I Am Chords
I Am by Hands Like Houses is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Bm, D, Em, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro x3
Bm D Em G
Bm D Em D
verse 1
Bm D G
The disconnect
Bm
Is welling up
D G D Bm
And good intentions are not enough
D G
Your words are weary
Bm
Their hearts are strained
D G D
And idle vows find the deepest pains
verse 2
Bm D G
I’m sick, I’m tired
Of hollow hope
Bm D G D
Of promises, empty
Bm
Your way with words
D G Bm
They’re feeding back inside my head
D G D
Oh, the things I could say that won’t change a thing
Pre-Chorus
Bm G D Em
Bm G D Em
I am not the same
Bm G D Em
G A
I won’t feed on fame
G Em
You’re one of a thousand voices
Bm D
In my head that all just sound the same
G Em
If mine never made a difference
Bm D
It won’t make the meaning change
G Em
You’re one of a thousand voices
Bm D
In my head that all just sound the same
G Em
If I will make a change
Bm D
It’s by my words and not my name
Bm D Em G
Bm D Em D
verse 3
Bm D G
I’m tired, I’m sick
Bm
Of misfit beggars
D G D
With able tongues and easy outs
Bm D G Bm
I hear you clearer than you hear yourself
D G D
Bite down on your blindness, and spit it out
Pre-Chorus
Bm G D Em
Bm G D Em
I am not the same
Bm G D Em
G A
I won’t feed on fame
G Em
You’re one of a thousand voices
Bm D
In my head that all just sound the same
G Em
If mine never made a difference
Bm D
It won’t make the meaning change
G Em
You’re one of a thousand voices
Bm D
In my head that all just sound the same
G Em
If I will make a change
Bm D
It’s by my words and not my name
Bm D G Em
Bridge
Bm
I won’t sink into the sea of grey
D
A violence of color
G
I won’t melt into the choir of angels
Em
I’ll step up and scream it
I am dissonant
Breakdown
Bm G Em
A violence of color
Bm G Em
G Em
You’re one of a thousand voices
Bm D
In my head that all just sound the same
G Em
If mine never made a difference
Bm D
It won’t make the meaning change
G Em
You’re one of a thousand voices
Bm D
In my head that all just sound the same
G Em
If I will make a change
Bm D
It’s by my words and not my name
Outro x2
Bm D Em G
Bm D Em D