Chords for The Great SONNY THROCKMORTON "THE WAY I AM" w/Freddy Powers, Larry Jon Wilson Florabama Guitar Pull
Tempo:
63.425 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It didn't [Eb] take me [N] really about 10 minutes to write the song, but I'd been writing it
a long time and I didn't know it.
I wrote it actually when I was a little boy going from Dallas to Bluxey, Mississippi.
My dad was going to preach a revival down there and we was traveling through Louisiana
and there was a lot of moss and swamps along the road.
It's about all it was.
It was just roads and swamps back then.
So I asked my dad, I said, you think we can stop and maybe fish some of these cypress
stumps, you know?
Of course, he didn't have time.
We just [G] headed to [N] Revival in Bluxey.
So I never thought much about it.
Then later on I wrote this song and then Merle had a big old hit on it.
Then I got to thinking about it one day and I thought, man, that song came way too easy
and I couldn't figure out why.
Then I thought, hell, I know why.
I [Ab] wrote it when I was a kid.
It [B] happened a long [Em] time ago.
[E] So this is the song.
First castings.
I love it.
Wish I were down [D] some [A] old bayou.
[E] Bamboo cane stuck [B] in the sand.
But the [E] road I'm on don't [D] seem to [A] grow that.
I [E] just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the way [A] I am.
I'll let [E] my shine go [B] the way I am.
[E] Reality, I'm gonna see that [A] far and then see.
[E] I just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
Wish I enjoyed what [D] made my [A] living.
If [E] what I do was [B] fulfilling,
some [E] men would run, but [D] that ain't [A] like me.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the [A] way I am.
[Eb] I'll [E] let my shine go [Dbm] [B] the way I am.
[E] Reality, I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
[E] I just [B]
dream, keep on being [E] the way I am.
[D] [A] I'm [E]
[B] [E]
[D] [A] [E] [B]
[E] gonna sing this song.
The way [A] I am, I'll let [E] my shine go [Ab] the way [B] I am.
[Gbm] [E] Reality, I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[A] I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[D] [E] We
[N] got a red Yankee Chinese silver top.
What do you get when you cross a man?
What do you get when you cross a woman?
In four man.
Chinese Yankee barefoot camel.
Camel woman.
You guys, [A] I just [Dbm] have to say [A] what an honor it is
for this [B] Yankee redheaded [A] barefoot [D] girl
to [G] be [D] present for this.
I'm just absolutely [A] stunned.
Thank you so [G] much.
And now we got it forever.
[A] [B] As Freddie said, you know,
[G] he was nice [A] enough to come here and got Freddie by saying
[Am] Freddie Ma is a friend of his.
Any friend of [D] this gentleman here
who's done so much for music is a friend of all of us now.
For [Em] Paul, yay!
Yay Paul!
[Dm] To the bitter end.
[E] Yeah, to the bitter end.
[A] Friends, to the bitter [G] end.
[D]
a long time and I didn't know it.
I wrote it actually when I was a little boy going from Dallas to Bluxey, Mississippi.
My dad was going to preach a revival down there and we was traveling through Louisiana
and there was a lot of moss and swamps along the road.
It's about all it was.
It was just roads and swamps back then.
So I asked my dad, I said, you think we can stop and maybe fish some of these cypress
stumps, you know?
Of course, he didn't have time.
We just [G] headed to [N] Revival in Bluxey.
So I never thought much about it.
Then later on I wrote this song and then Merle had a big old hit on it.
Then I got to thinking about it one day and I thought, man, that song came way too easy
and I couldn't figure out why.
Then I thought, hell, I know why.
I [Ab] wrote it when I was a kid.
It [B] happened a long [Em] time ago.
[E] So this is the song.
First castings.
I love it.
Wish I were down [D] some [A] old bayou.
[E] Bamboo cane stuck [B] in the sand.
But the [E] road I'm on don't [D] seem to [A] grow that.
I [E] just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the way [A] I am.
I'll let [E] my shine go [B] the way I am.
[E] Reality, I'm gonna see that [A] far and then see.
[E] I just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
Wish I enjoyed what [D] made my [A] living.
If [E] what I do was [B] fulfilling,
some [E] men would run, but [D] that ain't [A] like me.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the [A] way I am.
[Eb] I'll [E] let my shine go [Dbm] [B] the way I am.
[E] Reality, I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
[E] I just [B]
dream, keep on being [E] the way I am.
[D] [A] I'm [E]
[B] [E]
[D] [A] [E] [B]
[E] gonna sing this song.
The way [A] I am, I'll let [E] my shine go [Ab] the way [B] I am.
[Gbm] [E] Reality, I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[A] I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[D] [E] We
[N] got a red Yankee Chinese silver top.
What do you get when you cross a man?
What do you get when you cross a woman?
In four man.
Chinese Yankee barefoot camel.
Camel woman.
You guys, [A] I just [Dbm] have to say [A] what an honor it is
for this [B] Yankee redheaded [A] barefoot [D] girl
to [G] be [D] present for this.
I'm just absolutely [A] stunned.
Thank you so [G] much.
And now we got it forever.
[A] [B] As Freddie said, you know,
[G] he was nice [A] enough to come here and got Freddie by saying
[Am] Freddie Ma is a friend of his.
Any friend of [D] this gentleman here
who's done so much for music is a friend of all of us now.
For [Em] Paul, yay!
Yay Paul!
[Dm] To the bitter end.
[E] Yeah, to the bitter end.
[A] Friends, to the bitter [G] end.
[D]
Key:
E
A
B
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G
E
A
B
_ It didn't [Eb] take me [N] really about 10 minutes to write the song, but I'd been writing it
a long time and I didn't know it.
I wrote it actually when I was a little boy going from Dallas to Bluxey, Mississippi.
My dad was going to preach a revival down there and we was traveling through Louisiana
and there was a lot of moss and swamps along the road.
It's about all it was.
It was just roads and swamps back then.
So I asked my dad, I said, you think we can stop and maybe fish some of these cypress
stumps, you know?
Of course, he didn't have time.
We just [G] headed to [N] Revival in Bluxey.
So I never thought much about it.
Then later on I wrote this song and then Merle had a big old hit on it.
Then I got to thinking about it one day and I thought, man, that song came way too easy
and I couldn't figure out why.
Then I thought, hell, I know why.
I [Ab] wrote it when I was a kid.
It [B] happened a long [Em] time ago.
[E] So this is the song.
_ First castings.
I love it.
Wish I were down _ [D] some [A] old bayou.
[E] Bamboo cane stuck [B] in the sand.
But the [E] road I'm on don't [D] seem to [A] grow that.
I [E] just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the way [A] I am.
I'll let [E] my shine go [B] the way I am.
_ _ [E] _ Reality, I'm gonna see that [A] far and then see.
[E] I just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
Wish I enjoyed what [D] made my [A] living.
If [E] what I do was [B] fulfilling,
_ some [E] men would run, but [D] that ain't [A] like me.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the [A] way I am.
[Eb] I'll [E] let my shine go [Dbm] [B] the way I am.
_ [E] Reality, I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
[E] I just [B]
dream, keep on being [E] the way I am. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] [A] I'm _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] gonna sing this song.
The way [A] I am, I'll let [E] my shine go [Ab] the way [B] I am.
_ [Gbm] [E] Reality, _ I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[A] I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[D] _ [E] We _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] got a red Yankee Chinese silver top. _ _ _
What do you get when you cross a man?
What do you get when you cross a woman?
In four man.
_ Chinese Yankee barefoot camel.
Camel woman.
You guys, [A] I just [Dbm] have to say [A] what an honor it is
for this [B] Yankee redheaded [A] barefoot [D] girl
to [G] be [D] present for this.
I'm just absolutely [A] stunned.
Thank you so [G] much.
And now we got it forever.
[A] [B] As Freddie said, you know,
[G] he was nice [A] enough to come here and got Freddie by saying
[Am] Freddie Ma is a friend of his.
Any friend of [D] this gentleman here
who's done so much for music is a friend of all of us now.
For [Em] Paul, yay!
Yay Paul! _ _
_ [Dm] To the bitter end.
[E] Yeah, to the bitter end.
[A] Friends, to the bitter [G] end.
[D] _
a long time and I didn't know it.
I wrote it actually when I was a little boy going from Dallas to Bluxey, Mississippi.
My dad was going to preach a revival down there and we was traveling through Louisiana
and there was a lot of moss and swamps along the road.
It's about all it was.
It was just roads and swamps back then.
So I asked my dad, I said, you think we can stop and maybe fish some of these cypress
stumps, you know?
Of course, he didn't have time.
We just [G] headed to [N] Revival in Bluxey.
So I never thought much about it.
Then later on I wrote this song and then Merle had a big old hit on it.
Then I got to thinking about it one day and I thought, man, that song came way too easy
and I couldn't figure out why.
Then I thought, hell, I know why.
I [Ab] wrote it when I was a kid.
It [B] happened a long [Em] time ago.
[E] So this is the song.
_ First castings.
I love it.
Wish I were down _ [D] some [A] old bayou.
[E] Bamboo cane stuck [B] in the sand.
But the [E] road I'm on don't [D] seem to [A] grow that.
I [E] just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the way [A] I am.
I'll let [E] my shine go [B] the way I am.
_ _ [E] _ Reality, I'm gonna see that [A] far and then see.
[E] I just dream, [B] keep on being the [E] way I am.
Wish I enjoyed what [D] made my [A] living.
If [E] what I do was [B] fulfilling,
_ some [E] men would run, but [D] that ain't [A] like me.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
It's the [A] way I am.
[Eb] I'll [E] let my shine go [Dbm] [B] the way I am.
_ [E] Reality, I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
[E] I just [B]
dream, keep on being [E] the way I am. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] [A] I'm _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] gonna sing this song.
The way [A] I am, I'll let [E] my shine go [Ab] the way [B] I am.
_ [Gbm] [E] Reality, _ I can almost see that [D] far and [A] then see.
I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[A] I [E] just [B] dream, keep on being the [E] way I am.
[D] _ [E] We _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] got a red Yankee Chinese silver top. _ _ _
What do you get when you cross a man?
What do you get when you cross a woman?
In four man.
_ Chinese Yankee barefoot camel.
Camel woman.
You guys, [A] I just [Dbm] have to say [A] what an honor it is
for this [B] Yankee redheaded [A] barefoot [D] girl
to [G] be [D] present for this.
I'm just absolutely [A] stunned.
Thank you so [G] much.
And now we got it forever.
[A] [B] As Freddie said, you know,
[G] he was nice [A] enough to come here and got Freddie by saying
[Am] Freddie Ma is a friend of his.
Any friend of [D] this gentleman here
who's done so much for music is a friend of all of us now.
For [Em] Paul, yay!
Yay Paul! _ _
_ [Dm] To the bitter end.
[E] Yeah, to the bitter end.
[A] Friends, to the bitter [G] end.
[D] _