The Way I Am

Merle Haggard

Written by Sonny Throckmorton

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                            F
Wish I was down on some blue bayou
              C             G7
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand
             C                  F
But the road I'm on  don't seem to go there
          C          G7           C
So I Just dream keep on being the way I am

Verse 2

                             F
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living
              C              G7
Did what I do with a willing hand
           C                       F
Some would run but that ain't like me
       C                 G7              C
I just dream and keep on being the way I am

Verse 3

          F               C
The way I am don't fit my shackles
          G7 C
The way I am reality
                             F
I can almost see that bobber dancing
           C          G7               C
But I just dream keep on being the way I am

Verse 3

          F               C
The way I am don't fit my shackles
          G7 C
The way I am reality
                             F
I can almost see that bobber dancing
           C          G7               C
But I just dream keep on being the way I am

Verse 4

Tag:
F      C          G7           C
I just dream keep on being the way I am