I Dont Wanna Be Chords
by Gavin Degraw
I Dont Wanna Be by Gavin Degraw is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, Eb, Bb, Cm, Gm, C and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Standard tuning.....
the chords are barred..
Ab 4-6-6-5-4-4-|
Eb x-6-8-8-8-8-|
Bb 6-8-8-7-6-6-|
Cm x-3-5-5-4-3-|
(note...singing comes in on the 5th time of the verse)
Verse:
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I don't need to be anything other
Than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other
Than a specialist's son
I don't have to be anyone other
Than the birth of two souls in one
Part of where I'm going, is knowing where I'm coming from
Ab Eb
I don't want to be
Bb Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
Ab Eb
All I have to do
Bb Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
Ab Eb
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Bb
Wondering what I've got to do
Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be anything other than me
Verse:
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I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one who noticed?
I can't be the only one who's learned
Ab Eb
I don't want to be
Bb Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
Ab Eb
All I have to do
Bb Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
Ab Eb
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Bb
Wondering what I've got to do
Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be anything other than me
Bridge:
Gm
Can I have everyone's attention please?
C-Gm
If you're not like this and that, you're gonna have to leave
C-Bb-F
I came from the mountain
C-Bb-F
The crust of creation
C-Bb-F C-Bb-F
My whole situtaion-made from clay to stone
Eb F
And now I'm telling everybody
chorus: (played very lightly - louder at the end)
Ab Eb
I don't want to be
Bb Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
Ab Eb
All I have to do
Bb Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
Ab Eb
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Bb
Wondering what I've got to do
Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be anything other than me
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
anything other than
outro:
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