i am what i am chords and lyrics - JIM CROCE

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[Verse 1]
[C]Perhaps I'll never show this
world all I could be
[E]I just can't sing to any man
the [F]song he [G]wants [C]to hear
And I [F]know that some won't [G]like me
Others [C]try to be my [Am]friend
But [F]I'm all of me, and that's [G]all that I [C]am

[Verse 2]
And if [E]life is for the living
Then [F]why can't [G]men be real
[C]'Stead of hid[F]in' in their cos[C]tumes
For[F]gettin' how [E]to feel,
for[F]gettin' [G]how [C]to feel

[Verse 3]
[C]We still live in [E]a time when manners
[F]cover [G]what is [C]real
There's a [E]ba sic fact of life that
[F]the times can[G]not con[C]ceal
That [F]if some are masquer[G]aders
Others [C]live in their [Am]facade
But [F]I'm what I am
I cannot [G]be what I am [C]not

[Verse 4]
And if [E]life is for the living
Then [F]why can't [G]men be real
[C]'Stead of hid[F]in' in their cos[C]tumes
[F]Forgettin' how [E]to feel,
[F]forgettin' [G]how to feel
[C][D]

[Verse 5]
[G]I may[C] be too hon[E]est and
offend [F]those [G]who pre[C]tend
I don't [E]claim I'm always right,
that I'm [F]ev'ry[G]body's [C]friend
Per[F]haps for them it's [G]easier
to [C]be what [G]they are [Am]not
But [F]I'm what I am,
and I [G]just can't play that [C]part

[Verse 6]
And if [E]life is for the living
Then [F]why can't [G]men be real
[C]'Stead of hid[F]in' in their cos[C]tumes
[F]Forgettin' how [E]to feel,
for[F]gettin' [G]how to feel

[Outro 1]
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