Merle Haggard

The Way I Am

Merle Haggard

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The Way I Am

	  		F#    B    F#   B   Db 
INTRO 
 
 
Verse 1 
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            F#                E  B 
Wish I were down on some blue bayou, 
              F#                Db 
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand. 
                 F#                E  B 
But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there, 
          F#                Db              F# 
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am. 
 
 
Verse 2 
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         F#                  E  B 
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living, 
           F#              Db 
Did what I do with willing hands. 
           F#                     E    B 
Some would run, oh but that ain't like me, 
          F#                Db              F#   F#7 
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am. 
 
 
Chorus 
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          B                F# 
The way I am, don't fit my shackles, 
          Db       F# 
The way I am, reality. 
                             E   B 
I can almost see that bobber dancing, 
          F#                Db              F# 
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am. 
 
 
 
F#   B   F#  Db   F#  F#7 
INSTRUMENTAL 
 
 
 
*Repeat Chorus* 
 
 
       F#                Db           F#       B    
I just dream and keep on being the way   I am. 
 
     F#         B              F#       B 
Yodelaaaeeeeey,   Yodel Oh del ayeeeeeee   (to fade)  
		  

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