I Am What I Am Chords & Lyrics - Jim Croce

[VERSE 1]
N.C. C
Perhaps, I'll never show this world all I could be
I j[E]ust can't sing to any man the [F]song he [G]wants to [C]hear
And I k[F]now that some won't [G]like me
Others [C]try to be my f[Am]riend
But[F] I'm all of me and that's [G]all that I [C]am

[CHORUS]
And if l[E]ife is for the living
Then wh[F]y can't [G]men be rea[C]l
'Stead of h[F]idin' in their [C]costumes?
[F]Forgettin' how to f[E]eel
[F]Forgettin' ho[G]w to f[C]eel

[VERSE 2]
We s[C]till live in a time when manners c[F]over w[G]hat is r[C]eal
There's a [E]basic fact of life that the [F]times ca[G]nnot con[C]ceal
That if [F]some are mas[G]queraders
Others l[C]ive in their [Am]facade
[F]But I'm what I am, I cannot [G]be what I am n[C]ot

[CHORUS]
And if l[E]ife is for the living
Then wh[F]y can't [G]men be rea[C]l
'Stead of h[F]idin' in their [C]costumes?
[F]Forgettin' how to f[E]eel
[F]Forgettin' ho[G]w to f[C]eel

[INTERLUDE]
[D] [G]

[VERSE 3]
I m[C]ay be too honest and of[F]fend those [G]who p[C]retend
I don't [E]claim I'm always right, that I'm [F]every[G]body's [C]friend
Per[F]haps for them it's [G]easier to b[C]e what t[G]hey are[Am] not
[F]But I'm what I am
And I j[G]ust can't play that p[C]art

[CHORUS]
And if l[E]ife is for the living
Then wh[F]y can't [G]men be rea[C]l
'Stead of h[F]idin' in their [C]costumes?
[F]Forgettin' how to f[E]eel
[F]Forgettin' ho[G]w to f[C]eel

[OUTRO]
[D] [G] [C]