Chords for Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be (Acoustic Performance at The National Underground)
Tempo:
79.1 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
Cm
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] I don't need to be anything other than a prison [Bb] guard, [C] son.
anything other than a specialist, son.
any one other than the birth [Bb] of two [C] souls in one.
[C] so we're where I'm [Ab] coming from.
[Bb] anything other than what [Cm] I've been trying [Bb] to be [Eb] lately.
[Bb] take a knee and I'll be [Cm] surmised.
[Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or [Bb] who I'm supposed [Eb] to be.
[Bb] anything other than [C] me.
anything other than a specialist, son.
any one other than the birth [Bb] of two [C] souls in one.
[C] so we're where I'm [Ab] coming from.
[Bb] anything other than what [Cm] I've been trying [Bb] to be [Eb] lately.
[Bb] take a knee and I'll be [Cm] surmised.
[Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or [Bb] who I'm supposed [Eb] to be.
[Bb] anything other than [C] me.
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Bb
Eb
Cm
Ab
C
Bb
Eb
Cm
_ _ _ _ _ [C] I don't need to be anything other than a prison [Bb] guard, [C] son.
I don't need to be anything other than a specialist, son.
I don't [G] have to be any one other than the birth [Bb] of two [C] souls in one.
[G] Part of where I'm going, [C] _ so we're where I'm [Ab] coming from.
[Eb] I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than what [Cm] I've been trying [Bb] to be [Eb] lately.
All I have to do is [Bb] take a knee and I'll be [Cm] surmised.
_ [Eb] I'm tired of looking around, [Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or [Bb] who I'm supposed [Eb] to be.
I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [C] me.
I'm surrounded by liars, _ everywhere I turn.
_ Surrounded by impostors, _ everywhere I turn.
_ Surrounded by identity crisis, everywhere I turn.
Am I the only one who knows?
I can't be the only one [Eb] who's learned.
I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] what I've been trying to be [Eb] lately.
All I have to do is [Bb] take a knee and I'll [Cm] be surmised.
[Eb] I'm tired of looking around, [Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or who I'm supposed [Ab] to be.
I [Eb] don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] me.
[Gm] _ I've been the one that can't compete. _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ If you're not like this and that, you don't have [G] the lead.
_ [A] [E] I came from the mountain, [A] the [C] crust of creation.
[G] My whole situation's [Eb] made from clay to [F] stone.
And now I'm telling [Ab] everybody.
_ [Eb] I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] what I've been [Bb] trying to be [Ab] lately.
[Eb] All I have to do [Bb] is take a knee and I'll [Cm] be surmised.
[Eb] _ I'm tired of looking around, [Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or [Bb] who I'm [Ab] supposed to be.
[Eb] I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] me.
[Eb] Yeah, I don't [Bb] want to be.
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ I don't [Bb] want to be.
[Cm] I _ [Eb] _ _ don't [Bb] want to be [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] anything other [Bb] than _ [Cm] today.
[Eb] Yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah.
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah.
Yeah, [Cm] yeah, yeah.
[Eb] _ Na, na, na, na, [Bb] na.
[Cm] Na, na, [Bb] na, na, [Ab] na, na.
[Eb] Na, na, na, na, [Bb] na.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
I don't need to be anything other than a specialist, son.
I don't [G] have to be any one other than the birth [Bb] of two [C] souls in one.
[G] Part of where I'm going, [C] _ so we're where I'm [Ab] coming from.
[Eb] I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than what [Cm] I've been trying [Bb] to be [Eb] lately.
All I have to do is [Bb] take a knee and I'll be [Cm] surmised.
_ [Eb] I'm tired of looking around, [Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or [Bb] who I'm supposed [Eb] to be.
I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [C] me.
I'm surrounded by liars, _ everywhere I turn.
_ Surrounded by impostors, _ everywhere I turn.
_ Surrounded by identity crisis, everywhere I turn.
Am I the only one who knows?
I can't be the only one [Eb] who's learned.
I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] what I've been trying to be [Eb] lately.
All I have to do is [Bb] take a knee and I'll [Cm] be surmised.
[Eb] I'm tired of looking around, [Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or who I'm supposed [Ab] to be.
I [Eb] don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] me.
[Gm] _ I've been the one that can't compete. _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ If you're not like this and that, you don't have [G] the lead.
_ [A] [E] I came from the mountain, [A] the [C] crust of creation.
[G] My whole situation's [Eb] made from clay to [F] stone.
And now I'm telling [Ab] everybody.
_ [Eb] I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] what I've been [Bb] trying to be [Ab] lately.
[Eb] All I have to do [Bb] is take a knee and I'll [Cm] be surmised.
[Eb] _ I'm tired of looking around, [Bb] wondering what I've got to [Cm] do, or [Bb] who I'm [Ab] supposed to be.
[Eb] I don't want to be [Bb] anything other than [Cm] me.
[Eb] Yeah, I don't [Bb] want to be.
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ I don't [Bb] want to be.
[Cm] I _ [Eb] _ _ don't [Bb] want to be [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] anything other [Bb] than _ [Cm] today.
[Eb] Yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah.
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah.
Yeah, [Cm] yeah, yeah.
[Eb] _ Na, na, na, na, [Bb] na.
[Cm] Na, na, [Bb] na, na, [Ab] na, na.
[Eb] Na, na, na, na, [Bb] na.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _