Chords for the way i am-merle haggard

_ I think everybody has a little [F#] bit of this song in them. _
_ _ [B] Sonny Throckmorton's [F#] _ _ _ [C#]
song called [B] The Way I Am.
[F#] There's a lot of songwriters I need to thank, like Liz Anderson, Casey Anderson,
[A] people that had the right [Gm] song when I didn't have the right [A] one over [G] the years.
And [F#] _ this song here was one of the songs that I _ found rolling down the street one day.
_ It's very seldom you [A] find a song like that.
[F#] _ _ It just kind of [E] came to me _ by way of Sonny [N] Throckmorton.
Would you give him a hand for this song right here? _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] Wish I [F#] were down _ _ on some blue [B] bayou
_ With a [F#] bamboo _ _ _ cage stuck in [C#] the sand
But the road [F#] I'm on _ _ don't seem to go [B] there
_ [D#]
So I [F#] just dream, keep [C#] on being the way [F#] I am
_ Wish I enjoyed _ _ what makes my [B] living
_ Did what I [F#] do _ _ with a willing [C#] hand _ _ _
Some would [F#] run, _ _ but that [E] ain't like
[B] _ [D#] So I just [F#] dream, keep [C#] on being the way I [F#] _ am
The way [B] I _ am, don't pick [F#] my _ shackles
_ The way I [C#] am, _ _ _ [F#] reality _
_ I can almost see _ _ that [E] barber [B] dance
_ [C#]
So I just [F#] dream, keep [C#] on being the [F#] way I _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ am
The [B] way I _ am, _ don't pick [F#] my _ _ shackles
The way I [C#] _
am, _ _ [F#] reality _ _
I can almost see _ _ that [E] barber dance
[B] _ _ [D#] So I [F#] just dream, keep [C#] on being the way [F#] I am
I just dream, keep [C#] on being the [F#] way I _ _ am _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
A big round of applause for Connie Smith, ladies and gentlemen.
Back here singing.
Come take a bow, Connie.
Come here, Connie.
Come take a little bow here.
Come back here singing background music.
She's a front line singer.
Come out front and take a bow, Miss Connie Smith, ladies and gentlemen. _ _ _
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