I Dont Have To Be Me Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays392

I Dont Have To Be Me by Steve Azar is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: G  D  Em  C (x2) 
 
G     D              Em   C 
I got me a brand new car, waiting in the driveway 
G        D                Em            C                    G 
Shinin' like a bright new star, I been wishin' on it everyday 
   D        Em       C 
To take me away from here 
G           D              Em    C 
So I called in to where I work, told a little white lie 
G      D                 Em       C             G 
No my back don't really hurt but that's my alibi 
             D            Em         C 
My temporary ticket to anywhere but there 
Em                         C 
Call it an early weekend, call it goin' off the deep end 
        D 
Call it what you want I made up my mind 

G                  D 
I don't have to be me till Monday 
Em       C 
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 
G                D         C  D 
I ain't gonna face reality 
G                   D 
Three days without punching a time clock 
Em              C 
Three nights of goin' non stop 
G   D            C 
No work and all play 
                   D(one strum) 
I don't have to be me, til Monday
 
 
 
G  D  Em  C 
     yeah 
 
 
G     D               Em  C              G 
I can do what I wanna do, be who I wanna be 
         D            Em      C                  G 
I got no one to answer to, as soon as I turn the key 
          D         Em                   C 
A cash machine, gasoline and we're outta here 
Em                         C 
Call it an early weekend, call it goin' off the deep end 
     D 
Baby you and me we can leave it all behind 
 
 
CHORUS 
 
 
Instrumental: G   D   Em   C  (x2) 
 
 
       G                   D 
Ooooh, three days without punching a time clock 
Em              C 
Three nights of goin' non stop 
G   D            C 
No work and all play 
                  D             (no chord) 
I don't have to be m---------e,  til Monday 
 
G  D  Em  C 
 
G                    D              Em   C 
I don't have to be me, til Monday     (I don't have to be...) 
G                    D              Em   C 
I don't have to be me, til Monday     (I don't have to be...) 
G                    D      Em (no chord) 
I don't have to be m----e,   til Monday 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante