
She understands the way [F#m] I am, [Bm] I can see [D] it in [E] her [A] eyes.
She never tried to make [F#m] me cry, [G] she wants [D] me for the [A] way I am.
[F#m]
[Bm] [D] [Em] [A]
[F#m]
[B]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[F] [C] [G] I've been cheated, [C] been [F] mistreated, been ashamed of whatever [C] I've been.
[G] Seen the good [C] times, lived the bad [F] times, [G] now I'm looking [F] at the [C] same old end.
[A] I ain't got [G] no money, [C] ain't got [D] no degree, [A] but I got me [G]
somebody, [C] she's taking care [D] of me.
[Am] And she told me [G] that she wants me [C] again and again [D] and again and [G] again and I
She understands the way [Em] I am, [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make me [Em] cry, [F] she wants [C] me for the way [G] I am.
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [G] Used to be so, [C] but I did not [F] know, [G] hate the chances [C] then they came my way.
[G] Now I live [C] like there's [G] no tomorrow, [F] [G] what is gone [C] belongs to yesterday.
[A] Don't got [B] no big car, [C] ain't got no [D] jet plane, [Am] but I got me [G] that one thing [C] that I'm gonna take [D] away.
[A] She told me [G] that she loves [C] me over and [D] over and [G] over and over and
She understands the way [Em] I am, [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make [Em] me cry, [F] she wants [C] me for the [G] way I am.
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[F] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [F]
[C] [Am] Well I [G] ain't got [C] everything, twenty [D] and five, [Am] but I got [G] everything [C] that I need to [D] get by.
[A] Cause she told me [G] that she loves me [C] forever and [D] ever and ever and ever [A] and
She understands the way [F#m] I am, [B] I can [A] see [D] it [E] in her eyes.
[A]
She never tried to make me [F#m] cry, [B] she [D] doesn't break [E] my [A] hand.
She understands the way [F#m] I am, [Bm] I can see [D] it in [E] her [A] eyes.
She never tried to make [F#m] me cry, [G] she wants [D] me for the [A] way I am.
[F#m]
[Bm] [D] [Em] [A]
[F#m]
[B]
Key:
C
G
F
D
A
C
G
F
[G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ I've been cheated, [C] _ been [F] mistreated, been ashamed of whatever [C] I've been.
[G] _ Seen the good [C] times, lived the bad [F] times, [G] now I'm looking [F] at the [C] same old end.
[A] I ain't got [G] no money, [C] ain't got [D] no degree, [A] but I got me [G]
somebody, [C] she's taking care [D] of me.
[Am] And she told me [G] that she wants me [C] again and again [D] and again and [G] again and I_
She _ understands the way [Em] I am, _ [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make me [Em] cry, _ [F] she wants [C] me for the way [G] I am. _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ Used to be so, [C] but I did not [F] know, [G] hate the chances [C] then they came my way.
[G] _ Now I live [C] like there's [G] no tomorrow, [F] _ [G] what is gone [C] belongs to yesterday.
_ [A] Don't got [B] no big car, [C] ain't got no [D] jet plane, [Am] but I got me [G] that one thing [C] that I'm gonna take [D] away.
[A] She told me [G] that she loves [C] me over and [D] over and [G] over and over and_
She _ understands the way [Em] I am, _ [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make [Em] me cry, _ [F] she wants [C] me for the [G] way I am. _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Am] Well I [G] ain't got [C] everything, twenty [D] and five, [Am] but I got [G] everything [C] that I need to [D] get by.
[A] Cause she told me [G] that she loves me [C] forever and [D] ever and ever and ever [A] and_
She _ understands the way [F#m] I am, _ [B] I can [A] see [D] it [E] in her eyes.
[A] _
She never tried to make me [F#m] cry, _ [B] she [D] doesn't break [E] my [A] hand.
She _ understands the way [F#m] I am, _ [Bm] I can see [D] it in [E] her [A] eyes.
She never tried to make [F#m] me cry, _ [G] she wants [D] me for the [A] way I am. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ I've been cheated, [C] _ been [F] mistreated, been ashamed of whatever [C] I've been.
[G] _ Seen the good [C] times, lived the bad [F] times, [G] now I'm looking [F] at the [C] same old end.
[A] I ain't got [G] no money, [C] ain't got [D] no degree, [A] but I got me [G]
somebody, [C] she's taking care [D] of me.
[Am] And she told me [G] that she wants me [C] again and again [D] and again and [G] again and I_
She _ understands the way [Em] I am, _ [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make me [Em] cry, _ [F] she wants [C] me for the way [G] I am. _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ Used to be so, [C] but I did not [F] know, [G] hate the chances [C] then they came my way.
[G] _ Now I live [C] like there's [G] no tomorrow, [F] _ [G] what is gone [C] belongs to yesterday.
_ [A] Don't got [B] no big car, [C] ain't got no [D] jet plane, [Am] but I got me [G] that one thing [C] that I'm gonna take [D] away.
[A] She told me [G] that she loves [C] me over and [D] over and [G] over and over and_
She _ understands the way [Em] I am, _ [Am] I can see [C] it [D] in her [G] eyes.
She never tried to make [Em] me cry, _ [F] she wants [C] me for the [G] way I am. _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Am] Well I [G] ain't got [C] everything, twenty [D] and five, [Am] but I got [G] everything [C] that I need to [D] get by.
[A] Cause she told me [G] that she loves me [C] forever and [D] ever and ever and ever [A] and_
She _ understands the way [F#m] I am, _ [B] I can [A] see [D] it [E] in her eyes.
[A] _
She never tried to make me [F#m] cry, _ [B] she [D] doesn't break [E] my [A] hand.
She _ understands the way [F#m] I am, _ [Bm] I can see [D] it in [E] her [A] eyes.
She never tried to make [F#m] me cry, _ [G] she wants [D] me for the [A] way I am. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _