I'm Still Here Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Goo[F]d t[D]ime[C]s and[D] bum times,
I've seen them all,
and my dear, I'm still [G]here.
Plush, [D]velvet sometimes,
[C]sometimes just p[G]retzels and b[D]eer,
[F#m]but I'm here.
[Bm]I've [G]stuffed the dailies in my [Aaug]shoes,
[F#]strummed ukulele, [B]sung the blues,
[Em]seen all my dreams dis[Fm]appear,
but [D]I'm here.[G][D]
[G]I've slept [D]in shanties,
guest [G]of [D]the WPA, but I'm here.
[G]Danced in [D]my scanties,
three [G]bucks a night was the [D]pay,
[F#m]but I'[Bm]m here.
[G]I've stood on bread lines
with [Baug]the best,
[G]watched [A]while [F#dim]the headlines
[Ebaug]did the r[Baug]est.
[Em]in the depression was I [G]de
[Aaug]pressed nowhere [F#m]near.[B][G]
[Em]I me[G]t a big fi[D]nancier an[Bb]
[D]d I'm [A]here.
[D]I've been through Gandhi,
Windsor [Aaug]an d Wally's af fa[D]ir an
[G]d I[D]'m here.[Aaug]
[D]Amos and Candy, mahjong,
[Aaug]and platinum [D]hair, [A]but [F#m]I'm here.[Bm]
[Em]I got through ABs, [Bb]Irish [C]Rose,
[F#]five Dion babies, [B]major bows,
[Em]had heebie -jeebies [G]for [Aaug]BBs, bat[F#m]h, oh,[B]
[Baug]I live t[Em]hrough Brenda Fraser,[C]
[A]and I'm [D]here.[A]
[D]I've [G]gotten through Herbert
and J. [C#]Edgar Hoover.
Gee, [F#m]that w[Aaug]as fun and a half.
[C]When you[B]'ve been through Herbert
and J. [F#]Edgar Hoover[B],
[Em]anything [E]else [C]is a laugh.
[A]I've [D]been through Reno.
I've been [G]through Beverly [D]Hills.
And [G]I'm here.
[D]Weavers and vino, rescuers,
[G]religion [D]an d pills, [F#m]but I'[Bm]m here.
[G]Been called a pinko, [Aaug]commie tool,
[F#dim]got through [F#]it stinko, [Baug]by my pool.
[Em]I should have gone to an[D] acting sc[Aaug]hool,
[F#m]that seems clear.
[G]Still [Em]someone [D]said, she's sin[Bb]cere,
[A]so [D]I'm here.
Black sable [A]one day,
[D]next day it goes into hock,
[A]but [D]I'm here.[A]
[D]Top billing [A]Monday,
[D]Tuesday [A]you're touring [D]in stock,
[A]but I'm[F#m] here.
[Bm]Well, [Em]first you're another [Bb]slow -eyed [Aaug]vamp,
[F#]then someone's mother,
[B]then you're camp,
[Em]then you career from [G]career
to [F#m]ca ree[B]r.
[Em]I'm almost through my [A]memoirs,
and I'm [D]here.
[G]I've gotten to, hey, lady,
[C#]aren't you who says, [F#m]wow,
What [Aaug]a looke[F#m]r you were,
[C]or better [B]yet, sorry, I thought you were.
Who says, [E]whatever [Em]happened
[A]to her?[Aaug]
[Bb]Good times and bum times,
I've seen them all, and my dear,
I'm still here.
Plush velvet sometimes,
sometimes just pretzels and beer,
[Gm]but I'm here.
[Cm]I've rung the gamut, A [Ebdim]to Z,
[G]three cheers and dammit, c [Eaug]'est la vie!
[C]I g[Fm]ot through all of last y[D]ear,
[Gm]and [Bb]I'm here![C]
[Fm]Lord knows at least
I've been [B]there, [Bb]and I'm here!
Look who's here!
I'm still [F]here!