Chords for Are You As Excited (About Me As I Am) - Jeff Daniels, Live

[Eb] _ [Gm] _ It's [Eb] called, Are You As Excited About Me As [Bb] I Am?
_ _ _ [Eb] I _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ lived in a mansion up in Hollywood Hills.
I had rooms on floors that I [F] ain't seen still.
_ [Bb] Married me a model [Eb] who hung on my arm.
A beautiful [Bb] bracelet she was my lucky charm.
_ _ _ _ Had a building full of people who paid to fan my flames.
[Eb] That life as I [Bb] knew it would never [F] be the same. _ _ _
[Bb] I was larger [Eb] than life.
I made the camera [Bb] lie.
How would your dream come true with the wink of my eye? _
_ [Eb] _ Are you [F] as excited about [Bb] me as I am?
_ _ [Eb] [Bb] I _ [Eb] _
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_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ walked that red carpet [Eb] like royalty.
[Bb] I [Eb] was [Bb] Moses partin' that [F] celebrity scene.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] I look like a million and that's [Eb] gettin' away [Bb] cheap.
_ [Eb] Who [Bb] said beauty was only skin deep?
_ _ _ Even got myself a fragrance I can call my own.
[Eb] _
Me and [Bb] Walmart [F] got a lot of clothes. _ _
_ [Bb] I'm just tryin' to make the world a better place to be.
[Eb] Where [Bb] everybody looks and smells like me.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ It's true.
[Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ Keep wearing my [Eb] scent.
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_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then one morning to my [Eb] [Bb] surprise,
_ _ my career's [F] up and died.
I [Bb] called my manager on the [Eb] telephone.
[Bb] He said, yep, [Eb] I hate to tell [Bb] you son, but you're on your own.
_ _ He said, how can this happen?
[Eb] How [Bb] can this be?
Everyone I know [F] wants to be me.
_ _ I [Bb] shine like a diamond.
[Eb] I was bright as [Gm] the sun.
I [Eb] [Bb] was everything to everyone. _ _ _ _ _
He said, well that may have been true,
but all [Eb] I know is [Gm] that _ yesterday was [Db] a long [F] time ago. _
_ [Bb] He said, we live in a world that [Eb] would rather [Bb] forget
[Eb] what [Bb] happened before for what isn't quite yet.
_ _ [Eb] _ Are you as [F] excited about [Bb] me as I am?
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[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
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[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, I lost my mansion and my [Eb] [Bb] supermodel wife.
Say [Eb] goodbye to all the glamour of my [F] glamorous life.
_ _ _ [Bb] That building full of people all [Eb] forgot my [Bb] name,
and now [Eb] life as I knew [Bb] it will never be the same. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, bringing myself stupid took pills galore.
_ Spent a lot of time out [F] to Betty Ford's.
_ _ _ [Bb] Now all I am is all I'm not,
and _ [Eb] all [Bb] I had is all I got. _ _ _ _ _
I walked up to a stranger I [Eb] did not [Bb] know.
I said, [Eb] excuse me [Bb] sir, but [F] before you go, _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ I need to ask, [Eb] do you know my [Bb] name?
Because I [Eb] need [Bb] someone to tell me that I'm still the same.
_ _ _ _ He said, well, I'll tell you a little secret if the truth be told.
[Eb] First [Bb] you've got to promise not [F] to tell a soul. _ _
[Bb] And he leaned in close with a tear in his eye,
and he spoke like a man who could no longer lie. _
_ _ _ He said, I used to be famous.
I used to be hot.
[Eb] I used to be [Bb] someone that [F] I know I'm not.
_ _ _ I [Bb] used to shine like a diamond,
[Eb] I was bright as the [Bb] sun,
[Eb] I was [Bb] everything.
[F] Well, [Bb] good. _ _ _
_ _ And he smiled the smile [Eb] of a man [Bb] who can,
and told me someday soon [F] I'd understand.
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And then he turned and [Eb] walked away,
[Bb] _ _ into his very own yesterday. _ _ _ _
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_ Now all these years later,
[Eb] to [Bb] my surprise,
[Eb] once in a [Bb] while I'm [F] still recognized.
_ _ _ [Bb] I take a few pictures, sign some autographs,
_ [Eb] shake a few [Bb] hands, have a few laughs. _ _ _ _ _
_ Just for a moment I [Eb] can feel the [Bb] flame.
_ Just for a moment, [F] I'm still the same.
_ _ _ [Bb] Just for a moment I'm [Eb] more than [Bb] just me.
[Eb] Just for a [Bb] moment I'm who [F] I used [Bb] to be.
_ _ _ He said, I used to be famous.
[Eb] I used [Bb] to be hot.
[Eb] I used [Bb] to be someone I [F] know I'm not.
[Bb] I used to shine like a diamond,
[Eb] I was bright as [Bb] the sun,
[Eb] I [Bb] was everything.
_ Yeah, bro. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Are you as [F] excited _ about me _ Yeah.
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