Gavin DeGraw – I Dont Want To Be (Guitar)

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Chords

The chords are barred...
Ab  4-6-6-5-4-4
Eb  x-6-8-8-8-8
Bb  6-8-8-7-6-6
Cm  x-3-5-5-4-3
(note...singing comes in on the 5th time of the verse) [Verse]
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A|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--11-3---------|
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I don't need to be anything other Than a prison guard's son I don't need to be anything other Than a specialist's son I don't have to be anyone other Than the birth of two souls in one Part of where I'm going, is knowing where I'm coming from [Chorus]
Ab       Eb
 I don't want to be

         Bb                        Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately

Ab       Eb
  All I have to do

           Bb                     Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind

Ab             Eb
  I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

          Bb
Wondering what I've got to do

    Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be

Ab        Eb                  Bb             Cm
  I don't want to be anything other than me
[Verse]
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G|----------------------------------| x12
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A|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--11-3---------|
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I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn I'm surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn Am I the only one who noticed? I can't be the only one who's learned [Chorus]
Ab       Eb
 I don't want to be

         Bb                        Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately

Ab       Eb
  All I have to do

            Bb                     Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind

Ab             Eb
  I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

          Bb
Wondering what I've got to do

    Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be

Ab        Eb                  Bb             Cm
  I don't want to be anything other than me
[Bridge]
Gm
Can I have everyone's attention please?

C Gm
     If you're not like this and that, you're gonna have to leave

C Bb F7
       I came from the mountain

C Bb F7
       The crust of creation

C Bb F7                  C Bb F7
      My whole situation-made from clay to stone

Eb                  F
And now I'm telling everybody
[Chorus] (played very lightly - louder at the end)
Ab       Eb
 I don't want to be

         Bb                        Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately

Ab       Eb
  All I have to do

           Bb                     Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind

Ab             Eb
  I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

          Bb
Wondering what I've got to do

    Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be

Ab        Eb                  Bb             Cm
  I don't want to be anything other than me

Ab     Eb           Bb     Cm
I don't want to be

Ab     Eb           Bb     Cm
I don't want to be

Ab     Eb           Bb     Cm
I don't want to be

Ab       Eb           Bb     Cm
anything other than
[Outro]
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A|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--11-3---------|
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