Be Like You

G                 D            Am                   C 
Sitting on my parent's carpet watching that old box TV 
G              D 
Right in that second you sparked it 
      Am                         C 
It's like you were singing right to me 
G                        D 
Maybe I'd make some friends 
                         Am               C 
They'd for sure like me then, if I looked like you did 
G                         D 
With my name up in lights it would all be alright 
Am                 C 
So I close my eyes and I say 



G        D             C 
I wanna be like you someday 
G                 D           Am     C 
That'd make my problems float away 
G                  D                  Am 
If I had what you had, I'd never be sad 
             C 
I wouldn't ask for anything 
G              D           Am 
Yeah, I wanna be like you someday 
C 
I wanna be like you 
G 


G                    D                    Am                    C 
Now I'm clocking in for the late shift whatever it takes to survive 
G                     D 
And I watch you walk in with a watch 
           Am                             C 
On your wrist that's worth more than my life 
G                         D                               Am 
Then you throw down your card, said, "This one's for the bar" 
                           C 
Tell me what it's like to get that far 
G                 D 
Oh, what is your secret? 
           Am                        C 
How's it feel to be treated like a superstar? 
 

G        D             C 
I wanna be like you someday 
G                 D           Am     C 
That'd make my problems float away 
G                  D                  Am 
If I had what you had, I'd never be sad 
             C 
I wouldn't ask for anything 
G              D           Am 
Yeah, I wanna be like you someday 
C 
I wanna be like you 

 

G        D           Am       C           G        D 
I wanna be like you, I wanna be like you, I wanna be like you 
Am       C 
I wanna be like, be like 
 

G                 D                     Am                   C 
Going through an old stack of photos I see one of 8-year-old me 
G                 D                     Am                   C 
She looks so happy her eyes full of dreams if only she could see 
G                        D                         Am 
She got all that she wanted, but lost her in the process 
                     C 
A tear falls in that moment as I say 

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G        D             C 
I wanna be like you someday 
G                 D           Am     C 
That'd make my problems float away 
G                  D                  Am 
If I had what you had, I'd never be sad 
             C 
I wouldn't ask for anything 
G              D           Am 
Yeah, I wanna be like you someday 
C 
I wanna be like you