I Am What I Am Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I can't sell my mama's
short on lovin' me.
I guess that's why she let me go so far.
[C]Mama [G]tried [C]to stop me [G]short [C]of stealin'.
I [G]guess that's why I had to steal that car.
She told me not to smoke it,
but I did, and it took me far [C]away
And [D]I turned out to be
the only hell my mama ever [G]raised
Well, I rode into Atlanta,
stolen taxin' almost out of gas
I [C]had to get some money
Lately, I'd learned how to get it fast
Old [G]Neon Lights was callin' me
And somehow I just had to get down[C]town
So [D]I reached into the glove box
Another liquor store went [G]down
And I said, precious memories,
take me back to the good old [C]days
Let me [D]hear my mama singing,
a rock of ages clipped for me
[G]She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
but I turned on to the devil's [C]ways
And [D]I turned out to be,
the only hell my mama ever [G]raised[Ab]
Well, put them handcuffs on me
Lord, how I fought to resist
But they [Db]just clamped them tighter
Till that metal bit into my wrists
They took my [Ab]belt and my billfold,
my fingerprints and the profile of [Db]my face
And [Eb]then they locked away
the only hill my mama ever [Ab]raised
And I said, precious memory,
take me back to the good old [Db]days[Eb][Ab]
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
but I turned on to the devil's [Db]ways
And [Eb]I turned out to be
the only hell my mama ever [Ab]raised[A]
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
but I turned on to the devil's [D]ways
And [E]I turned out to be,

[Outro 1]
the only hell my mama ever raised
[A]