I Can't Be Myself Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays511

I Can't Be Myself by Vince Gill is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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C                      G                  C 
It's a way of mine, to say just, what I'm thinking 
                        G              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 
             G                   C 
I can't be myself, when I'm with you 


                     G                 C 
You never liked, the clothes I wear on Sunday 
                       G                 C 
Just because I don't believe the way you do 
    F                              C 
But I believe the Lord knows I'm unhappy 
                    G                   C 
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              D                    G 
Down deep inside I don't believe,   you really want me to 
     F                             C 
It's not my way, to take so long deciding 
             G                   C 
I can't be myself, when I'm with you 




Instrumental


F                             C 
I can't be myself and be what pleases you 
     F             C              D                    G 
Down deep inside I don't believe,   you really want me to 
     F                             C 
It's not my way, to take so long deciding 
             G                   C 
I can't be myself, when I'm with you 

 
             G                   F   C 
I can't be myself, when I'm with you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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