Vince Gill – Thats Who I Am (Guitar)

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Written by Chris Weber Only available on "Everybody Has A Story", the new CD for the benefit of Monroe Carel Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. (intro) 2x D G D (verse)
D                 G              D
Grew up in LA and I like to play baseball

    D                  G                   A
I'm five years old and I don't have hardly anything at all

            Bm                   A  
Except this little blue hat that goes with the bat

        G                 D         G      A
That my Momma gave me the very last time I saw her

  D                      G               D
I live with a family and they don't even know I'm there

      D                 G                    A 
I can go for a walk ten city blocks and they don't even care

       Bm                    A 
I have imaginary friends who I pretend 

      G                       D
Would play baseball 'till the very end

G                   A
Of the day, aww but thats ok
(chorus)
            G 
Thats who I am

            D
Thats all I have

              A 
Thats where I stand

                    Bm
And thats where I'm at

                 G     A 
Well thats all I have

            D
Thats who I am
(verse)
D                   G                  D
Moved in with a new family that had an older son

   D                             G
He became my big brother we were best friends with each other

   A
We played ball till the setting sun

        Bm
Then he had to go to war

      A
And I didn't know what for

  G 
I asked him not to go

      D
As he walked out the door

   G               A
He said to me oh I have to leave
(chorus)
            G 
Thats who I am

            D
Thats all I have

              A 
Thats where I stand

                    Bm
And thats where I'm at

                 G     A 
Well thats all I have

            D
Thats who I am
(instrumental) D G D, D G A, Bm G D G A (verse)
  D                  G            D
A year went by and I tried not to think of him at all

                       G
But on Christmas Eve I started to believe

            A
There was a knock at my bedroom door

            Bm             A
He said I'm not going back to Iraq

      G                        D
And I want you to know exactly where I'm at

      G                    A 
Cause theres no other like me big brother
(chorus)
            G 
Thats who I am

            D
Thats all I have

              A 
Thats where I stand

                    Bm
And thats where I'm at

                G     A 
And thats all I have

            Bm
Thats who I am

            G    A
Thats all I have

            D  G  D,   D
Thats who I am