As I Am

[Intro 1]
E Cm

[Intro 2]
Cm

[Main Riff]
Cm Eb Cm Eb
Cm Eb Cm Eb

[Pre-Verse]
Cm Eb Db Cm
Eb Gb

[Verse 1]
Cm
Don't
Tell me what's in
Tell me how to write
                     Eb
Don't tell me how to win
Db   Cm
This fight
Isn't your life
It isn't your right
                 Eb    Gb
To take the only thing that's
Cm
Mine
Proven over time
It's over your head
                     Eb   Db
Don't try to read between the
Cm
Lines
Are clearly defined
Never lose sight of
                Eb    Gb
Something you believe in

[Pre-Chorus]
Gsus4       Ebmaj7    Eb/D          Fsus2  Abmaj7
     Takin' in    the view from the outside
Gsus4        Ebmaj7    Eb/D Cm
     Feeling like  the underdog
Gsus4         Ebmaj7      Eb/D       Fsus2       Abmaj7
     Watching through the window I'm on   the outside
Gsus4       Ebmaj7    Eb/D Cm
     Living like  the underdog
Gsus4 Ebmaj7 Eb/D Fsus2 Abmaj7 Gsus4 Ebmaj7
I've  been   try_ing__ to     jus__ti____fy
Eb/D Cm
  you
Gsus4 Ebmaj7 Eb/D Fsus2 Abmaj7 Gsus4
In    the    end  I     will   just
Ebmaj7  Eb/D Db
      defy   you

[Chorus]
Cm Dm Eb             Dm
   To those who understand,
Db              Cm
I extend my hand
   Dm  Eb           Dm
To the doubtful I demand,
Db      Ab     Cm
take me as I am
Dm  Eb            Dm
Not under your command,
Dm Db Db                  Cm       Dm
   I    know where I stand  I won't
Eb    Eb            Dm
change  to fit your plan,
Db      Ab   Cm
Take me as I am

[Main Riff]
   Eb  Cm
As I am
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Eb

[Verse 2]
Cm
Still
Running uphill
Swimming against the current
         Eb      Db
I wish I weren't so
Cm
Fucked
Feels like I'm stuck
                         Eb
Lost in a sea of mediocrity
Gb     Cm
''Slow down,
You're thinking too much
Where is your soul?''
You cannot touch
    Eb  Db
The way I 
Cm
Play
Or tell me what to say
You're in the way
                Eb    Gb
Of all that I believe in

[Pre-Chorus]
Gsus4       Ebmaj7    Eb/D          Fsus2  Abmaj7
     Takin' in    the view from the outside
Gsus4        Ebmaj7    Eb/D Cm
     Feeling like  the underdog
Gsus4         Ebmaj7      Eb/D       Fsus2       Abmaj7
     Watching through the window I'm on   the outside
Gsus4       Ebmaj7    Eb/D Cm
     Living like  the underdog
Gsus4 Ebmaj7 Eb/D Fsus2 Abmaj7 Gsus4
I've  been   wasting   my     breath
Ebmaj7 Eb/D Cm
      on   you
Gsus4 Ebmaj7 Eb/D Fsus2 Abmaj7 Gsus4
O____pen___ minds will  de____scend
Ebmaj7 Eb/D Db
     upon  you

[Chorus]
Cm Dm Eb             Dm
   To those who understand,
Db              Cm
I extend my hand
   Dm  Eb           Dm
To the doubtful I demand,
Db      Ab     Cm
take me as I am
Dm  Eb            Dm
Not under your command,
Dm Db Db                  Cm       Dm
   I    know where I stand  I won't
Eb    Eb            Dm
change  to fit your plan,
Db      Ab   Cm Gb
Take me as I am

[Interlude]
Dm Ab Cm Gb Dm Ab Gb
Cm Gb Dm Ab Cm Gb Dm
Ab

[Guitar Solo]
Fm Eb Fm Eb
Fm Eb Fm Eb
Cm Eb Cm Eb
Cm Eb Cm Eb

[Drum Solo]
C5 Eb6 D7add11 Fmadd9/Db
Csus2/G Bbsus4 Asus4 Absus4

[Chorus]
Cm Dm Eb             Dm
   To those who understand,
Db              Cm
I extend my hand
   Dm  Eb           Dm
To the doubtful I demand,
Db      Ab     Cm
take me as I am
Dm  Eb            Dm
Not under your command,
Dm Db Db                  Cm       Dm
   I    know where I stand  I won't
Eb    Eb            Dm
change  to fit your plan,
Db      Ab   Cm
Take me as I am

[Main Riff]
   Eb   Cm    Eb
As I am,  yeah
Cm   Eb
  As I am
Cm Eb Cm Eb
Cm Eb Cm Eb
Cm Eb

[Outro]
Cm