I've Gotta Be Me Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][Em][G][A][F#sus4][Bm][Em]

[Verse 1]
[A]Whether
[D]I'm [Bm]right or [Em]whether I'm [A]wrong
Wheth[Em]er I find a place i[G]n this world
[A]or nev[D]er bel[Am]ong
[D]I've got[G] to be me,
[F#m]I've g[G]ot to be me[F#m]
[G]What else [F#m]can I [Bm]be but w[Ebdim]hat I am?[Em][G]
I [D]want [Bm]to live, [Em]not merely survive
[G]Won't [Em]give up this dream of li[G]fe
[A]that keep[D]s me alive
[Am]I've [D]got[G] to be me, I'v[F#m]e got to b[G]e me
[F#m]This d[G]ream that I s[D]ee
[Em]makes [Asus4]me what I am[D]
That [C#m]faraway prize,
[Daug]that world o[Bm]f success[Edim]
It's waiting for [Em]me, i[G]f [A]I heed t[D]he call
[Am]I wo[D]n't [G]settle down,
I [F#m]won't settle for [Bm]less
As long as there's half a chance
[E]that I can [G]have it all
[A]I'll go it [D]alone,
[Bm]if that's how it m[Em]ust be[A]
I [Em]cannot be right [G]for some[A]body else
if [D]I'm not right [Am]for me
[D]I've [G]got to be free,
[F#m]I've g[G]ot to be f[F#m]ree
Dar[G]ing [F#m]to try, to [Em]do it or d[Asus4]ie,
[D]I gotta be me
That [C#m]far away prize,
[Daug]that world o[F#]f succ[Bm]ess
[Edim]Is waiting for me[Em]
[G]If [A]I heed the c[D]all,
[F#dim]I won't s[G]ettle down
I [F#m]won't settle for [Bm]less
As long as there's half a chance
[D]That [E]I can h[G]ave it a[A]ll I'll g[D]o it alone
[Bm]If that's how it m[Em]ust be[A]
I [Em]cannot be right for some[G]body else
[A]if I'm [D]not right [Am]for me.
[D]I've got[G]ta be [F#m]free.
[G]I've got to [F#m]be free.
Daring [G]to [F#m]try, to do i[Em]t or die.
I've [F#dim]gotta be me.[Cm]
Dar[Em]ing to try, to [Asus4]do it or die.
I've [F#dim]gotta be me.
[Cm]Dar [Gaug]ing to try,[Em] to d[F#m]o it o[G]r die,
I've [A]got to be me.

[Outro 1]
[Bm]