Ingrid Michaelson (born 8th December 1979) is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose single "The Way I Am" reached number thirty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
She took up piano at the age of five, attending Manhattan's Third Street Music School for two years, going on to the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island's Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music Institute. There she met vocal coach Elizabeth McCullough, who worked with her through high school.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WAY I AM (Acoustic) - Ingrid Michaelson http://youtu.be/oiV6X1nsZVo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This song is not for the faint-hearted. There are several barre chords and funky 7th chords that are super fun to play! That said, I will transcribe a simple version of this song for you guys first. You can simplify even more by playing standard chords instead of 7th chords.
==VERSE & CHORUS== DGM7Bm7ADGM7Bm7A If you are chilly, here take my sweater. Your head is aching, I'll make it better. GADBm7Em7AbAD Cause IIIIII love the way you call me baby, and yoooooou take me the way I am.
==CHORUS/OUTRO== GADBm7 Cause IIIIII love you more than I could ever promise. Em7AbBm7Fm And yooooou take me the way I am. Em7AbBmE7 And yooooou take me the way I am. GAbADmaj7 Yoooou take me the way I am.
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*These chords are transcribed the way she plays them. I play them barred like this instead: Gm7: 343333, Am7: 565555, Abm7: 454444.
If you were falling, then I would catch you. You need a light, I'd find a match.
==CHORUS== BbCFDm7 Cause IIIII love the way you say good morning. Gm7DbCF And yoooooou take me the way I am.
==VERSE== FBbM7Dm7C If you are chilly, here take my sweater. FBbM7Dm7C Your head is aching, I'll make it better.
==CHORUS== BbCFDm7 Cause IIIIII love the way you call me baby. Gm7DbCF And yoooooou take me the way I am.
==VERSE== FBbM7Dm7CF I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair. BbM7Dm7C Sew on patches to all you tear.
==CHORUS/OUTRO== BbCFDm7 (Am7Abm7Gm7) Cause IIIIII love you more than I could ever promise. Gm7DbDm7Am (Am7Abm7Gm7) And yooooou take me the way I am. Gm7DbDmBm7b5 (or G7) Yoooou take me the way I am. BbDbCFmaj7 Yoooou take me the way I am.