I Am Chords
I Am by Nathaniel Rateliff is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, F, E and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
The first and the second verse are very similar but the notes changes from here to there
but it's fun to play around with the picking pattern. The places where I have just put
the chords is where he kind of strums the chords instead of using the picking pattern.
Intro:
Am C F
e|-----0-----------0-----------0--0--0------0--0--0--------0--3-------0----------0--3-------0--0--|
B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----1------1--1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2--------0--0-----0---------0--0-----2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2-----------2-----0h2-------2--0--3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 1:
..We built fires large enough that it burned the woods..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..Remember the sparks that caught the wind and torched the field..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..We stomped at the grass in the cracks and the crust to no avail..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..And I'll get burned if the wind takes more than it should..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..And hey, it's a crazy life..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 2:
..I got a mark, a stain from pitch and it don't wash out..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..And you never know what's buried there unless you dig around..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..When we get back we can clean it up and show it off..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..I got plenty of bones been chipped from falling down..
e|-----0-----------0-----------0--0--------0-----------0--3-------0----------0--3-------0--0--|
B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
..And hey, what a crazy life..
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B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am C F
..And hey, what a crazy life..
..Ooooh-oooh-ooooh-oooh.. x2
e|-----0-----------0-----------0--0--------0-----------0--3-------0----------0--3-------0--0--|
B|-----1--1--------1--1--------1-----------1--1--------1----------1--1-------1----------1-----|
G|-----2--------2--2-----------0-----------0--------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-------2--2-----|
D|-----2-----------2--------2--2--------2--2-----3----------3----------3----------3-----------|
A|--0--------0-----------3-----------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am C F
..Ooooh-oooh-ooooh-oooh.. x2
OUTRO:
E F (Strum)
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B|-----0--0--------0--3--------3--3--------1-------|
G|-----1--------1--1--------1--1--------1--2-------|
D|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------3-------|
A|--2--------2-----------2-----------2-----0-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
C G Am
..I aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.. x5