i am what i am Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
If I were an [D]astronaut
I'd bring you [G]back a moon rock
You could put it on a [D]bookshelf
With all of your other [A]what- nots

[Verse 2]
If I were a [D]painter
I'd talk you into [G]posin' [C]nude[G]
Yeah then [D]you'd get paid
to lay [A]around all day
And let me [D]look at you

[Verse 3]
If I [D]were a hitman
I'd take you cruisin' in my [G]unmarked van
To kill [D]some time sippin' wine on the beach
In a [A]far- away land

[Verse 4]
If I were a [D]preacher
I'd say a few [G]extra prayers
So you [D]could sleep in on Sunday
And [A]still be squared away
with the [D]man upstairs
[Dm]But [F]I

[Verse 5]
[G]am what I [D]am
I was [A]born a music [D]man
[Dm]So I d[G]o what I d[D]o[G]
I string a [E]few chords together
And I [A]sing about lovin'
[D]you[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][E][D][Dm][D]

[Verse 6]
If I were an [D]architect
I'd take my handy- dandy [G]pencil set
Design you a two- [D]story log home
With a split- level wrap- around [A]sun deck
If [D]I were a

[Verse 7]
lumberjack
I'd help you climb up the [G]tallest tree
Show you the [D]little baby eagles
That [A]ordinary people never [D]get to see
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[Verse 8]
[D]Yes I [G]am what I [D]am
I was [A]born a music [D]man
So I [G]do what I know how to [D]do[G]
I string a [E]few chords together and [A]I sing

[Interlude 2]
about lovin'
[D][G][D][G][D][A]
[D]
Spend [A]all day

[Verse 9]
[G]just kissin'
an[D]d cuddlin'
And writin' these songs [A]that are all
about lovin' you
(extra verses):

[Verse 10]
[D]If I had [Dm]a green thumb
[D]I'd [G]plant tomatoes when the
[D]spr[G]ing[E] comes
Then you wouldn't have [A]to panic
'bout buyin' organic
[D]You could just [A]pic[C]k y[B]ou some

[Verse 11]
If I had a PhD In [E]self- help
psychology
I'd [A]write a book about how
you help me [D]live in the now
And find inner [A]peace