I am What I am
Jerry Herman / Gloria Gaynor: I am Gloria Gaynor (1984)
| I am what I am, I am my own special creation. |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | |
| So, come take a | look, give me the | hook or the o | vation. |
| F | Dm7 | F | C | |
| It's | my | world that I | want to have a | little pride in; |
| F | Dm7 | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | |
| my | world, and it's | not a place I | have to | hide in. |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | F | Eb | Db | ( | B | C | D | E | ) | |
| Life's not worth a | damn 'til you can | say I | am | what I | am. |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | |
| I am what I | am ,I don't want | praise, I don't want | pity. |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | |
| I bang my own | drum, some think it's | noise I think it's | pretty. |
| F | C/E | Dm | |
| And | so | WHat if I | love each sparkle and each bangle. |
| F/C | Gm7 | C | |
| Why not try to | see things from | a different angle? |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | F | Eb | Db | ( | B | C | D | E | ) | |
| Your life is a | sham till you can | shout out I | am | what I | am. |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | |
| I am what I | am and what I | am needs no ex | cuses. |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | |
| I deal my own | deck, sometimes the | ace, sometimes the | deuces. |
| F | C/E | Dm | |
| It's | one | life and there's | no return and no deposit. |
| F/C | Gm7 | C | |
| One life so it's | time to open | up your closet. |
| F | Am | Bb | Gm7 | C7 | F | Eb | Db | ( | B | C | D | E | ) | |
| Life's not worth a | damn till you can | shout out I | am | what I | am. |
| |: | F | F | D7 | :| | |
| G | Bm | C | Am7 | D | |
| I am what I | am and what I | am needs no ex | cuses. |
| G | Bm | C | Am | D | |
| I deal my own | deck, sometimes the | ace, sometimes the | deuces. |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| It's | one | life and there's | no return and no deposit. |
| G | Am | D | |
| One life so it's | time to open | up your closet. |
| Ab | Cm | Db | Bbm7 | Eb | Gb | Db | |: | Ab | Gb | Db | Bbm7 | :| | |
| Life's not worth a | damn till you can | shout out I | am wh | at I | am. |