Chords for I Am What I Am by Jim and Ingrid Croce - Cover

_ _ _ _ Perhaps I'll never show this world all [C#] I could be
_ [F] I just can't sing to any man the song he [C#] wants to hear _
[F#] And I know [G#] someone like me, others try to [A#m] be my friend
_ [F#] But [C#] I'm all to me and that's all that I am
[Fm] And if life is for the [F#] living, then why [C#] can't men be real?
[F#] Instead of hiding [C#] in their [F#] costumes, forbidden [F] how to feel
_ Forbidden [C#] how to feel
_ We still live in a time where [F#] manners cover [C#] what is real
[F] There's a basic fact of life that the times [C#] cannot conceal _
[F#] That if some are [G#] masqueraders, others live and [A#m] never die
[F#] But I'm what [C#] I am, I cannot be what I am not
_ [F] And if life is for the living, then why can't men [C#] be real?
Instead [F#] of hiding in [C#] their costumes, [F#] forbidden how to [F] feel
_ Forbidden [C#] how to feel
La [D#] la la la _ _
_ _ [G#] [C#] I may be too honest and offend those who pretend
I [F] don't claim I'm always right [F#] or that I'm [C#] everybody's friend
_ [F#] Perhaps for [G#] them it's easier [Fm] to be what [A#m] they are not _
[F#] But I'm [C#] what I am and I just can't play that part
And [F] if life is for the living, then why can't men [C#] be real?
Instead [F#] of hiding in their costumes, forbidden [F] how to feel
_ [Fm] Forbidden how to [C#] _
feel
La [D#] la la la _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _