Chords for What I Want - Original

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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Fm] Oh, oh, _ oh, [Eb] oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Ever since I was a little kid, I knew what I wanted, but I was a bit shy, so I never ever flaunted.
[Eb] Haunted me all my life like a ghost [Cm] in the night, but I [G] wasn't afraid to leave the closet open wide.
And growing up gets a little tough when the kids [Db] are woman and then they be knew out on
the scene [Eb] that you're not enough.
You're going to get through this, see what [C] the truth is, the [D] cool kids from the past
I'm gonna [G] be biting the tongues, oh yes I know I'm [F] young but I
know things won't [Eb] come if I don't try Time really isn't [C] on my side
What's [G] gonna happen tomorrow?
But right now I'm breathing, [Fm] I'm alive
I'd rather [Eb] seize it all and thrive Than reach the day I die
[Cm] Wish I'd have [Gm] done it before, cause Life is short, _ [F] life is short
[Eb] So I'm gonna do what I want, [Cm] I'm gonna [Dm] do what [G] I want
Life is short, _ [Fm] life is [Gm] short [Eb] So I'm gonna do what I [Cm] want, I'm gonna [G] do what I want
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[Eb] With it
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] Now I'm looking to the future, learning from the past
And [Fm] the present is a present but it isn't meant [Cm] to last
And the fast lane with the fast pass, screaming my name
Don't forget it, [Dm] you're gonna regret it Cause you're [Eb] letting me go, a [G] damn shame
on you, you didn't believe [Gm] it before Claiming you could read all the signs on [Eb] the
door Fame was something that was inevitable
[C] I bet you wish you could [G] touch me now But I'm high up in the sky with a thousand
[Gm] stars Lies, we're being told and creating [Eb] scars
And I know why, cause all the hurt has taken me far
[C] The [Gm] haters and the naysayers are gonna be wishing they swung
Oh yes, I know I'm [G] young but I Learned that it's worth it [Eb] when you try
Cause you gotta fall a [Cm] thousand times Before you [D] die you gotta [G] live through the
forest for the trees and be [Fm] able to find The reason for the letters [Eb] in the words that
never rhyme Cause when it is [C] your time, you're gonna wish
[Gm] you'd have done it before Life is short, life is short
[Eb] So I'm gonna do what I [Cm] want, I'm [Dm] gonna do what I [Gm] want
Life is short, _ [F] life [G] is short So I'm gonna do [Ab] what I want, I'm [G] gonna do
what I want _
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_ I'm starting over now
Starting over [Eb] now
Before it's [C] over now, [G] over now, now
_ _ [Em] I'm starting [G] over now
Before it's over now
I'm starting [C] over now, [Gm] over now, now, now
I'm [Fm] starting over now
I'm [Eb] starting over now, [C] before it's over [D] now, over now, now, [G] now
I'm starting over now, [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] I'm starting over
_ [Gm] _
Life is short, _ [F] life is short _
[Eb] So I'm gonna do what I [Cm] want, I'm gonna [Gm] do what I want with it
Life is short, _ [F] life is short
[Eb] So I'm gonna do what I [C] want, I'm gonna [Dm] do what I [G] _ want _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] with it, with it, [Cm] with it, [Gm] with it
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ I'm [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [C] gonna [G] do what I want _ _ _ _ _ _
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