I Can't Be Myself Chords
I Can't Be Myself by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, F and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G7 C
It's a way of mine to say just what I'm thinking
G7 C
And to do the things I really want to do
F C
And you want to change the part of me I'm proud of
G7 C
So I can't be myself when I'm with you
G7 C
Oh you never liked the clothes I wear on Sunday
G7 C
Just because I don't believe the way you do
F C
But I believe the Lord knows I'm unhappy
G7 C C7
Cause I can't be myself when I'm with you
F C
I can't be myself and be what pleases you
F C G7
And down deep inside I don't believe that you want me to
F C
And it's not my way to take so long deciding
G7 C
That I can't be myself when I'm with you
F C
I can't be myself and be what pleases you
F C G7
And down deep inside I don't believe that you want me to
F C
And it's not my way to take so long deciding
G7 C
That I can't be myself when I'm with you