I Am Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays808

I Am by Awolnation is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			      B 
These friends of mine will come and go 
      B                                 E F# 
I’m the first to leave and last to know 
      B         
I’ll be swimming in a face of flames 
      B                                 E F# 
For these friends of mine I’ve overpaid 
      E        F#     E          F# 
And I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
  E    F#          B 
I just want you to know 

  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head’s down  
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head’s down  

B 
Veins are glistening 
B                            E F# 
So thanks a lot for listening 
E          F#       E       F#          
I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
E      F#           B 
I just want you to know 

  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head’s down  
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head’s down 

E          F#       E       F#          
I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
E      F#           B 
I just want you to know 

E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on 
E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on 
E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on 
E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on  

  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head’s down  
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head’s down 

E          F#       E       F#          
I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
E      F#           B 
I just want you to know 

B                    E 
Hypnotized from the day you were born 
B                    E 
Hypnotized from the day you were born 

B-E outro 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante