The Way I Am Chords by Merle Haggard

[Start]

[Intro]
F# B F# B C#
■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 


[Verse]
           F#                E     B
Wish I was down on some blue bayou ■
              F#                C#  
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand
             F#                   E  B     C#
But the road I'm on don't seem to go there ■ 
          F#            C#              F#
So I just dream keep on being the way I am
                             E      B
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living ■
           F#                C#  
Did what I do with a willin' hand
           F#                    E    B  C#
Some would run ah but that ain't like me ■ 
          F#                C#              F#
So I just dream and keep on bein' the way I am


[Chorus]
          B                 F#      
The way I ■ am don't fit my shackles
          C# F#     
The way I am reality
                             E       B C#
I can almost see that bobber dancin' ■ ■ 
          F#            C#              F#
So I just dream keep on being the way I am


[Bridge]
B F# C#7 F#
■ ■  ■   ■ 


[Chorus]
          B                 F#      
The way I ■ am don't fit my shackles
        C#   C#7     F#
The way I am reality ■ 


[Verse]
                             E       B C#
I can almost see that bobber dancin' ■ ■ 
          F#            C#              F#
So I just dream keep on bein' the way I am
                     C#            F#  
I just dream keep on bein' the way I am


[Outro]
B F# B F# B F#
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 


[End]