Chords for India Arie-I Choose

_ _ _ _ _ _ Because you never know what life is gonna take you and you can't change where you've [Bm] been
But today, I have the opportunity to choose
[Em] _ Here I am now looking at 30 and I got so much to [B] say
Gotta [G] get this off of my chest, I gotta [N] let it go today
[B] [E] I was always too concerned about what everybody would say
[B] But I [E] can't live for everybody, I [G] gotta live my life for [D] me, [B] yeah
I've reached the fork in the road of my life
Ain't nothing gonna happen [Bm] unless I decide
[Gb] I choose to be the [D] best that I can be
I [Bm] choose to be authentic in everything [D] [Eb] I [Bm] do
My past don't [E] dictate who I [Bm] am
I choose, yeah
[B] [E] I've been through some painful things I thought that I would never make it through
[Bm] Filled [E] up with shame from the top of my head to the soles of my [G] shoes
I put myself [E] in so many [Em] chaotic circumstances
_ [B] By the grace of God I've been [Gb] given so many second chances
[Bm] Today I decided to let it all go
I'm [B] dropping tea bags, I'm making room for my soul
[E] I choose to be the [G] best that I can be
[E] I choose [Bm] to be authentic in _ [D] everything [Eb] I do
My past [G] don't dictate who [D] I [B] am
I choose
_ _ [Bm] Because you never know what life is gonna [E] take you and you can't change it
But today [B] I have the option to please the _ [Gb] truth
[E] I'm not gonna lose the guilt about my past and the way that David's life is gonna do what it do
And everyday [Em] I have the option to [D] please the truth
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I'm going to be [G] exactly who I [Bm] am
I [Db] don't need to change the [Abm] way that I live just to get a [B] man
I even had a talk with [Abm] Muhammad, I told her today I'm [G] grown
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_ _ _ [A] _ [D] choose [E] _
to be the [G] best that I can be
[Bm] I choose [Em] to be [Bb] courageous and never [G] reclaim
[E] I do, my past [G] don't dictate [Bm] who I am
_ I choose
_ [D] [Ab] And I choose [B] to be the best [G] that I can [Bm] be
I choose [G] to [Bm] be authentic in everything [G] I do
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My [G] past don't dictate who [D] I am
I [Db] choose
_ _ [B] Because [Bm] you never know what life is gonna [E] take you and you can't change it
But today [B] I have the opportunity to _ [G] choose
[E] I'm not gonna lose the guilt about my past and the way that David's life is gonna do what it do And everyday
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_ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna be exactly who I am
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