Just For What I Am Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays389

Just For What I Am by Glen Campbell is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords D, G, A, A7, Em, C#m, E, B, B7, F#m and F#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro  D 

verse 1 

D                    G                  D 
Blue    ain't just a word   Lord it's a feeling 
             G               A     A7         D 
A Feeling of loneliness that I can feel right now 
                     G                 D 
Love   has looked at me   but tried to change me 
                       G        A        A7     D 
I wish that love would take me  just for what I am. 



D        A    D G       A               D 
Just for what I am    I want someone to love me 
                  Em             C#m                   A      G  A 
Someone who won't expect me   to feel like they're old mem'ry 
D        Em   D    G      A        A7    D 
Just for what they see    just for being me 
           A D      G          D        A      D 
I want someone  to love me     just for what I am. 

verse 2 

E                   A                   E 
Cry    ain't just a sound   Lord it's a sadness 
             A                 B          E 
Sadness that lives with me and follows me around 
                 A               E 
Love wants me to be    someone I can't be 
                       A       B               E 
I wish that love would take me just for what I am. 


E        B    E A       B        B7     E 
Just for what I am    I need someone to love me 
                  F#m             F#7                   B      A  B 
Someone who won't expect me    to feel like they're old mem'ry 
E        B    E    A          B        B7    E 
Just for what they see    and just for being me 
                     A         E        B      E 
I wish someone would love me   just for what I am...   
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante