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.

	D	F#m	G	Em7	A7
	So, come take a	look, give me the	hook or the o	vation.

	D	Bm7	D	A
It's	my	world that I	want to have a	little pride in;

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	I am what I	am ,I don't want	praise, I don't want	pity.

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	I bang my own	drum, some think it's	noise I think it's	pretty.

	D	A/C#	Bm
And	so	WHat if I	love each sparkle and each bangle.

	D/A	Em7	A
	Why not try to	see things from	a different angle?

	D	F#m	G	Em7	A7
	I am what I	am and what I	am needs no ex	cuses.

	D	F#m	G	Em7	A7
	I deal my own	deck, sometimes the	ace, sometimes the	deuces.

	D	A/C#	Bm
It's	one	life and there's	no return and no deposit.

	D/A	Em7	A
	One life so it's	time to open	up your closet.

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	E	G#m	A	F#m7	B
	I am what I	am and what I	am needs no ex	cuses.

	E	G#m	A	F#m	B
	I deal my own	deck, sometimes the	ace, sometimes the	deuces.

	E	B/D#	C#m
It's	one	life and there's	no return and no deposit.

	E	F#m	B
	One life so it's	time to open	up your closet.